I imagine you’ve heard about several different ways to manage your stop-loss coverage as a mid-sized employer. I’m going to explain on option, stop loss coalitions, and how to make these contracts work for you. With group stop-loss coalitions you would purchase stop loss coverage as a group to help mitigate your risk, like you […]
The IRS has loosened restrictions on employees who want to make changes to their group health plans and flexible spending accounts (FSAs) in the middle of the policy year. IRS rules are typically stringent and rigid, barring changes from being made to health plans except during open enrollment. Under the new rules, the employer would
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If you are one of the companies that has been deemed an essential employer and are remaining open during stay-at-home orders, you should be doing all you can to protect your workers against contracting COVID-19. While some workers are really on the front lines of fighting the disease, like health care workers and emergency services
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UPDATE: We filmed this video a bit ago. At the time we made this, unemployment was quite low. That the unemployment rate is significantly higher and the economy is uncertain is even more reason to contain your costs. Not just because you want to keep those people, but because you want to keep those people
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What Is RBP? RBP stands for reference-based pricing, a tool that many employers today are using to cut their health insurance costs.The most common concern I hear from employers about RPB is that providers won’t accept reference based plans, or that the employee will have a large balance bill. Neither of these things are accurate if
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Some health insurers are helping business workers in group plans maintain employee benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey has found. Social distancing and stay-at-home orders have put the hurt on hundreds of thousands of businesses across the country, which has forced them to reduce employees’ hours, furlough them or lay them off. Besides
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If you’rereading this article, you’re likely considering offering care management and patient advocacy to your employees. Congratulations! You want to help your employees, but at the same time, it needs to be budget-friendly. The process to add patient advocacy and care management is relatively simple. However, like most things in the health insurance industry, it’s not
The novel coronavirus that broke out in the winter has caused immeasurable suffering, both physical and economic. For employers struggling to stay in business, this is a fraught time where mistakes in managing their workforces could lead to employee lawsuits. Here are 10 potential trouble spots to watch for. Workplace safety – Businesses that still have
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It’s no secret that employers want to control their costs, and at the same time help their employees to have access to the highest quality care at the lowest possible price. Bundled pricing is a one-off arrangement that employers have with a specific facility (i.e. hospital, outpatient facility, imaging center, etc.) where the price is negotiated
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A number of plan sponsors have made changes to their group health plans in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as covering testing and sometimes treatment without any cost-sharing by the plan enrollee. But any changes that are made must be followed up by amending the plan and communicating the changes to the enrollees. Under
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This is the face you make after a minor mishap with filming!
My introduction before Craig Lack is now long lost footage.
That’s show biz, right?!
The good news is that Craig is talking about the strategies we’re both using to help organizations liberate the dollars trapped in their health spend.
I’m available after you watch and learn to talk the nitty gritty – how it works, implementation, executive buy-in and employee adoption.
Happy Watching!
