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Managing Employee Healthcare Costs in 2021

Best Money Moves

The average family premium has increased 55 percent since 2010 and 22 percent since 2015. In spite of these increases, 56 percent of employers don’t plan to make any changes to reduce medical plan costs in 2021. Managing Out-of-Pocket Costs in 2021.

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Top 10 Employee Benefits for 2021

Best Money Moves

Nearly 60 percent said they wouldn’t have been able to afford the cost of care otherwise. The number of employers offering student loan repayment assistance jumped from just 3 percent in 2015 to 8 percent in 2019. 4 Paid Time Off. 9 Pet-Friendly Employee Benefits.

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Easing the Benefits Enrollment Process with Decision Support and More

Flimp Communications

That observation is backed up by a 2015 study from the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association. Only 38% of organizations surveyed in 2015 thought employees preferred online enrollment tools. Only 38% of organizations surveyed in 2015 thought employees preferred online enrollment tools.

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2022 New Compliance Considerations Keep Popping Up 

HR Professionals Magazine

While plans may require participants to pay for tests out-of-pocket and submit for reimbursement, regulators encourage plans to provide for direct reimbursement at the point of sale, with no out-of-pocket cost to the consumer. Employer ACA Reporting and Elimination of Good Faith Standard.

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Issue Commentary: PA’s Commonwealth Court Parses Words to Require Employer/Carrier to Pay for Medical Marijuana

The Workcomp Writer

The employer accepted Appel’s injury via a Stipulation of Facts approved in a July 9, 2015 WCJ Decision. Judge Covey added that to interpret the MMA as the employer had suggested would undermine the General Assembly’s express intent to provide Pennsylvania citizens with access to the latest treatments safely available.

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