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HR Managers Want to Have Fun

When 20 credit union HR managers, from around the country spend a day together, sharing ideas, interacting and building new…

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Telemedicine – Why Employees Don’t Use It

Despite the potential of telemedicine to replace in-person doctor visits, we have found that the utilization rate of telemedicine is…

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Is Self-funding a Good Fit?

This question should be explored with the help of a specialist in health plan design. Factors to be considered in…

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What is a Self-funded Health Plan?

A health plan under which an employer assumes the responsibility and related financial risk for paying plan participants’ healthcare expenses…

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Self-funding Health Plans for Groups Under 250 Employees

When small and mid-sized companies explore the potential benefits of self-funding, they may encounter challenges not faced by larger corporations.…

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Stop Doing Open Enrollment Meetings!

Are you tired of using the same new hire orientation and Open Enrollment format to educate your employees about their…

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What will ACA health care reform cost my organization?

Healthcare Reform has been a thorn in most HR executive’s side.  To understand what the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will…

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Is there more risk for smaller employers to partially self-insure their health plan than larger employers?

Employers with less than a couple hundred employees have long thought self-funding their medical plan was way too risky.  But,…

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Does self-funding group benefits create more work?

Adopting a partially self-insured group health plan does not create more work for HR and benefit managers in comparison to…

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Is the cost of health benefits the same regardless of being fully-insured vs. partially self-insured?

If your health plan is fully-insured, the rates are fixed, premiums paid monthly and adjusted (at renewal) once a year. …

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