Medical Professions Dominate List of Highest Paying Jobs
Skilled healthcare professions dominate CareerCast’s 2015 list of the highest paying jobs, with surgeon, psychiatrist, and physician rounding out the top three.
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Benefits Remain a Key Tool for Retention and Recruitment
In spite of major changes in the healthcare landscape, small-business owners looking to recruit and retain top employees still need to pay close attention to their benefits offerings. According to the 2015 Aflac WorkForces Report for Small Businesses, a majority of workers employed in small businesses are willing to consider a job with slightly lower […]
Who Is Subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Regulations?
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) imposes requirements to protect and help consumers maintain both their health insurance and their privacy. Some of the main provisions include:
Scraping Together for Long Term Care Costs
As an employer of choice, you take time and effort to help your employees face the challenges that inevitably come along. Even (or maybe especially) for those who have diligently saved for retirement and kept themselves healthy to minimize their healthcare costs, there is one more danger lurking in the shadows: The cost of long-term […]
An Infographic on Employee Health Benefits
Many individuals are left to their own devices when it comes to healthcare coordination. As illustrated by an infographic by NewBenefits.com, your employees can face a number of difficulties and frustrations when seeking treatment. That’s where health advocacy comes in.
Domestic Medical Travel and Benefits: What You Need to Know
By Laura Carabello, Founder and Principal, CPR Strategic Marketing Communications With budgets and pocketbooks having taken a severe hit from mounting healthcare costs, HR and benefits executives are challenged to help companies avoid substantial monetary penalties for noncompliance under the reform’s new regulations, and seek strategies to curb staggering healthcare costs. In this environment, medical […]
Infertility treatments and the FMLA, ADA, and PDA
By Susan Schoenfeld, JD, Senior Legal Editor HR.BLR.com What do you do when an employee asks for leave for infertility treatment? Is leave for infertility treatment available under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), theAmericans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)? According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), infertility […]
ACA Employer Responsibility Requirement (‘Play or Pay’)
We offer 100% of our employees health benefits. Are we still required to track Full Time Equivalents? The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer responsibility requirement (or the “play or pay” provision) does not require employers to provide healthcare insurance for their employees. Instead, it requires employers to share healthcare responsibility by either providing coverage or […]
Astellas’ Employee Benefits Program Addresses MultigenerationalFamily Needs
Going beyond traditional healthcare offerings, Astellas, a pharmaceutical company based in Northbrook, Illinois, recently launched a benefits program for its almost 3,000 U.S. based employees that offers a culture of support for multigenerational family responsibilities.
Little Shop of Horrors? Amputated Leg in Garbage Stumps Police
Unfortunately, employee mistakes in the medical field are par for the course. Indeed, there are companies that specifically work with hospitals and medical institutions in an attempt to decrease error and increase quality healthcare.