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Listed below are several websites that you may find useful for information on subjects related to employee benefits, health care, and human resources management. Please let us know about other topics which you would like us to consider adding, or if you would like to discuss any item here in more depth.
Recent happenings in the employee benefits world: up to date news and analysis.
Plan management
These sites focus on the practical administrative requirements of benefits legislation and regulations.
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
- Employee change of status (life events).
- The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
- The Health Insurance Portability and Protection Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
- Eligible medical expenses under the Internal Revenue Code"
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA).
- General compliance assistance, with links to specific topics.
- Printed compliance assistance materials.
- Internal Revenue Service forms.
Consumers
- Consumer Reports? guide to making better informed and more cost effective prescription drug choices.
- PHC4
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) has collected data from Pennsylvania hospitals since 1981. Interactive databases are available to compare hospitals across a large number of inpatient and outpatient procedures and outcomes, as well as by financial performance. There are also focused studies available on topics such as coronary artery bypass surgery, hip and knee replacement, and HMO quality.
Health care issues
- Health Affairs
Top scholars, policymakers, and health care industry leaders write about health care policy issues in Health Affairs, a bimonthly journal published by Project HOPE.
- AHRQ
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. AHRQ's research helps people make more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services.