Employee Benefit Research Institute

Recent trends in managed care indicate increasing numbers of PPO, POS and IPA plans. This movement represents a shift from the more restrictive staff and group model HMO plans to the less restrictive types of managed care plans with open-ended coverage. According to the Health Confidence Survey (Employee Benefit Research Institute, 2001), 53% of managed care enrollees reported enrollment in PPO-type plans, compared to 37% in HMO-type plans. 

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Employee Benefits Research Institute. 2011. The 2010 Retirement Confidence Survey Confidence Stabilizing, But Preparations Continue to Erode. Executive Summary of EBRI Issue Brief 340, January 27. 

Professionals also need a professional community, where members gather to make one another successful. Rohm and Haas has one for its research scientists and another for its engineers. We also encouraged membership in ACS, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and Society of Women Engineers. Additionally, minority employees benefit from membership in a professional community that addresses their particular issues, such as the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, NOBCChE, and American Indian Science and Engineering Society. 

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