| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 977 pages) |
| Contents |
The environment of employee benefit plans -- The environment of employee benefit plans / Jerry S. Rosenbloom -- Functional approach to employee benefit plans / G. Victor Hallman -- Risk concepts and employee benefit plans / Gary K. Stone -- Medical and other health benefits -- Health plan evolution / Dennis F. Mahoney -- Appendix A: to Chapter 4: health care cost equation -- Appendix B: to Chapter 4: vision care and hearing care plans -- Health care cost containment : demand side approaches / David Harvey -- Managing and measuring care management intervention programs / Ian Duncan -- Consumer-driven health plans -- Appendix to Chapter 7: consumer-driven health plans : popularity and growth / Diane Luedtke -- Understanding managed behavioral health care benefits / Edward Jones, Ann McClanathan and Dagmar King -- Health care quality : are we getting our money's worth / William J. Mayer -- Pharmacy benefits -- Appendix A: to Chapter 10: definitions -- Appendix B: to Chapter 10: pharmaceutical pricing -- Appendix C: to Chapter 10: medication equivalence -- Appendix D: to Chapter 10: specialty/biotechnology medications and their place in prescription drug plans / Craig S. Stern -- Dental plan design / Ronald L. Huling -- Long-term care insurance / Jan McFarland -- Disability income benefits / John S. Roberts and Mark A. Andruss -- Life insurance benefits -- Group life insurance / William H. Rabel and Jerry S. Rosenbloom -- Business uses of life insurance -- Appendix A: to Chapter 15: permanent life insurance plans and features -- Appendix B: to Chapter 15: universal life insurance programs / Susan Conant -- Work/life benefits -- Time-off benefits and family and medical leave programs -- Appendix A: to Chapter 16: flsa exempt and nonexempt workers -- Appendix B: to Chapter 16: guidelines for the term "serious health condition" under the family and medical leave act / Serafina Maniaci -- Dependent care programs / Ann Costello -- Selected additional benefits : educational assistance programs, group legal services plans, transportation fringe benefits and voluntary benefits / Craig J. Davidson -- Financial planning as an employee benefit / Robert T. LeClair -- Social insurance programs -- Social security and medicare : focus on disability, survivorship, and medicare provisions / Robert J. Myers -- Medicare part D: prescription drug benefits -- Appendix A: to Chapter 21: beneficiary communications -- Appendix B to Chapter 21: Part D cost projections -- Appendix C to Chapter 21: Part D changes due to MIPPA -- Appendix D to Chapter 21: prescription drug events (PDEs) -- Appendix E to Chapter 21: quality measures in Part D -- Appendix F to Chapter 21: drug categories covered on medicare Part B -- Appendix G to Chapter 21: details of drug coverage in Part D formularies / Craig S. Stern -- Workers' compensation -- Appendix to Chapter 22: calculating insurance premiums / John F. Burton, Jr -- Unemployment compensation : US Department of Labor -- Employee benefit plan administration -- Strategic benefit plan management / Dennis F. Mahoney -- Cafeteria plan design and administration / Amy L. Cavanaugh -- Fiduciary liability issues under ERISA / Alan P. Cleveland -- Communicating employee benefits programs -- Appendix to Chapter 27: key reporting and disclosure requirements of the patient protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 / Serafina Maniaci -- Group and health benefit plan financial management -- Federal tax law requirements for group welfare benefit plans / Everett T. Allen, Jr. -- Funding health benefit plans : insured arrangements / Richard Tewksbury -- Funding health benefit plans : self-funded and captive arrangementsrichard l. / Lewksbury and Timothy Luedtke -- Employee benefit plan issues -- Welfare benefits for retirees / Richard Ostuw and Stuart H. Alden -- Employee benefit plans for small companies / Ronald L. Woodmansee -- Multiemployer plans / David Blumenstein -- The globalization of employee benefits / Mark S. Allen and Tony R. Broomhead. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The essential resource for designing and implementing employee benefits-bringing you up to date on critical new industry changes For nearly three decades, HR professionals and consultants have depended on The Handbook of Employee Benefits for authoritative answers to their questions about designing and implementing competitive employee benefits packages. Covering everything from general objectives to costs, this classic reference brings you up to date on critical changes driven by legislative developments, such as the new health-care reform law enacted by the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The seventh edition of The Handbook of Employee Benefits features the knowledge and insights of the leading scholars and practitioners in the field. Filled with new and updated information and real-world examples, this edition focuses on health and group benefits: Health Benefits: health-care reform's impact on employee benefits, new approaches to cost containment, how to access quality care, consumer-driven health-care plan designs along with dental, behavioral, prescription, and long-term care programs Life Insurance: group term, universal life, and corporate-owned life programs Work/Life Programs: traditional time off and family leave, child and elder care, and assistance for education, financial planning, and voluntary benefits Social Insurance Programs: Social Security, Medicare, and workers' and unemployment compensation programs Group and Health Benefit Plan Financial Management: federal tax laws, funding health benefit plans-insured, self-funded, and captive arrangements Employee Benefit Administration: flexible benefit plans, fiduciary liability issues, and communications Issues of Special Interest: retiree welfare benefits, small company benefits, multiemployer plans, and international employee benefit planning An innovative, efficient employee benefit program has become one of the primary prerequisites to success in today's lean business battleground. The Handbook of Employee Benefits provides the knowledge and tools you need to create plans that benefit the greatest number of employees, while allowing employers to maintain fiscal integrity and competitive advantage. |
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Employee fringe benefits -- United States.
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Employee fringe benefits -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Employee fringe benefits -- Taxation -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Avantages sociaux -- États-Unis. |
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Employee fringe benefits |
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Employee fringe benefits -- Law and legislation |
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Employee fringe benefits -- Taxation -- Law and legislation |
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United States |
| Added Author |
Rosenbloom, Jerry S.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Handbook of employee benefits. 7th ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, ©2011 9780071745987 (DLC) 2010052511 (OCoLC)692290248 |
| ISBN |
9780071763097 (electronic bk.) |
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0071763090 (electronic bk.) |
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