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- something that improves the profitability or efficiency of an organization or reduces its risk, or any nonmonetary reward given to employees, for example, paid vacations or employer contributions to pensions
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- Hancock-Fortis team for long-term care.
- * John Hancock Life Insurance Co. in Boston, which acquired Milwaukee-based Fortis Long-Term Care in March, has launched its first co-branded long-term-care insurance products since John Hancock 2000. The products, which are enhanced versions * John Hancock Life...
- Research articles 2000-09-04
- Aetna is a leading national provider of insurance coverage. We offer a broad range of benefits including dental, life, pharmacy, disability, long-term care group and, at course, health
- Aetna is a leading national provider of insurance coverage. We offer a broad range of benefits including dental, life, pharmacy, disability, long-term care group and, at course, health. No matter what the size of your business, you can meet the diverse needs of your employees and get the added benefit...
- Research articles 2004-06-01
- Hancock LTC offers array of choices. (John Hancock Mutual Life's long-term care policy)
- Protectcare Advantage, John Hancock Mutual Life's newest offering in the long-term care LTC market, offers the policyholder a range of options in several key areas, including type of coverage, benefit amounts and disposition of unused benefits. The insuProtectcare Advantage, John Hancock Mutual Life's newest offering in the long-term care LTC...
- Research articles 1992-08-17
- LTC, Group Auto Top Non-Traditional Benefits, Survey Finds.(long-term care, automobile insurance; employee benefits)
- Long-term care insurance, group auto insurance, group financial planning services, and other non-traditional benefits are the top choices for employers planning to expand their benefit programs during the next three years, according to a recent Hewitt Long-term care insurance, group auto insurance, group financial planning services,...
- Research articles 1998-04-13
- IRS forms reveal IRS 'decision' on NQ-LTC.(1099-LTC and 8853 IRS forms on benefit taxation under nonqualified long-term care policies issued after Jan 1, 1997)
- The IRS forms 1099-LTC and 8853 include specific information on taxation of benefits included in nonqualified long-term care (NQ-LTC) policies that became valid after Jan 1, 1997. The IRS require taxpayers to provide information regarding NQ-LTC benefits The IRS forms 1099-LTC and 8853 include specific information on taxation of benefits...
- Research articles 1998-02-23
- LTC cover coming of age; Recognition of need expected to boost demand.(long term care insurance as employee benefit)(Statistical Data Included)
- Even though group long-term care insurance is relatively inexpensive, most employers see little interest in the benefit among employees because people don't think they'll need it until after they retire. Insurers and benefit experts point out, tho Even though group long-term care insurance...
- Research articles 2001-07-02
- Hewlett-Packard offers employees the nation's first corporate self-funded long-term care benefit program
- SANTA MONICA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 24, 1995--U.S. Care Tuesday announced that it has designed and will administer for Hewlett-Packard Co. the nation's first corporate self-funded long-term care benefit program.
- Research articles 1995-10-24
- ACLI Testifies on Benefits of Long-Term Care Insurance Before Senate Finance Committee
- WASHINGTON -- The American Council of Life Insurers ACLI testified at a U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing today about the benefits of long-term care insurance to individuals and the Medicaid system. Joyce Ruddock, vice president of long-term care insurance for MetLife, testified on behalf of ACLI.
- Research articles 2005-06-29
- John Hancock Adds Features and Benefits to `Guaranteed Principal Annuity'; New `GPA Choice' Product Offers Two Interest Rate Options and Long-Term Care Benefit
- Business Editors
- Research articles 2001-05-22
- Payroll deduction UL has LTC accelerated benefit. (universal life, long-term care)
- Transamerica Assurance has added a long-term care accelerated benefits rider to its new payroll deduction universal life policies. The rider covers long-term and home health care and pays a monthly benefit equal to 2% of the base policy death benefit. It Transamerica Assurance has added a long-term care accelerated benefits...
- Research articles 1993-03-08
- Hancock LTC rider allows spouses to share benefits. (John Hancock Financial Services; long-term care)
- A new rider developed by John Hancock Financial Services gives an individual access to benefits available under a spouse's long-term care LTC policy, if that individual's LTC benefits are exhausted. Under Hancock's SharedCare plan, each spouse, in orderA new rider developed by John Hancock Financial Services gives an individual access...
- Research articles 1995-10-23
- Supplemental Disability Insurance and Long-Term Care Insurance: Building a Comprehensive Executive Benefits Package
- This article asserts that highly compensated executives typically have a strong appreciation of their special retirement planning needs given the severe limitations imposed on qualified retirement plans. The same is true with respect to their estate planning needs and the role life insurance plays in protecting their assets for their...
- White papers 2002-08-01
- The Medicare Prescription Benefit: Implications for Long-Term Care Residents
- About two-thirds of nursing facility residents are Medicaid beneficiaries, due to low income or having spent down their assets. Their medications are currently paid for by the Medicaid programs of the various states. Another 8-10% of nursing facility residents are covered by Medicare Part A, which pays for medications along...
- White papers 2002-08-13
Additional Resources
- Tenet's High Hospital Prices and Their Perverse Consequences
- One of the reasons healthcare is such a hairball to understand -- much less reform -- is that so few of the actual workings of the system are remotely transparent. Much hospital pricing, for instance, is so deeply shrouded in layers of individually negotiated discounts, almost none of which are...
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- The House Health Reform Bill: An Abortion Funding Ban And Other Late Changes
- Editor's Note: This is Tim Jost's fourth post examining HR 3962, the House's health reform legislation. Previous posts focused on measure's health care financing reforms, the legislation's provisions for an insurance exchange and a "public option," and HR 3962's delivery system reforms and other provisions. How did HR 3962 change on Saturday night? As everyone...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Tiered Networks for Hospital and Physician Health Care Services
- The purpose of this document is to provide an understanding of tiered provider networks and the issues involved, with an emphasis on tiered hospital networks. Under a tiered provider network benefit structure, employees pay different cost-sharing rates for different tiers of providers. Tiered provider networks are essentially a variation of...
- White papers 2003-08-01
- Sen. Byrd - coal-hater and climate fanatic?
- It looks like Sen. Robert Byrd, a lifetime loyal supporter of the West Virginia coal industry (see his definitive biography, "Robert C. Byrd: Child of the Appalachian Coalfields"), stabbed Don Blankenship/Massey Coal and the rest of the W.Va. environmentally destructive "mountaintop mining" industry in the back last Thursday, in an...
- News items 2009-12-07
- Berwick: Hospitals Are Still Aboard The Quality Train
- At a time when survival is on the mind of every hospital executive, are healthcare leaders letting up on quality improvement? Not according to Donald Berwick, president of the Boston-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement, which has long led the charge for hospital quality and safety. He said that there’s a...
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- On publishing, paywalls and the information fabric of the Web
- Google said Tuesday that it will let publishers set a daily limit on the number of articles readers can view for free through its popular search engine. The change, explained at length in a post on the Google News blog, will let publishers limit readers to five free articles per day....
- News items 2009-12-02
- ADEA exemption rule long overdue.(Opinions)(Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
- HOW LONG SHOULD IT TAKE a federal agency to finalize a benefit rule that it proposed a year ago and that has broad-based support? Not very long, one would think, but that isn't the case with a vital retiree health care rule awaiting final action...
- Research articles 2004-09-06
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