Life & Health

California's new pregnancy disability regulations were designed to provide employers with clarity, and in many cases, they do. Because of the complexity, however, they also create traps for those employers who fail to carefully plan and document pregnancy leaves.

In the new movement away from managed care and toward manage-your-own-care, purchasers and payers are at a crossroads. They must take steps to educate their employees on how to select the best provider, including the weirdness of a market in which price tells you nothing about quality or vice-versa.

Carriers have responded in somewhat of an unexpected way, a rather bullish approach which will have a favorable impact on health premiums.

Asking questions about care is a hassle, an inconvenience, and sometimes a frustrating battle against a system unfamiliar with sharing information or control.

Until families make it clear to hospitals that safety matters to us, none of us, not even Harvard professors, can depend on safety when the ambulance arrives.

If an employer does not have an accurate and reliable way of accounting for an employee's hours, the employer will bear the burden on summary judgment of proving that the employee did not meet the Family & Medical Leave Act eligibility requirement, which is a very difficult burden.

The only way to get an informed purchaser discount is to make the process transparent and work with someone who only has a financial incentive to save you money.

Recently, our author Wendy Lynch was interviewed by World Insurance and Insurance News, on the topic of employer purchases of health insurance. In the first part of the interview, Dr. Lynch says that a more rational aproach to employer purchases of health insurance can save between $1000-$3000 per employer per year.|Recently, our author Wendy Lynch was interviewed by World Insurance and Insurance News, on the topic of employer purchases of health insurance. In the first part of the interview, Dr. Lynch says that a more rational aproach to employer purchases of health insurance can save between $1000-$3000 per employer per year.