Benefits @ Work: The Opioid Epidemic

Benefits @ Work: The Opioid Epidemic

Author: Lipscomb and Pitts Insurance, Sarah Gillespie | Producer: Andrew Bartolotta July 31, 2020 Duration: 16:06
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About 115 Americans die each day from overdosing on drugs called opioids. The number of drug overdose deaths decreased by 4% from 2017 to 2018, but the number of drug overdose deaths was still four times higher in 2018 than in 1999.1  Nearly 70% of the 67,367 deaths in 2018 involved an opioid.  Locally on May 11, Shelby county health department reported a spike in drug overdose activity across the county during a 32-day period. Within 30 days (from April 7 to May 7) there were 391 total suspected overdoses reported, 58 of those being fatal. SCHD says that’s the highest count since data collection began in Jan. 2019. Within 14 days (from April 23 to May 7) there were 209 suspected overdoses reported with 35 of those being fatal. Within 7 days (from April 30 to May 7) there were 131 suspected overdoses reported with 20 reports being fatal. Within 24 hours (on May 5) there were 20 overdoses reported and four of those reports ended in death.

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Benefits @ Work: Mental Health in the workplace [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:15
Melissa Donahue, Director at Concern Employee Assistance Program (EAP), sits down with Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance's Director of Client Engagement, Betsy Kamler, to discuss mental health in the workplace and how it affect…
Benefits @ Work: Alzheimer's + Dementia in the workplace [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:12
Melissa Donahue, Director at Concern Employee Assistance Program (EAP), sits down with Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance's Director of Client Engagement, Betsy Kamler, to discuss Alzheimer's and Dementia in the workplace and ho…
ACA Penalty Letters [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 15:37
Listen in to learn more about these letters and the steps to take if you should receive one.
2019 Compliance Review and Expectations for 2020 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:53
Be sure to tune into this podcast for a review of some of the compliance milestones of 2019 and their implications. Sarah and Stacy also discuss some expectations for 2020.
What to do with an MLR rebate check [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:10
Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) rebate checks must be returned to employers when the health insurance issuer spent less than 80-85% of premium dollars in the prior year on medical care and health care quality improvement.
Qualified Medical Child Support Orders [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 14:10
Often, in the case of divorce or a custody decision, the court will determine who should be responsible for providing health insurance for the children.
Expanded List of Preventive Care for HSA Participants [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:33
In swift response to a portion of the June 2019 Executive Order that directed the Treasury to consider regulations to help patients with HDHPs, the IRS recently announced an expanded definition of preventive care benefit…

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