MZQ Beacon Alert - April 12, 2023 In this Edition: "On April 10th, 2023, President Biden signed H.J. Res. 7 into law, thereby ending the national state of emergency related to COVID-19 that was...
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The Risk Report – April 2023
Download Volume 5, Issue 4 of The Risk Report In this Edition: Judge Deals Blow to Preventative Care Coverage Under ACA Moves Afoot to Improve Prior Authorization Times Making Voluntary Benefits a...
Insurers Make Changes to Prior Approvals Ahead of Rulemaking
After the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed new rules aimed at streamlining the prior approval process for most health plans in the U.S., a number of the country's largest insurers...
Judge Deals Blow to Preventative Care Coverage under ACA
A recent decision by a federal judge in Texas to issue an injunction on a pivotal part of the Affordable Care Act requiring insurers to offer certain types of free preventative care, has raised...
The Beacon – March 29, 2023
MZQ Beacon Alert - March 29, 2023 In this Edition: "The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the 2022 instructions for the prescription drug and health care spending data...
Moves Afoot to Improve Prior Authorization Times, Efficiency
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed new rules aimed at streamlining the prior approval process for most health plans in the U.S. Under the proposal, starting in 2026,...
Wellness Programs Grow in Wake of Pandemic
Employers have often long struggled to boost participation in their wellness programs, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed that as people started looking for ways to better care for themselves both...
The Beacon – March 14, 2023
MZQ Beacon Alert - March 14, 2023 In this Edition: "The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires applicable large employers (ALEs), meaning employers that averaged at least fifty full-time employees...
Employers ‘Unwavering’ in Providing Group Health Benefits: Research
Large employers are unwavering in their plans to continue offering group health plans to their workers instead of funding individual reimbursement accounts that would allow them to shop for plans on...
The Risk Report – March 2023
Download Volume 5, Issue 3 of The Risk Report In this Edition: Virtual-First Health Care Plans Hit the Market Stand-Alone Telehealth Coverage Bill Study on Employer Provider Insurance Why Employees...
The Beacon – March 6, 2023
MZQ Beacon Alert - March 6, 2023 In this Edition: "The new compliance obligations that the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA, 21) created for employ-sponsored plans can seem endless at...
Bill Would Pave Way for Stand-Alone Telehealth Coverage
A bipartisan group of House legislators in February reintroduced legislation from 2022 that would pave the way for employer-sponsored, stand-alone telehealth benefits plans. The bill is important as...
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