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HHS Gives $1.5B in Grants to 11 States to Set Up Health Exchanges

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services it is giving $1.5 billion in grants to 11 states to launch or further develop health insurance exchanges. Those states are California, Delaware, Iowa,...

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Valuing Value: California Mines New Health Coverage Plan Concepts

SeeChange Health and Blue Shield of California are two San Francisco insurance companies that are stepping up efforts to market value-based insurance design plans to large employers.

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New Changes Made to HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules

Health and Human Services has issued final regulations that address recent legislative changes to the HIPAA privacy and date security rules. Compliance by employers will be required by Sept. 23,...

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Employers' Deadline to Inform Employees of Health Exchanges and Cost-Sharing...

The March 1 deadline for businesses to notify employees of their benefits cost-sharing plans and government-run health insurance exchanges has been postponed. A new deadline is expected by fall.

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IRS Releases Final Rules on Health Care Reform Costs

The affordability test applies to employer-sponsored health plans. An employee is eligible to receive a federal subsidy to purchase insurance through an exchange if his or her employer's plan premium...

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So This Is 30: How Health Care Rules Are Changing for Part-Timers

While part-time workers make up 23 percent of the total workforce, only 15 percent of them are eligible for health coverage, survey reveals.

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Will That Knee Replacement Cost an Arm and a Leg?

With more employees enrolling in high-deductible health plans, a nonprofit business group endeavors to pull back the curtain on health costs. In a statement, the Catalyst for Payment Reform pushes for...

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Health Risk Assessments Get Social Status

One company is enticing insurers by blending the traditional HRA with social networking, mobile technology, games and behavioral psychology.

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Taking Better Care of Those Who Care for Seniors at Home

Some 6 million seniors employ in-home caregivers for daily assistance, and that number is expected to double by 2030. Yet many in-home caregivers struggle to make ends meet. More than 90 percent are...

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Careers, Culture & Cancer

No one likes to talk about cancer, but it is not the taboo workplace subject it was in years past. In fact, progressive companies are supporting workers who have cancer like never before.

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Step Into My Office

Employers such as Chicago-based Red Frog Events are looking to improve their overall employment deal, spelling out an overall compensation and culture package that often includes a company vision for...

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What the Young Adult Coverage Provision Means to Me

Ed Frauenheim is on assignment. The risks of being uninsured traditionally hung above the proverbial head of the youngest generation entering America's workforce like the Sword of Damocles . Since the...

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'Global Nomads' Finding There's No Place Like Home for Benefits

The upturn in so-called 'global nomads'—those who move from country to country on long-term assignments—has focused more attention on their medical and retirement benefits.

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Most Employers Plan to Continue Offering Health Care Plans

An overwhelming majority of midsized and large companies plan to continue offering employees health care plans, rather than pay the high price of penalties and other financial costs.

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Elder Care—You Can't Buy, Pray or Prescribe Your Way Out of It

Ed Frauenheim is on assignment. I had been looking forward to lunch with my friend Kate for some time. During the past few years we've bonded over the travails of raising teenagers, the challenges of...

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Turn Here: GPS Tracking Gains Acceptance

In the early days, employees feared that GPS monitoring was a form of 'Big Brother' watching, but workers are becoming more accepting of tracking since companies are no longer just using the...

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Workforce Bags Second Straight Neal Award

The magazine won a Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award for Senior Writer Rita Pyrillis’ in-depth look at employer-sponsored health care.

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Yes, They Worry: Nearly Half of U.S. Workers Uncertain About Retirement

Despite the recovering U.S. economy, almost all American workers feel uncertain about their ability to live comfortably in retirement, according to a survey conducted by the Employee Benefits Research...

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More Employers Looking to Impose Wellness Program Nonparticipation Penalties...

Fifty-eight percent of employers are looking to impose penalties on employees who do not participate in health and wellness programs in the coming years, according to a survey published by Aon Hewitt.

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The Pre-existing Conditions: Buildup to Health Care Reform Bound to Bring...

A flood of marketing materials from private and state health care exchanges, insurance providers and others that are expected to start peddling their health insurance products will flood employees as...

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