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2024 Spring Cleaning

2024 Spring Cleaning

Posted By Brandy King
April 26, 2024 Category: FMLA, Unemployment, Ohio PEO, Avetta, ISNetworld, EMR, Group Health

Things are in bloom in Ohio, which is a sure sign of spring…even on the days it doesn’t feel like it. For many people, this means spring cleaning - opening windows, organizing the garage, and getting rid of outmoded things that don’t really serve you anymore. Your business relationships should be evaluated right along with those beat-up gardening gloves that you’re hesitating to throw out. Employers have good intentions of doing this at the end of the year, but things get in the way and it often doesn’t happen. So why not do some spring cleaning with your vendors and administrative tasks? Here are some questions you might want to consider:   Has your payroll processor been easy for both you and your employees to reach with questions or urgent issues? Is your workers’ comp TPA proactively managing claims in addition to processing paperwork?  Is Ohio BWC’s one-size-fits-all approach working for you? If your company offers FMLA, does your staff feel 100% confident managing the program and claims from a compliance perspective?  Did your broker do their best to shop and present you with the best renewal options? Are they talking to you about different plan designs, or only fully-funded? Unemployment claims and fraud have both been running rampant. Is that a task you want to keep in-house?  Is your EMR in the right range to win RFPs, and pass checks with vetting software like ISNetWorld and Avetta?  If yo

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