The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in late February that private group health plans cannot deny coverage or impose cost-sharing for COVID-19 diagnostic testing, regardless of whether or not the patient is experiencing symptoms or has been exposed...
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed cost-sharing limits that would apply to all Affordable Care Act-compliant health insurance policies for the 2022 policy year. The ACA imposes annual out-of-pocket maximums on the amount that an enrollee in a...
Nationally recognized speakers touch on the cost of inaction related to employer sponsored health plans.
New guidance from the Internal Revenue Service allows employers to temporarily give their employees extra benefits leeway in making changes to their flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs). The guidance, in response to the COVID-19...
Download Volume 3, Issue 3 of The Risk Report In this Edition: The Top Five Health Conditions Driving Insurance CostsInsurers No Longer Required to Send 1095-B Forms to WorkersEAPs to the Rescue During Troubling TimesHigher Health Plan Cost-Sharing Limits Proposed for...
A new study has identified the top five health conditions that are driving the overall cost of group health plan outlays, and without which spending would actually be falling. The report is enlightening, and employers can use the findings to offer programs aimed at...
The soaring cost of new prescription drugs is becoming a major driver in overall health insurance price increases, and some of those drugs are so expensive that they are out of reach for the average patient. When people can't afford the drugs their doctor prescribes...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued new rules that require Medicare to cover medical devices that the Food and Drug Administration designates as "breakthrough" technology. The rule paves the way for giving Medicare recipients access to the...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has affirmed that employers can mandate COVID-19 vaccines for employees, subject to some limitations. The EEOC’s updated guidance offers direction regarding employer-mandated vaccinations, accommodations for employees who...
Download Volume 3, Issue 2 of The Risk Report In this Edition: Consolidated Appropriations Act: How New Law Affects Group Health PlansEEOC Rules: New Employer Vaccination Guidelines IssuedCompliance: Changes for 2021 Summary of BenefitsHealth Care Savings: Generics,...
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148 S River Ave Ste 300, Holland, MI 49423