Employee Benefit News

Issue Date: 08/01/2005

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1. New URAC standards let employers judge whether CDH plans provide adequate... No longer just an "emerging" market segment, consumer-directed health (CDH) plans are becoming mainstream. Most major national vendors offer a CDH option, as do the ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE) 2. Pricing worksite benefits right: The best price isn't always the lowest... Voluntary and worksite benefits have become an important part of the package you offer employees. You know - or at least, you are told - ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE) 3. Fighting back: Reducing back pain's impact on productivity. Back pain hurts more than backs. Ask employers; this costly condition hurts their pocketbook, too. Back pain's prevalence - about 20% of workers suffer from ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE) 4. Seeing red: Emerging treatments for eye disease come at high cost. Eye conditions once treated by lasers will be controlled and possibly healed by specialty drugs in the near future. The good news is that these ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE) 5. Tax reform touted as health care remedy.(tax deductions on job-based health... As a cure for health care inflation, some health policy experts want to eliminate the employee tax subsidy for job-based health insurance, claiming it distorts ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE) 6. Tax reform touted as health care remedy.(tax deducations for job-based... As a cure for health care inflation, some health policy experts want to eliminate the employee tax subsidy for job-based health insurance, claiming it distorts ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE) 7. Debate heats up over mail-order versus retail drugs.(prescription drug... Rising drug expenses are prompting more employers to consider limiting their retail pharmacy network to low-cost providers or cutting out retail pharmacies from prescribing non-emergency ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE) 8. Uninsured worsen medical inflation for workers. You're probably aware that the uninsured add a chunk to the price of employer-provided health insurance, but did you ever wonder how big that chunk ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE) 9. Kobelco takes a big swing at consumer-driven health.(Kobelco America's... Most companies are taking a measured approach to consumer-driven health. Some have opted to watch other employers take practice swings, offering a CDH plan as ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE) 10. Employease opens strategic door for Atrium.(usage of human resource systems... Benefits outsourcing unlocked a world of success for fast-growing Atrium Companies, Inc., North America's largest manufacturer of vinyl and aluminum window and patio doors with ... (PREMIUM PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
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