May Terminating Employees Elect COBRA Coverage for Domestic Partners?
"QUESTION: Our company will soon begin offering coverage under our health [...]
Tax Reform: Side-by-Side Comparison of Employee Benefit Provisions of House and Senate Bills
"The House initially took a heavy hand to many favorable executive compensation provisions and made some important changes in the retirement and welfare areas, but the House Ways and Means Committee relented a bit. The Senate Finance Committee proposal, as modified ...
4 Steps to Control Health Care Costs
Learn how predictive analytics can save self-funded employers on health [...]
Mercer’s Mike Sinkledam Reminds Calendar Year Plans to Implement New SBC Requirements During This Year’s Open Enrollment
"While 'not a lot has changed from last year, from [...]
What to Do When You Receive an Out-of-Network Shakedown Letter
"A physician-owned, out-of-network health care service provider – such as [...]
IRS Draws Line in the Sand, Won’t Accept Individual Tax Returns Without ACA Information
"For the first time, an individual must complete line 61 [...]
Telemedicine Expanding Rapidly
"According to one recent survey, telemedicine services (i.e., remote delivery [...]
DOL Opposes UnitedHealth’s Cross-Plan Offsetting Practice
"The Labor Department opposes a health insurance practice called 'cross-plan [...]
Pregnancy is Not a Pre-existing Condition for Disability Insurance
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in [...]
Well Drafted Plan Document Saves Self-Insured Medical Plan Over $350,000
"A self-insured medical plan included an anti-assignment provision that prohibited [...]
