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health plan rebates
May 25
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Health Plan Rebates in 2021 to Be Second Highest on Record

Group health plan insurers are expected to pay out $618 million in rebates to plan sponsors for the 2020 policy year after seeing use of health care services plummet during the COVID-19 pandemic. That's according to a Kaiser Family Foundation estimate

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remote work
May 18
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How to Create a Flextime Policy

With so many people having been relegated to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers are now wrestling with how to proceed as it starts to wane. Many companies are considering implementing hybrid, flextime work schedules after seeing success

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vision
May 11
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Vision Coverage Can Reduce Overall Health Care Costs

Research has found that employers who offered their workers stand-alone vision benefits experienced $5.8 billion in cost savings in the aggregate over four years due to reduced health care costs, avoided productivity losses, and lower turnover rates. That’s because individuals who

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COVID-19 treatment
May 4
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Health Plans Dropping Out-of-Pocket Cost Waivers for COVID-19 Treatment

As the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel gets brighter, more health insurers are ceasing to offer cost-sharing waivers for COVID-19 treatment. After legislation was enacted in 2020 that required health insurance companies to cover COVID-19 tests and vaccines,

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