Poll: Large employers shifting healthcare staff costs

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Poll: Large employers shifting healthcare staff costs -

Lately, there is a trend among large employers has reported have to postpone considering employees to private exchanges as a cost reduction strategy. However yielded preliminary results from a survey by the National Business Coalition on Health and Communication Benz performed that a majority of large employers interviewed rejected this idea. This article provides an overview of the preliminary results from the Within communications survey advantages .

The context of the internal communications survey advantages

The 2014 Inside Benefits Communication Survey was conducted by the National Business Coalition on Health and Benz Communications. The aim was to learn more about how companies their services strategizing to meet with Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance issues.

The survey 333 human resources and health care professionals about their communications approaches, strategies and results. While the survey across the nation in a variety of industries under there was a significant number of respondents in the areas of technology and service industry. In addition, respondents primarily in southeast and western regions of the United States NBCH_Survey

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Employers are not looking to private exchanges

, the preliminary results from the survey showed that employers reject the idea of ​​their employees to move to a private exchange as a cost reduction strategy. Although this trend has been expressed in similar industry surveys, 55 percent of respondents indicated that they promote that they do not stop employees health insurance sponsorship coverage through a private exchange.

Other large employers report interest have to shift in employee a private exchange:

  • Nearly one-third (32 percent) of employers in the next three to five years at a to move private exchanges are considering

  • Eight percent are a step to a private exchange within the next year plans

  • already use five percent a private exchange employees offer health benefits

Some employers were asked to increase employee contributions

HR / benefits professionals, whether they keep current benefit plans and coverage level and whether the cost of would shift employees. The results were:

  • 40 percent, the current coverage levels are maintained, without the labor costs to increase

  • 32 percent, is maintained current benefits and coverage levels but increase the personnel costs

, respondents were asked how their companies are preparing with the ACA "Cadillac tax" in 2018. the Cadillac tax is observed an excise tax on high cost health insurance plans offered to employers the results were as follows:

  • plan 26 percent, the current benefit plans and reporting to keep level without increasing personnel costs

  • plan nearly 20 percent, to maintain the level of performance, but the personnel costs

  • 15 percent plan benefits and coverage levels to reduce, while still increasing staffing costs

increase Read the Within communications survey advantages by the National Business Coalition on Health and Benz communications.

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