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Are you health insurance leaves money on the table? . . Top 10 money wasters for Group Health Insurance Benefits

As an employer or a participant that could leave money on the table by not properly taking advantage of certain characteristics and health insurance benefits his company. As a licensed consultant and benefits Exchange Group company, with clients across the country, we succeed in reducing the costs of benefit of the group because of our experience and our intimate knowledge of the factors used in determining prices. This Top 10 list should be helpful in increasing their knowledge of insurance, maximizing your plan benefits and possibly reduce your business expenses.

Background and overview:

For most companies, group benefit plans, including medical benefits, are among the highest producers not business expenses. Unlike other expenses, benefits doctors coming into the home, as it affects our employees and our families personally. Therefore, it is extremely important that the CFO and Director of Human Resources take into consideration the needs of its employees, the needs of their employees families, prices and specific benefits on offer.

The ability an employee or family member of an employee to use a favorite doctor, as a pediatrician or an obstetrician / gynecologist is often affected by this decision. The ability to employees and their families to use specialized treatment centers in the case of a catastrophic medical situation also lies in the balance of decision Health Benefits. The quality and access to health care varies from one insurance company to insurance companies.

Endowment staffing and retention:

The main objective of Group Benefits as a whole with regard to employers is to attract and retain employees. Strike say that the wider benefits, it would be easier to attract and retain a higher quality workforce.

As reciprocity, the industries that use high turnover jobs with minimum wage employees can not necessarily choose to use the highest quality insurance policies to attract and retain employees. Pools of employees may be plentiful, and the total bottom line costs can be more important than the quality and level of care offered.

With That said, we will share with you some ideas to save money and underutilized features of their health benefits. Note that some items may be related to their current coverage, while others suggest a change in coverage or a change in the characteristics of their plans.

The following represents our list of the top 10 mistakes are often referred to Group Health Insurance. This list is in no particular order. Each item may or may not apply to your situation current.

Top 10 Health Benefits errors:

1. Not catching medical problems early

To use a cliché few, "a stitch in time saves nine" or "prevention is the best medicine", or "kill the monster, though small." Not sure if the latter is a mainstream cliche, but to emphasize the point that prevention is often the best medicine. Early detection is the second best course of treatment. Many doctors say that colon cancer is very treatable if caught in early stages. If the cancer is detected early there is a risk of cancer more aggressive and spreads through the body. Each person should take time for regular exams. Each person must be aware of key medical indicators such as weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. When a person arrives at certain ages recommended mammograms and other screening tests should done regularly. Simply because I never went to check cholesterol does not mean that your cholesterol levels are zero. That's as stupid as they mobilized in a car without a gas gauge and assuming that there is no need to put gas in it since there is no indication of the level. The lives saved with early detection could be his own or someone you love.

Depending on the size of your group and establish your business is in, early detection means less claims Large insurance which translates into lower premiums for your company.

2. Do not use "value-added Benefits"

Many times, when you think about the medical benefits that only think of doctor visits and drug plans. Often, employers and employees do not realize that your insurance company may also include services known as "value-added benefits.

Health Insurance carriers offer these value added services to promote healthy lifestyles. Lifestyles maintaining healthy employees would insurance claims down.

Is important to understand their value-added benefits for several reasons. First, his family and employees can benefit from the work of these services. Second, its management or human resources department could emerge as heroes only to their employees about these value added benefits. The benefits are already included by what may well tell people about them.

Examples of assessing the additional benefits include:

a. Vision – Some carriers have pre-negotiated discounts for vision care including eye exams and eyeglasses.

b. Nutrition and supplementation – Some companies offer discounts or refunds of nutritional supplements. Supplementation could keep employees more healthy and prevent certain diseases. Some employees are often already paying out of pocket for supplements so that any discounts become bottom-line savings for the employee.

c. Quitting smoking – Employees may be entitled to discounts on programs that relate to quitting smoking. Without going into a conference referred to the dangers of smoking, say that when an employee is ready to quit smoking, is easier to do with the help of professional programs. In the case of the Directorate General of Health is right about the dangers of smoking, healthy employees are happier and more reliable as an employee. This could also avoid hospital visits and catastrophic future treatments as well as delaying premature death.

d. Weight Management – Employees can take advantage of weight control programs. In some cases, employees might already be using well known programs such as Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig ™ ™. Many studies medical scientists directly related to disease and health risks to the weight of an individual. Once again, a healthy employee calling in sick less often, is more productive, and a selfish side, is likely to minimize the number of complaints against their insurance policy. Certain sizes of company in certain states may be classified and premiums are charged based on claims filed against the insurance company.

e. Gym Membership – Discounts and rebates may be available for membership health club.

f. Hearing – Some schools may have the hearing before of discounts negotiated with your insurance company.

g. Bicycle Helmets – Safety equipment such as bicycle helmets may be available at a discount with specific insurance companies and retailers. Some states require that children under a certain age are required to wear a helmet while biking, skateboarding or roller blading. Even if helmets are not mandatory, it is alarming how many serious injuries could be avoided with proper head protection. If you need or want a helmet anyway, you can also get a discount on it.

h. Discounts Stores – Other retailers may have a pre-trade incentives worked with your insurance company, such as baby stores or items for the home. This is good for the warehouse of a marketing prospective and it is good for the consumer to get a discount.

i. Security Improvements – The My security companies to provide discount services for their protection, home and security additions.

j. Stress Management and Alcohol – Different services can exist for stress management and alcohol rehabilitation and treatment programs.

k. Mail Order Discounts – Some companies offer additional discounts for prescriptions by mail. This is especially useful for the prescription drugs for the long run, such as medicine the heart or cholesterol medications. You know you need in any other way so you might as well stock up by mail.

3. Do not get a second opinion:

Different insurance professionals have different experiences and skills. Some runners are just runners, while others are also licensed security consultant. Some brokers specialize in property and casualty or life insurance, while others specialize in Group Health. If you are related to their health insurance rates and services, perhaps a specialist is what your company really needs.

Speaking as an insurance professional, that of all people, respect and appreciate customer loyalty based on past service and existing relationships. On the other hand, how really know is the most appropriate policy and features, if you do not get a second opinion from a different broker or consultant? If your relationship with your agent is solid, not be difficult for the Corridor to keep your business. If your broker's skills are not current and acute refers to his company, his satisfaction could be costing his company of tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Often, an insurance professional could become complacent with existing customers. This may be due to increased workload, staff shortages, or the fact that they're too busy finding new customers. It can not be focusing on its outcome.

A second opinion introduces a new perspective on the needs of their health insurance and options. Keeps your honest broker and reminds they need to continue the service and offer creative solutions to retain their business.

Make sure the transportation alternatives are "the same kind and quality. "This only means that are apples to apples comparison.

Mix it up a bit. Find out what the increase (or decrease) premiums can be if you increase (or decrease) the co-payments, deductibles, in network deductibles and coinsurance. Discuss options with the drug plan as well.

Sometimes it pays to ensure a free hand to reduce premiums. Look at the total exposure, figure out your agent worst case scenarios, and consider the probability that the scenario could become reality. This fits with errors # 4, # 5 and # 6 is.

4. Without looking at the overall picture of total costs

Very often, companies only take into account the monthly premiums associated with their health coverage. This is not the only variable in regard to insurance rates. It is important look at the total picture, including:

a. Co-payment amounts

b. Within the network and outside the Network Deductible

c. Within the network and outside the Network Co-Insurance Levels

d. Within the network and outside the network out of pocket expenses

e. Reimbursement levels Out-Of-Red reasonable and customary

f. Country / No Country

g. Drug coverage co-payments, coinsurance and deductibles

h. Disease and Wellness Programs

i. Employer / employee Contributions

j. Web Accessibility

k. Disruption Analysis

l. Monthly premiums

m. Max exposure

n. The maximum benefit

o. Tax treatment (see # 9)

p. Quality of coverage

l. Deductibles introduced drugs

m. Generics and no discounts Drug Formulary

Each of these can be a subject to itself. We offer a free consultation to find coverage and suggest ways to maximize cost savings and improvements. Please see "About the Author" at the bottom of this article for details.

Pay 100% of employees

If you pay 100%, by law, employees can not "give up out "insurance plan. Participation must be 100%. By paying less than 100% of benefits are able to" create account ". This gives flexibility.

What is wrong with having to take advantage of the benefits if you are paying for everything? The fact is that some employees may not use the insurance plan of a spouse if they had to use yours. The spouse could provide better quality with more coverage choices and better quality doctors.

Do you really want to have insurance to pay for all the world if they do not want or choose to waive insurance coverage and follow the plan of his spouse That means paying higher costs for something that probably never get used by some people.

5. Not listed as the group size to the right (or maybe a different size indicated) There is the common property?

Depending on your circumstances, such as the state in which they do business, you may or may not benefit from the status of a group small or a large group. Customers simply classifying the size of the most suitable we saved clients thousands of dollars.

In general, small groups are seen as groups consisting of between 2 and 50 full-time eligible employees and large groups are considered as groups consisting of 51 + employees eligible full-time. An eligible full-time employee is not the same that an employee can be covered by the benefits. For example, one group may have 55 employees, with 40 employees on the group health plan, and be classified as a large group.

Depending on your employee population that could be advantageous or disadvantageous to be considered a group size of 2-50. Read # 6 of this list for more information.

It is the common property? "

In certain situations, some companies have common ownership with other companies. Depending on turnout, in some cases it makes sense to ensure the separate firms, while in other cases, it could pay employees combine and consider it a larger group.

6. Without knowing your employee Population or offering different plans

Similar to # 5 in the classification of group size, the money can also be saved by have an overall understanding of the demographics in your group. Typically, young people are healthier and can afford to have certain medical risks older employees can not afford to take. If you realize that your company is made up primarily of young people who are healthy can be a good idea to use a high deductible plan with a tax qualified Medical Savings Account (HSA). A high deductible plan is essentially betting on the fact that claims will be minimal throughout the year, so why not pay the lowest premiums, and at the same time, accumulate cash in the Medical Savings Account (HSA)?

A high deductible plan does not necessarily mean you intend to pass on increased employee deductibles. Your company can be willing to pay the deductible (or part) through a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA).

Do not offer different plans for different people

More recently that the market has been a trend towards companies offering multiple options for insurance plans. The company can make a contribution based on a employees to choose between "basic", "buy-up", or "an HSA plan.

In addition, companies can offer a plan based on the classification of employees. For example, "Category 1", employees may consist of executives and managers and "Class 2" employee may include all others.

7. Do not compare your coverage to his companions:

The trick is to be competitive without to know the store. Normally, to generalize for a moment, law firms can offer the best insurance available for the money while the workers of the assembly line could be profitable manufacturing sector average. But what is the average and how to know what's standard and custom?

A Benchmark Analysis "is a report that can be asked to gather statistics on trends in comparable companies in its industry, firm size, and / or in their region. Although these reports often cost a little money, information could be valuable to attract and retain qualified employees without disclosing all the benefits.

8. Blindly Auto-Renewal

Even if you love your broker is a mistake in not treating each renewal period as an opportunity to know what political or other insurance companies are more competitive or appropriate for your business. Each renewal period should be treated like they are looking insurance companies for the first time.

With our customers, this step is invisible to them. Always seek the renewal and compare numbers with other companies or with other policies within the same airline. Over the years it became clear that the only constant in life is change. About the basis of the insurance company want to increase or decrease market share, often the option to increase or decrease your risk tolerance and policies. A renewal period is a great opportunity to ensure they have adequate coverage for their circumstances.

9. Do not use the correct tax treatment for your company

Although we find this particular "waste of money often are not an accounting firm and suggest that speaks your tax advisor, accountant, or CPA before doing anything.

Before tax or after tax dollars:

Typically speaking, health insurance premiums are tax deductible with pretax dollars, while co-payments, deductibles, coinsurance, and co-payments for prescription are usually paid with after-tax dollars. Could be a good idea of your accountant to work with your broker to get a tax strategy that works well with human resources and objectives of health benefits.

Employee Tax Treatment

Are employees to pay their portion of the health insurance premium through the use of a "Section 125" plan single premium? This will allow employees to pay health insurance premium on a pretax basis thus reducing the employer's payroll taxes.

You may want to consider offering a flexible savings (FSA). A FSA allows employees to pay part of their non-reimbursed medical expenses on a tax-free basis.

10. Losing money because of mismanagement.

We hear of it almost every day. Due to mismanagement, neglect to advise employers to insurance companies for new recently completed or eligible employees.

In many cases, the guidelines are rigid and clear. A simple mistake can cause to the management of your company insurance to pay someone who is no longer with the company or can be open to liability. He had been an employee eligible for benefits, but someone forgot to do paperwork, your company might be liable for any claims.

The responsibility for not fixing disclaimers

Notices may need to be communicated due to changes in coverage or policy changes. Again, in many cases the burden of proof might be in you. If you do not notify employees of changes that might be held responsible for the lack of notifications.

COBRA Notifications

Last but not least, in many circumstances, an employee has the legal right to be notified if they are eligible to participate in the insurance program after the termination of COBRA. COBRA is the Omnibus Consolidated Budget Reconciliation. This gives employees the right to continue health insurance given certain qualifications. By not properly notify the employee, your company is in violation of federal law and may be liable for any claims and medical expenses incurred by the employee. When notifying employees appropriately, the responsibility rests with the employee and the insurance company if they choose to continue coverage.

So what is your next step?

It's good he has done so far in the article and that in itself gives a lot of things to see when deciding whether they are doing any previous mistakes. In some cases, you can change your behavior halfway. For example, you can find out from your current provider, if there is any benefit the added value that can not be considered. You also can ensure that your company has an accurate list of employees who should be in politics or the need for be added.

Once again, Group Health Insurance is one of the largest producers of expenditure is not for most companies. The company accounts and and their employees maintain an active role in welfare, routine tests, and programs of disease management. Insurance could be considered an expense, but when comes to this, health and life are at risk.

Disclaimer: The information is intended as a general. Always consult a professional licensed before applying anything.

Copyright © 2008 Economic Evaluation Group, Inc.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

John R. Klimchak has been in the insurance field for over 20 years. He is a licensed insurance consultant and broker. Mr. Klimchak is also the Chairman of the Economic Evaluation Group, Inc. (www.eegroup.com), a company specializing in group health benefits and other related services. For a call Free Consultation (516) 338-2800 and refer to the "Top 10 mistakes in the article".

About the Author

John R. Klimchak has been in the insurance field for over 20 years. He is a licensed Insurance Consultant and a Licensed Insurance Broker. Mr. Klimchak is also the President of Economic Evaluation Group, Inc. www.eegroup.com , a firm specializing in Group Health benefits and other related services. For a free consultation call (516) 338-2800 and reference the “Top 10 Mistakes Article”.

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