We are pleased to be a part of the United Way of Washtenaw County 2012 Holiday Wish Book. Click the on the document below to see what area charities are requesting this holiday. Each page a features a Washtenaw County Non-Profit accompanied with contact information for the respective charity. Once you find the item(s) you would like to donate, simply contact that charity for more information. Remember: if you would like to make a charitable donation for 2012, time is running out.

Angela's Employee Benefit Outlook

Hi everyone, at the end of my last blog I posed the question of why, due to Health Care Reform, don’t employers simply eliminate health care benefits for their employees and let them find coverage on the yet to be determined Exchanges. Although I’m not saying this isn’t a viable option, especially due to the overall feeling of angst surrounding Health Care Reform, in my opinion employers will need to consider what I call RR&C. This stands for Recruitment, Retaining and yes the dreaded “C” word, Competition.

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If you are selling products and/or traveling to foreign lands here is a short list of Foreign Insurance coverage that you may consider. Each of these coverage parts are normally bundled by insurance carriers and called an “exporters package”

Remember when a cell phone was just a phone? Now days we can surf the web, order Chinese food, check our bank balances, pay bills or do just about anything that you can do with a personal computer. Unfortunately, now the stakes are much higher if your device becomes lost or is stolen. Don’t fall victim to hackers looking to pick your pocket or worse yet your bank account! They truly don’t have to even touch you any longer. If a new smart phone is on your wish list for this Holiday Season, here are 10-Holiday pointers that you can use to make your device more secure from the eyes of would be hackers and cyber crooks:

While the holiday season is full of fun, there is always the chance that the busy season will get you feeling more stressed than gleeful. Instead of losing your cool, take a few minutes to reconnect and get centered with some yoga; it will keep you sane through the height of the season. Even if you only have 15 minutes to spare, moving through a yoga sequence will help you keep calm and leave you saying “Om” instead of “AHHHH!”

"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!" - so the song goes. Surprisingly, no one has written one with lyrics to "It's the Most Stressful Time of the Year!". Yes - it can be a wonderful, beautiful time if one puts their focus on the true meaning of whatever holiday they are celebrating. However, the reality is that with parties, entertaining, shopping, traveling, etc., etc. - stress is almost inevitable. There are ways to help deal with and minimize stress but we at Kapnick wanted to help you out in a particular area...shopping for tablets.

Starting a workplace wellness program is awesome for your employees. It gets them aware of and involved with maintaining healthy habits while in the workplace. The hope is that it will translate into behaviors even at home. However, when doing claims and utilization analysis, it is often found that the families of the employees are a major source of high cost. This can be for a number of reasons. It should be the goal of any workplace wellness program that the healthy messages translate into healthy family practices.