THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016
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| Employee Benefits & Workers' Comp News, February/March 2016 |
Volume 26, Number 1 |
Physician Choice: Whose Right Is it?
 When an employee suffers a work-related injury, workers’ compensation law obligates the employer to pay for medical treatment. Who gets to choose the treating physician—and why does it matter?
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How Medicare Works with Your Medical Benefits
 Due to longer life spans, higher medical costs and recession-impacted savings, the percentage of Americans staying in the workforce past age 65 is increasing. How does this affect your medical benefit plans? Read on for details.
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What is a Flexible Spending Account?
 As employers cut back on benefits or require employees to contribute more, establishing a flexible spending account (FSA) gives employees a valuable benefit at little cost to the employer.
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Study: Employers Do Not Understand OSHA’s Recordkeeping Requirements
A study titled “Exploring the Relationship Between Employer Recordkeeping and Underreporting in the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses” sought to gauge the accuracy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
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This Just In...
A “host employer” is responsible for reporting injuries to temporary workers, says OSHA. In an October 2015 interpretation letter, OSHA clarified that the “host employer” must record injuries and illnesses of temporary workers if it supervises them on a day-to-day basis. The letter states: “OSHA’s injury and illness recordkeeping regulation at 29 CFR 1904.31(a) requires employers to record the recordable injuries and illnesses of employees they supervise on a day-to-day basis, even if these workers are not carried on the employer’s payroll. ...
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