Providing Clarity in Wage Parity Clarity for Home Care in New York
New York, NY (PRWEB) February 26, 2016 -- On March 1st, 2016 home care agencies in Suffolk, Nassau, and Westchester counties will see their wage parity total compensation increase 114% to $13.22/hour. As agencies consider new ways to comply with the growing supplemental wages of the Wage Parity Act, employers will now find that Mobile Health’s Wage Parity Clarity benefit program is now available in their counties.
Wage Parity Clarity is a health benefit program run by the regional occupational health provider who specializes in home care pre-employment and annual exams. Every year, Mobile Health performs over 200,000 exams for home health agencies across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and other Northeast states.
The expansion of wage parity increases to Suffolk, Nassau, and Westchester counties has been anticipated for a while, but on March 1st the new increases become official. It is due to this official mandate that Mobile Health has just expanded their Wage Parity Clarity program to accommodate the affected counties.
In place since 2012, the Wage Parity Act is a form of compensation to the healthcare worker that includes a combination of a living wage and supplemental or additional wages. Affected home care agencies can work either pay the additional increase in the form of a salary increase or in added benefits such as medical and insurance products.
Subscribers to Wage Parity Clarity benefit from providing their home care workers an annual health benefit, which includes and exceeds all components of New York’s annual exam requirements. This combination provides the workers with annual medical access and a full physical that allows them to stay compliant with the Department of Health regulations covering home care screenings.
Agencies who elect to provide for the increase in a salary form will realize that their contribution is subject to double payroll taxation, by the employer and employee. Also, any salary increases much be included in FLSA time-and-a-half rates. Providing a medical benefit such as Mobile Health’s Wage Parity Clarity has the potential to increase employee health, compliance, and decrease payroll.
Currently, Mobile Health works with most Thirty Party Administrators (TPA’s), Brokers, Benefit Consultants, and other employee benefit vendors and products. The plan is simple to administer and costs less than 10 centers per hour for most agencies.
Once registered, agencies have the option to sign-up for free Auto-Scheduling. Mobile Health’s auto-scheduling feature import’s the entire employee roster of an agency and automatically scheduled and notifies the employee of their annual appointment. Not only does this help ensure compliance, but helps drive utilization and engagement. Users of Mobile Health’s Wage Parity Clarity regularly experience higher utilization than other medical benefit programs.
Agencies interested in learning more about how Mobile Health can help provide better value to their Wage Parity plans can learn more on their website at http://www.wageparityclarity.com
Mobile Health is an occupational health provider in New York City with multiple locations across the northeast in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. They specialize in employee screening services such as physicals, drug tests, tuberculosis screening and other medical clearance requirements. They can be found online at http://www.mobilehealth.net.
Rafael Landeiro, Mobile Health, http://www.mobilehealth.net/, +1 (646) 625-3008, [email protected]
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