Health and Welfare Plans — Plan Types and Administration
Certification Exam: B3*

This course provides fundamental information that every practitioner must know in regard to different types of health and welfare benefits available. Key areas that this course focuses on include medical health care benefits, supplemental health care benefits, the concept of choice, disability plans, survivor benefits, pay for time not worked and the administration of these different programs.

• Gain an overview of health and welfare plans available.
• Focus on the medical component of health care benefits.
• Discuss behavioral health care, prescription drug plans, dental plans, vision plans and long-term care options.
• Learn about complementary programs to encourage and support employee health.
• Explore offering employees choice and flexibility in their benefits.
• Learn how to positively influence employee outcomes while staying true to your organization’s cost strategy.
• Address disability programs.
• Find out how offering employee leave programs can be advantageous to both employer and employee.
• Discuss administration of health, welfare and other benefit programs.

Who Should Attend

This is designed for human resources professionals new to the benefits field or individuals who would like to broaden their total rewards perspective.

What You Will Learn

Fundamentals of Health Care Benefits: Medical

• Fundamentals: Health care and welfare benefits
• Medical plan types
• Typical medical plan terms
• Characteristics of medical plans
• Medical plan coverage
• Stabilizing costs

Fundamentals of Health Care Benefits: Supplemental Health Care Benefits

• Behavioral health care
• Prescription drug plans
• Designing programs to result in healthy people
• Dental plans
• Vision care plans
• Long-term care insurance

The Concept of Choice

• IRC Section 125 — Cafeteria plans
• Concept of consumerism
• Supporting consumerism

Welfare Benefits: Disability Plans and Survivor Benefits

• Introduction to disability benefits
• Disability income programs
• Integrated approach to disability management
• Survivor benefits
• Life insurance provisions

Other Benefits: Pay for Time Not Worked

• Overview of pay for time not worked
• Common paid time off programs

Administration

• Benefits administration
• Benefits administration: partners
• Key decisions affecting administration
• What does administration entail?

	Credits CBP: Required Recertification: 2 course, .5 Exam CEUs: 1.5 Course, .3 Exam CPEs: 16 CFP: 16 credits PHR/SPHR/GPHR recertification hours: 16 (classroom); 14 (live online)
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