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Topics: temporary staffing, health care, OSHA, Healthcare-Staffing, violence-in-healthcare

Health benefits costs are almost certainly going to rise in 2021. They’ve been trending upward for years—over 50% in the last decade, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation—and the current state of economic uncertainty over COVID-19 won’t slow things down. Realistically, ...

Topics: health care, employee benefits, open enrollment, health-insurance-costs

On Tuesday, June 23, 2020, District Judge Carl Nichols ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s final rule requiring hospitals to disclose their negotiated prices. The rule was released on Nov. 15, 2019, and set to take effect Jan. 1, 2021....

Topics: staffing, PEO, benefits, health care, Hospital Pricing Transparency, Hospital Price List

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  Important Dates Jan. 21, 2020 - The Supreme Court denied motions to expedite Texas v. Azar....

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On Feb. 5, OSHA announced a number of changes to its National Emphasis Program (NEP) on silica. The program focuses on enforcement of silica standards with an emphasis on specific industries that are expected to have the most respirable crystalline silica exposure for workers....

Topics: temporary staffing, staffing, PEO, risk management, health care, wellness, OSHA

The outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has created a number of questions and compliance challenges for employers. To help employers deal with the outbreak of Coronavirus, OSHA has developed a new resource page found here. ...

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The Department of Labor (DOL), through its Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), has released updated versions of its model COBRA General Notice and model COBRA Election Notice, both with an expiration date of Jan. 31, 2023....

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