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Relax! Vacations are Good for Your Health | PA Employee Benefits Agents
American workers are notorious for being workaholics. In fact, The Center for Economic and Policy Research has gone so far as to call the U.S. the “No Vacation Nation.” Deciding you need a vacation may feel indulgent but in reality, it is a crucial key to our overall health. Why do you need to take…
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Mitigating Workers Compensation Claims | Pennsylvania Benefits Partners
For most employers in the United States today, mitigating workers compensation claims is a key component of a company’s overall cost management strategy. Rightly so – the actual costs of a single workers compensation claim can be staggering (see table below for some of the most common and costly types of claims). According to the…
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Lower 2023 Health Premiums | PA Employee Benefits Agents
For the past two decades, health costs have increased each year. This happens for a variety of reasons, such as inflation or, say, a global pandemic. With that in mind, you can be sure health prices will go up again in 2023. According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report, medical costs have increased an average of…
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PCORI fees are due by Monday, August 1, 2022 | PA Employee Benefits Advisors
By way of background, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study clinical effectiveness and health outcomes. To finance the Institute’s work, a small annual fee—commonly called the PCORI fee—is charged on group health plans. Grandfathered health plans are not exempt. Most employers do not have to take any…
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Top Human Resources Challenges | PA Benefits Team
The workplace has been changing faster than anyone could have predicted. While the COVID-19 pandemic is largely responsible for these changes, various social movements and technological advancements have also played a role. Many of these changes occurred suddenly, leaving no time to prepare. These rapid changes created—and in some cases exposed—several workplace challenges, which are…
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What Employees Want: On-Demand Pay | Pennsylvania Benefits Consultants
Payroll works the same way in almost every full-time job. Employees earn money by working, and they all receive their earnings on a set date: payday. However, in an era of same-day shipping, on-demand movies, and unlimited mobile access, individuals are increasingly expecting prompt access to nearly anything they need. For employees, this also means…
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5 Ways To Support Employees’ Mental Health | PA Benefits Firm
An employee’s mental health includes how they think, feel and act, and includes their emotional and social well-being. While mental health includes mental illness, the two aren’t interchangeable. An employee can go through a period of poor mental health but not necessarily have a clear, diagnosable mental illness. Additionally, an employee’s mental health can change…
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Medicare Secondary Payer Rules Now Allow Plans to Exclude Outpatient Dialysis | Pennsylvania Benefits Agency
The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has been turning long-standing rules on their heads this term. Medicare Secondary Payor (“MSP”) rules have long said that Medicare pays second to a group health plan for the first 30-months of dialysis. Additionally, HIPAA Nondiscrimination rules prohibit discrimination in eligibility or continued eligibility for health plan coverage based…
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Can HR Capitalize on Resignation Remorse? | PA Employee Benefits Group
The Great Resignation has paved the way for resignation remorse, according to a number of publications. In fact, 72% of the 2,500 U.S. workers surveyed by The Muse said their new role or company was very different from what they had been led to believe. For HR leaders still dealing with a labor shortage or…
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Benefits Education 101 for Employees | PA Benefits Advisors
Companies spend a large amount of time and money creating valuable benefits plans for employees. But after all that work, they often get low participation. Good benefit choices require an effort from employers to ensure that employees have help in understanding their benefits options. To make things even more complex, employers are having to consider…
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