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Benefits | June 23rd, 2003

Hewitt Forecasts 17.7% HMO Rate Hike for 2004

June 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) rates continue to be above the double-digit mark for 2004 (17.7%),...

Benefits | June 23rd, 2003

Conference Board: Salary Budgets At 3.5% in 2003

June 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Salary increase budgets are averaging 3.5% for 2003, the first time in 10 years these...

Benefits | June 23rd, 2003

World At Work: Salary Budgets At 3.5% in 2003

June 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Salary budgets are averaging 3.5% in 2003, significantly lower than the 4.1% projected earlier and...

Benefits | June 19th, 2003

Rising Benefit Costs Steer More Toward Consumer-Driven Plan Consideration

June 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 13% to 16% projected rise in the cost of health benefit in 2004 is...

Benefits | June 17th, 2003

CalPERS 2004 Health Coverage Price Hike Proposed at 18.4%

June 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A draft contract with the HMO networks that provide health insurance coverage to the 1.2...

Benefits | June 16th, 2003

Mercer: Tokyo Tops Cost-of-Living List

June 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies relocating employees to Tokyo are going to have to pay a pretty penny, after...

Benefits | June 13th, 2003

BLS: Private Sector Comp Costs At $22.37 Per Hour

June 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Private industry employer compensation costs averaged $22.37 per hour in March 2003, while state and...

Benefits | June 11th, 2003

Drug Spending Lower in Q1 Than Previous Year

June 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The rising tide of prescription drug costs may be beginning to ebb, as growth in...

Benefits | June 11th, 2003

Study: Slowing Health Cost Hikes a Silver Lining

June 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The relentless growth in US health care expenditures eased a bit last year with a...

Benefits | June 9th, 2003

LTC Ranks High In Benefit Lineup

June 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US workers now rate long-term care coverage as high as a group life policy when...

Benefits | June 6th, 2003

Survey: CDH Backers Want More Health Spending Control

June 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four out of 10 Americans would jump into a Consumer Directed Health (CDH) plan to...

Benefits | June 5th, 2003

Companies Slicing Executive Golf Club Perks

June 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Companies are declaring a mulligan on executive golf and club memberships.

Benefits | June 3rd, 2003

Fitch: HIPAA Costs Lower than Estimated

June 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The costs of complying with new federal medical information privacy laws won't be as high...

Benefits | June 3rd, 2003

Injuries At Home Touch Employer Bottom Lines

June 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees injuring themselves while at home and "off-the-clock" are creating a $38-billion a year financial...

Benefits | June 2nd, 2003

CalPERS HMO Rates Overly Influenced By Age

June 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) HMO premiums, long considered a bellwether for health...

Benefits | May 30th, 2003

Aon: Health Care Rate Trends Still In Double-Digits

May 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The increasing negotiating power of health care providers, escalating demands for services and the lessening...

Benefits | May 30th, 2003

DoL Publishes COBRA Notice Requirements

May 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The US Department of Labor (DoL) has proposed new rules to clarify the requirements for notices...

Benefits | May 27th, 2003

HR Pros Still Climbing Learning Curve on CDH Programs

May 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consumer-driven health care may be on the lips of many plan sponsors these days, but...

Benefits | May 27th, 2003

Employers Looking for More From Health Plan Providers

May 27, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most employers say their current health plans are not helping them reduce costs - and...

Benefits | May 23rd, 2003

Study: Few Americans Prepared for LTC Needs

May 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Few Americans older than 44 have a long-term care (LTC) insurance policy even though most...

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