Great article from our partner, United Benefit Advisors (UBA) by Danielle Capilla The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) established national standards to secure and protect the privacy of health information. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) requires the Department...
Great article from Modern Healthcare by Bob Herman The CMS proposed rules Monday afternoon that would make several changes to the Affordable Care Act marketplaces and refine the law's risk adjustment, heeding calls from the health insurance industry. The proposed rules (PDF), which normally are released in November,...
Great article from our partner, United Benefit Advisors (UBA) by Vicki Randall Employers with self-insured health plans are facing new Section 6055 regulations regarding the reporting of minimum essential coverage. The proposed regulation requires self-insured employers to report this information to the IRS on either Form...
HR Elements Content Provided by our Partner, United Benefit Advisors. Your alarm goes off and the day-to-day drudgery beings. Hurray. It’s often tough to get excited about the daily events, and some days are more challenging than others to get motivated, yet there are a few...
Great article by Henry Albrect on how to have an effective wellness program that truly impacts your bottom line. To many time we focus on one aspect and not the whole picture of creating an effective wellness program. Original Post from EmployeeBenefitAdviser.com on July 28, 2016. You’ve...
A wellness program is any formal or informal program that educates employees about health-related issues, promotes following healthy lifestyles, or encourages employees to make healthier choices. Wellness programs vary greatly and are not always called wellness programs. Some are purely educational and have no financial...
HR Elements Content Provided by our Partner, United Benefit Advisors. With apologies to the band R.E.M., this article is not about their music, nor their album, but about how automatic enrollment has significantly helped people. Think of all the payments you currently have automated. You probably...
Employees are feeling the stress of healthcare costs. In the article below by Jack Craver, he provides insight as to the pressures workers are currently dealing with in todays healthcare marketplace. Original Post from BenefitsPro.com on July 29, 2016 In case you haven’t noticed, Americans are in...
Originally published by our partner, United Benefit Advisors on August 24, 2016. The 2016 UBA Health Plan Survey contains the validated responses of 19,557 health plans and 11,524 employers, who cumulatively employ over two and a half million employees and insure more than five million total...
Great article by Paul Wolfe on employee development as an investment to your company. Original Post from SHRM.org on July 27, 2016 On-the-job training was popular a generation ago but has been steadily declining in the U.S. for decades. Companies expect candidates who are armed with a degree...