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Employee Benefits: The Only Guide You Need

Achievers

The term “employee benefits” is used regularly, but often with a limited, traditional definition in mind. The traditional concept refers to legally mandated benefits plus a few voluntarily added by employers. What are employee benefits? . Employee benefits are non-salary compensation and perks.

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5 Themes for Your 2025 HR Comms Calendar

Flimp Communications

Whether your HR team is aiming for higher HDHP enrollment, greater wellness program utilization, or improved benefits literacy, achieving your goals in 2025 will invariably depend on your company’s employees learning something and, crucially, retaining that knowledge throughout the year. Are you sensing a common theme?

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Employers Project 8% Rise in Health Care Costs for 2025

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

employers project a median health care cost increase of 8% for 2025, according to International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans survey results.

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CMS Releases FY 2025 IPPS Proposed Update

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

On April 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed update for fiscal year (FY) 2025, along with proposed policy and regulation changes.

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CMS Releases CY 2025 Advance Notice for Medicare Advantage and Part D

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

On January 31, 2024, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2025 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and D Payment Policies. CMS also released a press release and fact sheet.

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4 benefit trends employers should watch in 2025

Employee Benefit News

Experts from HUB International reveal their outlook for employee benefits in 2025, from healthcare to AI.

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IRS Announces 2025 Limits for Health Savings Accounts, High-Deductible Health Plans and Excepted Benefit HRAs

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced (see Revenue Procedure 2024-25) cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for health savings accounts (HSAs), high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and excepted benefit health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) for 2025.