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Waiver – Medicare Advantage Expands

Waiver – Medicare Advantage ExpandsRecently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a plan to expand products and services covered by Medicare Advantage plans.The department has revised its definition of “primarily health-related” benefits to...

The Impact of Culture on Talent

Do your employees reflect your organization’s values? CEOs and leadership teams recognize the importance of company culture on long-term success. Deloitte’s 2016 Global Human Capital Trends survey revealed that 82% of respondents recognize culture as a potential...

Ohio Requests Individual ACA Mandate

Ohio Requests Individual ACA MandateOhio is the first state to seek a waiver for the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.Ohio officials asked the Administration on Friday to formally waive the ACA individual mandate that requires residents to have health...

Payroll Providers: Outsource Your Way to Part-Time Retirement

If you are a payroll provider who owns your business, picture yourself semi-retired – still enjoying all of the perks of owning a business and keeping intellectually active, but with less work and more time to take restorative vacations. Are you ready to unload some...

One State Steps Up to Move Health Care Forward

One State Steps Up to Move Health Care ForwardIowa’s governor on Monday signed into law legislation that allows insurers to sell cheaper plans that don’t comply with certain ACA regulations.Gov. Kim Reynolds said the state’s market is collapsing because of the high...

How Will Changes in Human Resource Management Affect My Business?

In today’s rapidly changing business environment, Human Resource Management must also evolve to be effective. Understanding how and why HR needs to transform can help business owners implement the changes they need to stay ahead. Traditional HR Roles And Why They No...

ACA Signups Dip

ACA Signups DipThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator announced Tuesday that 11.8 million people signed up for 2018 plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. The total is roughly 400,000 fewer than last year, a much smaller number than...

How Buddy Punching is Hurting Your Business

Biometric authentication stops this costly form of time fraud Time fraud isn’t always obvious or easy to detect. But when an employee accepts pay for time not actually worked, it’s considered a theft of time from the employer. To improve time tracking accuracy and...

Health Care Tops Americans’ Worries for Third Year

Health Care Tops Americans’ Worries for Third YearHealth care is the issue Americans worry about the most, topping the economy as the public’s primary concern for the third year in a row.More than half of adults – 55 percent – in a new National Gallup Survey say they...

Can Healthcare Be Fixed?

Can Healthcare Be Fixed?Even though the U.S. economy appears to be doing well, Americans are concerned about what Congress will be doing in the next six months about the ACA.The Current StateThe ACA has single handedly tripled the overall cost of health care since it...

Will Small Biz ACA Problems Be Saved by Association Health Plans?

Will Small Biz ACA Problems Be Saved by Association Health Plans?Out of 75 Major Concerns, Small Business Owners RankHealth Insurance Costs as the Number One Problem They FaceBetween 2008 and 2015, the proportion of employers with fewer than 10 employees providing...

Understanding a 401k Retirement Plan for Your Employees

Depending on the age of your employees, they might not be familiar with a 401k retirement plan. What’s more, you might be among the crowd of the uninformed yourself. We can help you understand just what kind of retirement plans are available to your employees. How Did...

Managing Multistate Payroll Taxes for Multistate Healthcare Workers

With the growing need for health care provider mobility, an increasing number of doctors, nurses and physical therapists are crossing state borders to work.But with a multistate workforce comes multistate tax laws, and multi opportunities to find yourself out of...

COBRA Deadlines are Complex, Full of Traps for the Unwary

COBRA requires negotiating a thicket of deadlines. They’re easy to forget and the penalties for missing them can be costly. Wanda Bishop For the beneficiary, usually a departing employee, the risk is losing the health insurance coverage that’s provided under COBRA....

Sarah Yelvington Joins Savers Admin as Specialist in FMLA Administration

Sarah Yelvington, Savers Admin’s new FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) benefits specialist, first learned the ins and outs of FMLA as a front-line supervisor. So she knows the perspective of the clients she’ll be serving. Sarah Yelvington The 25-year-old Florida native...

Savers Admin Introduces FMLA Admin Services

Starting April 1, Savers Admin will begin offering FMLA administration to employers. Debbie Berg FMLA is the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993. It requires employers above a certain size to provide job-protected, unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons,...

Expecting a Large Payroll? We’ll Help You Avoid ACH Delays

Will your payroll total more than $500,000 or include an individual payment of more than $100,000, such as sometimes happens with year-end bonuses? If so, you should be aware that Savers Admin’s ACH (Automated Clearing House) provider now requires pre-funding. There...

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