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• HIPAA e-Rule Surprises Small Businesses

  BNET - 2006-04-20

  Issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS, the HIPAA Security Rule mandates that companies with small health plans - defined as those with less than $5 million in group medical claims - will have to comply with 17 standards, and at least half of the 41...

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• Not so Easily Replaced: The Notion That Long-Term Government Employees Are a Liability Is a Simplistic One, According to One Reader

  BNET - 2006-04-01

  The notion that long-term employees in the private sector are an asset and that long-term employees in the public sector are a liability reflects an extremely simplistic view of those sectors and the employees who work in them. It perpetuates the belief that government employees sit behind desks making life...

  Tags: Employee, CFO Publishing Corp., Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations

• States to Employers: Pay Up

  BNET - 2006-04-01

  Companies that don't provide health-care insurance could soon get a wake-up call. That's because an increasing number of states - 23 at recent count, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures - are considering so-called pay-or-play bills that would force employers either to provide some coverage or pay a...

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• Serenity Now!

  BNET - 2006-03-15

  Experts say coverage for noncompliance with Sarbox or other regulatory mandates may fall within the catchall indemnity provided by standard D&O insurance products. Some carriers have begun adding "Defense allocation" provisions into D&O policies. Those provisions allow an insurance company to pay only a portion of legal defense costs when...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., D&O, Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance

• Better Performance Reporting and Analysis

  BNET - 2006-02-21

  A forward-looking and analytical view - the ability to conduct what-if analyses, for example - goes to the heart of much of what finance and business unit managers need to manage their companies amid increasing competition, regulatory oversight, and higher investor and board expectations. Executives need to be able to...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Performance, Analysis, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Performance Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• BPO: Is Wider Better?

  BNET - 2006-02-21

  Business process outsourcing providers are expanding their offerings; customers are still farming out bits and pieces, but they're selecting providers with an eye to the future. Financial and accounting business process outsourcing is becoming the territory of a handful of large global services providers. F&A BPO - though an awkward...

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• By Popular Demand: Why Buy HR Applications When You Can Rent Them?

  BNET - 2006-02-15

  Growth comes at a price - and often it's a company's human-resources department that has to pay it. Consider Genmar Holdings Inc., a $1 billion maker of recreational boats sold under such brands as Wellcraft, Seaswirl, and Larson. A multiyear acquisition spree made it difficult for the company to obtain...

  Tags: Human Resources, CFO Publishing Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Branding, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Marketing

• Going All Out: As the Costs of Managing HR Departments Rise, More Companies Are Outsourcing the Bulk of Services to One-Stop Shops

  BNET - 2006-02-15

  HR outsourcing is a fairly recent phenomenon. Many of the contracts now being negotiated are long-term agreements of up to a decade or even longer. (DuPont's deal with Convergys is for 13 years.) Both sides say they benefit from longer-term deals. Hiring an outsourcing firm is costly and time-consuming, and...

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• Putting a Premium on Health - Employers Are Giving Workers a New Reason to Get in Shape: Cash

  BNET - 2006-02-15

  When a Wal-Mart memo describing the retailer's plans to hire and retain healthier workers was leaked to the press, it touched off a firestorm. But in truth, many companies are coming to regard a fitter workforce as one way to control health-care benefit costs. Feeling the pinch of double-digit increases...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Health Care, Worker, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Insurance, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance

• Putting a Premium on Health

  BNET - 2006-02-15

  Feeling the pinch of double-digit increases in insurance premiums over the past several years, a number of employers have rolled out various kinds of health-improvement initiatives intended to nudge at least some workers toward lifestyle changes that could help rein in medical costs. While these programs, also known as wellness...

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