In follow up to our post from yesterday, we have another update for you related to the impact of Covid - 19 on employers with regards to their benefit program. First, here are two good resources...
Update on Covid – 19 Legislation
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Substance-Abuse Benefits under Affordable Care Act
One less-touted aspect of the Affordable Care Act is that it provides employers more tools for assisting employees with substance-abuse problems to seek help.According to a study by the Substance...
Employer Health Insurance & Coronavirus
Employers are being faced with a rapidly changing economic environment, the possibility of a forced shut-down, and a workforce who are concerned about income and the need to care for...
Concerns Rise Over Letting Employers Fund HRAs for Individual Health Plans
Employers, health insurers, regulators and hospitals are all raising concerns about the Trump administration’s rules issued last year that allow employers to fund health reimbursement arrangements...
Employer Guide for Dealing with the Coronavirus
As the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus gains momentum and potentially begins to spread in North America, employers will have to start considering what steps they can take to protect their...
Creative Dining Shares Success Story at NextGen Healthcare Summit
Jim Eickhoff and Mike Hill talk about how Creative Dining was able to take control of their healthcare supply chain and stop year over year jumps of...
Reference Pricing Can Reduce Medical Outlays, Costs
In an effort to coax health plan participants to use price-shopping behavior when deciding on where to have a procedure, more insurers are starting to roll out a system known as “reference pricing.”...
Trends Shaping Health Insurance and Health Care in 2020
As a new decade begins, the health insurance industry is on the cusp of making a leap towards improved, higher-tech management of health plan participants. A recent paper by Capgemini, an insurance...
Congress Eliminates the ‘Cadillac’ and Other ACA Taxes
Congress before the new year passed legislation repealing the so-called “Cadillac tax” on generous group health plans, as well as two other taxes, finally putting to bed an issue that has plagued...
High-Deductible Plans Saddling Workers with Bigger Drug Outlays
A new study has found that high-deductible plans and increased use of coinsurance are exposing health plan enrollees to higher and higher pharmaceutical costs. One of the big problems for many...
Average Family Plan Cost Hits $20,000 for First Time; What Can You Do to Cut Costs?
A new study has found that the average annual premium for a group family health plan has exceeded $20,000 for the first time in 2019, up 5% from 2018. The average premium for single coverage plans...
Telemedicine Taking Off, Reducing Health Costs
One of the fastest growing parts of the health care system, and which touches significantly on group health plans, is telemedicine. From 2016 to 2017, insurance claims for services rendered via...
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