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Best (and worst) Dental and Vision Carriers

UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest insurer, does not get top marks from consumers for its core product: Health insurance. According to the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, five of UnitedHealthcare’s major rivals –– Humana, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Anthem and Aetna … Continue reading

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Selecting the Right TeleHealth Service

Seventy-four percent of employers plan to offer telehealth in 2016, up from just half in 2015! The rapid adoption of telehealth is typically credited as being driven by health care providers, but it’s actually employers who are leading this charge. … Continue reading

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Medicare penalizes hospitals over readmissions

For years now, hospital readmissions within a month of discharge have been driving up the cost that insurers and others pay for the care received by patients who end up back to the hospital. Medicare is finally fed up with … Continue reading

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Effectiveness of Wellness Programs

  In the midst of questions about the effectiveness of wellness programs, one advocate for such programs says the results of a recent survey show that wellness initiatives greatly reduce the risk that a person’s chronic condition will go undiagnosed. … Continue reading

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HIPAA Compliance Issues

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) includes a number of strict requirements designed to protect patient privacy, as well as rules to assist health providers in complying with national guidelines for electronic health care communications and … Continue reading

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Age Bias from Insurance Companies

“Inform, Advise, Execute.” That, according to PJP Health’s website, is the health insurer’s goal. Unfortunately, the company didn’t apply those three principles to employee education about age discrimination. At least that’s what a lawsuit filed this week by the U.S. … Continue reading

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Tax Deductions for Landlords

Owning rental property is a great way to earn income. However, tax liability comes with the revenue. As a result, it’s important for landlords to know about a variety of tax deductions in respect to rental property. Below are some … Continue reading

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4 Common Workout Mistakes and How to Fix Them

Designing your own workout? People have the best of intentions when coming up with their own exercise programs but, sadly, often commit one or two design errors that can cost them success. Before you head into the gym to give … Continue reading

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So You Want to Start…Cooking Healthy ‹ Hello Healthy

Cooking healthy. For many of us, saying these two words together is a culinary kiss of death. You see, somewhere between the fat-free, reduced salt and sugar-free fads, “healthy” became synonymous with bland and unexciting. Back when I decided to … Continue reading

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Magnesium Stops Heart Disease

Every 40 seconds. That’s how often someone dies from heart disease — the nation’s No. 1 killer — which claims the lives of nearly 600,000 Americans every year. But what if you could greatly lower your risk of suffering a … Continue reading

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