BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Administration Costs
- costs of management, not including production, marketing, or distribution costs
Additional Resources
- Direct contracts cut medical costs
- With annual health care costs surging 9.3% to an average $5,440 per person in 2002, employers with self-funded plans are being whipsawed by the financial risks associated with plan sponsorship almost as much as employers with fully insured health coverage. But rather than absorb the yearly increases in claims...
- Research articles 2004-02-01
- Automated Profile Management Announces Microsoft Logo Certification of Profile Maker, the Profile Management Software Solution for System Administration
- JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 6, 1998--Automated Profile Management, LLC announces its flagship product, Profile Maker, has passed the stringent requirements required to receive "Designed for Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 95" logo certification from Microsoft. Profile Maker eliminates up to 15 minutes per user setup during software rollouts, and reduces administration...
- Research articles 1998-03-06
- Clear Technology and IBM Work Together to Reduce Payor Costs; Enabling New Era of Virtual Workers for Health Plan Payors
- WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- Clear Technology Inc., an IBM Business Partner, today announced that it will work with IBM Business Consulting Services to incorporate Clear's TranzaxR Role ReplicationTM platform as part of the IBM Virtual Worker SolutionTM, to dramatically reduce payors' administration costs.
- Research articles 2005-01-10
- VERITAS Software Helps Direct Media Inc. Better Manage E-mail and Save $60,000 in Hardware Costs
- MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Direct Media Significantly Reduces E-mail Administration Costs Using VERITAS Enterprise Vault Content Archiving Software
- Research articles 2005-01-11
- Health Costs Squeezing DoD Budgets
- As the body politic passionately debates the rising costs of healthcare and what to do about it, the country's largest employer is already feeling the pain. Even though the Obama administration is spending record amounts on defense, DOD's budget is being squeezed by rising healthcare costs that will increasingly crowd...
- News items 2009-08-13
- Is the Obama Administration Giving Up On a Public-Sector Insurance Plan?
- I doubt it. Progressives are in the middle of a long negotiation with conservatives that will end in conference committee late this fall, where politicians will merge the Senate and House versions of the bills, hammering out the differences. We know that the House bill contains a strong public sector...
- News items 2009-08-18
- Drug Makers Gave Lobbyists an Xmas Gift -- Millions More to Lobby Obama Administration
- A New Year will bring a new president, a new FDA chief, many new drug regulations, and, possibly, health insurance reform. Mindful of the ton of major drug brands that will go off-patent in 2009, drug companies have not rested in their lobbying efforts over generics and patent issues. They...
- Blog posts 2008-12-31
- Credit Card Abuse Costs Federal Government Plenty
- The Federal Executive branch employs a great deal of people. They travel a great deal as well. A reform from several years ago was to issue credit cards for travel to these employees similar to what many large companies do. The Associated Press writes about...
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
- Pharmacoeconomics a Key in ICU Drug Choice
- There is more to choosing drugs for the intensive care unit than cost. How effective a particular agent is may be even more important than how much it costs. Pharmaceuticals are not cheap, especially not in the ICU. Acquisition cost is only one factor that goes into the overall cost...
- White papers 2006-02-20
- Medicare Chemotherapy Payments: New Drug and Administration Fees Are Closer to Providers' Cost
- This U.S. Government Accountability Office GAO report, reviews the adequacy of Medicare payments for chemotherapy-related drugs and chemotherapy administration services in 2004 and 2005, and assesses the changes in these payments and compared the payments to the estimated costs of providing these services. The report summarizes that by estimation, Medicare...
- White papers 2004-12-01
- Stress over standards; Manufacturing brace for costs brought by new federal regulations on repetitive-stress injuries.
- LANSING - Manufacturers say the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration's new ergonomics standards threaten to add dangerous repetitive stress to their costs. The standards, published by OSHA in November, are designed to help protect mi LANSING - Manufacturers say the federal Occupational Safety and ...
- Research articles 2001-02-12
- Vendors vie to take on noncore functions; Employers seek lower HR costs.(Benefits Management)(outsourcing human resource functions)
- Byline: MICHAEL PRINCE Employers are expected to expand their outsourcing efforts beyond benefits administration as a way to reduce costs and improve the delivery of other human resources functions. Although not many employers have thus far turn Byline: MICHAEL PRINCE ...
- Research articles 2003-07-28
- Managing all disability costs. (integrated employee benefits programs)
- Insurers, employers tout integration of workers comp, disability benefits Increased productivity, decreased disability costs and streamlined claims administration are some of the advantages employers can gain from integrated benefits programs. IntegrInsurers, employers tout integration of workers comp, disability benefits Increased productivity, decreased disability...
- Research articles 1997-07-21
- SSA: Part D subsidy information verification.(Federal Register)(United States. Social Security Administration)(Brief Article)
- SSA: Part D subsidy information verification. Information collection. The Social Security Administration has developed six forms to verify the information provided by people seeking a subsidy of their out-of-pocket costs under the Part D drug progr SSA: Part D subsidy information verification. Information ...
- Research articles 2005-07-08
- HR via Internet. (human resources administration software from USWeb Corp)(Brief Article)
- 00-00-0000 AUTOMATE HUMAN-RESOURCES ADministration with USWeb Business Solution for Human Resources from USWeb Corp., http://www.usweb.com. Said to reduce costs and improve the effectiveness of human-resource management, the USWeb package includes e 00-00-0000 AUTOMATE HUMAN-RESOURCES ADministration with USWeb Business Solution for Human Resources...
- Research articles 1997-11-03
- A conversation with Constance Logan, U.S. Small Business Administration.(Focus)(Interview)
- Crain's reporter Sheena Harrison spoke with Constance Logan, public-information officer for the U.S. Small Business Administration in Detroit, which is promoting tax-exempt savings accounts to ease the burden of rising health care costs. What smal Crain's reporter Sheena Harrison spoke with Constance Logan,...
- Research articles 2005-02-21
- NRA Wins Fight On OSHA Issue.(National Restaurant Association wins in injury reporting issue)(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)(Brief Article)
- In a significant victory for the National Restaurant Association, an Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA decision has spared the restaurant industry an estimated $35 million-plus in compliance costs. The OSHA regulation would have re In a significant victory for the National Restaurant Association, an...
- Research articles 2001-03-01
- GSA releases LEED cost study.(NEWSLINE; General Services Administration, Leadership in Energy and Enviromental Design Building Rating System, Version 2.1)(Brief Article)
- Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. General Services Administration GSA commissioned a study, completed in October 2004, to estimate the costs of developing green federal facilities using the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED Building R Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. General Services Administration GSA ...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
- Workplace burdened by cost of crashes. (News Scan).(says National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates U.S. traffic crashes cost $230.6 billion in 2000, according to a federal study. That includes $61 billion in lost workplace productivity and $4.5 billion in workplace costs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates U.S. traffic...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- Senators, Scientists Say Congress Should Reject Bush Administration's Proposals for New Nuclear Weapons
- WASHINGTON, May 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The diplomatic and security costs of the Bush administration's proposals to explore new nuclear weapons far outweigh any marginal benefits such arms might yield, an expert panel led by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) WASHINGTON, May 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The diplomatic and security costs...
- Research articles 2003-05-01
