Aetna Funding Advantage | New Business Administrative Fee Credit
Starting with October 1 effective dates, your new business Aetna Funding Advantage (AFA)
groups can get a one-time administrative fee credit of $25 per subscriber. Read More.
URL's December Deadlines for group health submissions
Cut off dates for group health submissions. Read More.
Connect with Capital, November 2018, vol. 2
What's Inside: Small Group (1–50) Employers Can Offer EAP Starting January 1 | 2019 Opioid Formulary Updates | 2019 Open/Closed Formulary Updates | Encourage Employers to Participate in a Blue365 Demo With a Chance to Win a Gift Card. Read More.
IRS Seeks Ideas for Employer 'Cash for Coverage' Arrangements
The IRS wants to hear from the public about how it might implement proposed HRA rules. Read More.
Confusion about health insurance plans may lead to avoiding care
People who don’t understand how their health insurance works or how to estimate out-of-pocket costs are more likely to avoid needed care than those with a firm grasp of what services should cost, a U.S. study suggests. Read More.
Delays experienced with high-deductible health plans
A new study in the US has found that a population of people with diabetes who were switched to high-deductible health plans – i.e. those with lower premiums and higher deductibles – had associated delays in care for dangerous blood vessel diseases. Read More.
The health care venture from Amazon, Berkshire and JP Morgan just hired its first female exec, and she comes from a big insurance company
The joint health care venture by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and J.P. Morgan has hired a well-known health insurance exec who specializes in analyzing data to improve patient health. Read More.
A Government ‘Bailout’ for Multiemployer Plans?
With time running out for the 115th Congress, a controversial solution to a looming pension crisis has emerged. Read More.
How COBRA Affects Your Obamacare Health Insurance Subsidy
Are you eligible for COBRA continuation health insurance because you’re losing your job, getting divorced, newly widowed, or aging off of a parent’s job-based health insurance? Read More.
Views What’s in store for voluntary benefits in 2019
Benefit managers are still catching their breath as the curtain closes on this year’s open enrollment season. But smart benefits managers are already evaluating new products and benefit changes for the 2019-2020 season. Read More.
Health Care Reform Webinar December 6th - 9:30am
Since the passage of the ACA in 2010 and the recent passage of the AHCA through the House and the failed Senate votes on the BCRA and the HCFA (Skinny Repeal), it's important to stay informed so you can better serve your clients in the group health and under 65 individual markets. The weekly Health Care Reform Webinars are your resource to stay close to the proposed law and to ask questions that may be important to your livelihood and to your clients. Join us each week to learn more and get your questions answered. Register now.
Health Care Reform Webinar Archives
Click here to view the archived videos of the Health Care Reform Webinars.