The Trump administration on Nov. 15 announced two rules that would require more transparency in hospital pricing and health insurance out-of-pocket costs for enrollees. The final rule on hospital pricing will require hospitals to publish their standard fees both on-demand and online starting Jan. 1, 2021, as well as the rates they negotiate with insurers. […]
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All year long you have been reminding your employees to āwork safely ā¦ donāt take short cuts ā¦ prevent accidents.ā To do this they have to keep their minds on their work, but this time of the year as the holidays near, their minds might be everywhere else but on work. They may be thinking
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New federal overtime regulations have finally been introduced for non-exempt workers after years of wrangling over the issue. Under the new rule, employers will be required to pay overtime to certain salaried workers who make less than to $684 per week ā or $35,568 per year ā up from the current threshold of $455, or $23,660 in
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In a move that exemplifies the potential conflict of interest that some large pharmacy benefit managers have, the nationās largest PBM earlier this year said it would demand that rebates remain unchanged when drug makers roll out new price cuts. Drug makers earlier in the year said they would start reducing prices as well as
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OSHA has published a set of guidelines to help employers reduce accidents among their driving employees. The document is not a set of new regulations or a new standard. It is only advisory ā the federal agency describes it as āinformational in contentā ā and is intended to assist employers in providing a safe and
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By now you should be prepared and ready to go for your 2020 employee benefits open enrollment. You should have all your plan documents and have prepared or held presentations for your staff to explain the benefits package and any major changes to the plans that you offer. Employees should be familiar with how to
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A printing shop employee notices a piece of cardboard jammed inside a press. The first instinct is to remove it and continue the work, so he grabs the cardboard and tries to pull it out, while the press is running. Tragically, in this real-life example, the employeeās arm got caught up in the machinery, resulting
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asda A new survey has found that many American workers are struggling with medical bills even though they have employer-sponsored health plans. The good news from the survey was that 81% of respondents said they had health insurance, which meant they were 19% more financially fit than people without insurance. They were also happier. The
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The Trump administration has decided not to pursue a policy that would have put an end to rebates paid to pharmacy benefit managers, which could put the focus again on how drug companies set their prices. The proposal would have barred drug companies from paying rebates to PBMs that participate in Medicare and other government
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With the opioid epidemic continuing to sweep the nation, more and more workers are battling addiction than ever before. But if you as an employer suspect or know one of your staff has a substance abuse problem, you need to be careful about how you approach them and try to deal with the issue. Even
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