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The soaring cost of health insurance is one of the most pressing issues facing architecture, engineering, and environmental firms today. As a firm leader, you know it’s a struggle to maintain competitive benefits without eroding your profit margins.
Controlling Rising Health Care Costs in Architecture, Engineering, Planning & Environmental Consulting Firms, a ZweigWhite Management Briefing, will provide you with actionable strategies and innovative ideas for coping with the staggering growth in health care costs. This research report will provide you with the latest data on health insurance spending by design and environmental firms, nine real-life case studies of how A/E firms—both large and small—are tackling the problem, and 14 creative strategies firms are using to control health care costs. Use this report to save money the next time your health insurance premium is up for renewal.
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While the rapid growth in cost of health care in America has slowed somewhat in the past year or two, the trend is still ever upwards. And for many small businesses, this constant upward climb, regardless of how steep from one year to the next, has become a major concern. It’s a cost issue that pervades many other areas of the business, from recruitment and retention, to profitability and productivity. For most small firms, the difference between a 9% increase and an 11% increase is barely noticeable; both increases are alarming and worth of an investment of time and energy to control.
In the A/E industry, where the majority of firms are small businesses struggling to find adequate health insurance coverage for their fewer-than 20 employees firm leaders face the delicate balancing act of providing competitive benefits while controlling costs. Cut benefits, and you may find it difficult to hire and keep talented employees. Pay too much for coverage, and you may find your bottom line eroding.
Controlling Rising Health Care Costs in A/E/P & Environmental Consulting Firms, 2nd Edition, a ZweigWhite Management Briefing, will provide you with actionable strategies and innovative ideas for coping with the staggering growth in health care costs. This research and best practices report will provide you with the latest data on health care in America, spending by design and environmental firms on this necessary benefit, real-life case studies of how A/E firms— both large and small— are tackling the problem, and creative strategies firms are using to control health care costs. Use this report to save money the next time your health insurance premium is up for renewal.
Controlling Rising Health Care Costs in A/E/P & Environmental Consulting Firms, 2nd Edition provides readers with information on:
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Current trends in health care costs
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Common types of health care plans
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Drivers of rising health care costs
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Strategies for controlling costs
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How to communicate plan changes to employees
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How health care premium costs affect small businesses and the overall economy
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What other firms in the industry are doing to deal with the issue
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What’s ahead for employer-sponsored health care in America
Controlling Rising Health Care Costs in Architecture, Engineering, Planning & Environmental Consulting Firms, 2nd Edition offers you an insider’s view of how some firms are handling the steep increases in health care premiums from year to year. Through thoughtful analysis of current and projected trends in the health care market coupled with innovative and field-tested best practices suggestions, this report offers unique solutions and coping strategies to firm leaders and HR directors in A/E firms large and small.
The soaring cost of health insurance is one of the most pressing issues facing architecture, engineering, and environmental firms today. Let Zweig White’s Management Briefing, Controlling Rising Health Care Costs in A/E/P & Environmental Consulting Firms, 2nd Edition help you find the right balance between care and cost.
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Full Contents:
Chapter 1: The Rising Cost of Health Care
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Health Care’s Impact on Small Businesses
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The Rise of Employer-Sponsored Health Care
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Trends and Analysis
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The Changing Role of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits
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Looking Ahead
Chapter 2: Types of Health Insurance Plans
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Health Management Organizations (HMOs)
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Preferred Provider Organization Plans (PPOs)
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Point of Service Plans (POSs)
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Fee for Service Plans (FFSs)
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Consumer Driven Health Care Plans (CDHPs)
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Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
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Exclusive Provider Organization Plans (EPOs)
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Mini-Med Plans
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Self-Insurance
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Industry Preferences
Chapter 3: Drivers of Rising Health Care Costs
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Increased Spending on Prescription Drugs
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Increasing Cost of Hospital and Doctor Services
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Increasing Consumer Demand
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Technology
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The Shift Towards PPOs
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Other Factors
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The Silver Lining
Chapter 4: Strategies for Controlling Health Care Costs
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Traditional Methods
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Progressive Strategies
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Mandates and Regulations
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Employee Education
Chapter 5: Communicating Health Plan Changes to Employees
Chapter 6: A/E Health Benefits Case Studies
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