3 minute read The $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill, passed by Congress and signed into law on Dec. 27, includes a number of provisions that affect employers and their workers in terms of paid sick leave and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Act provisions. The legislation also boosts unemployment benefits to out-of-work Americans, as well […]
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34 second read At the end of October of 2020, President Trump released an Executive Order instituting the last of the Affordable Care Act Requirements – group health plan pricing transparency. The kicker: Even though companies that offer health insurance will have no ability to implement these requirements, the rules assign them direct liability. You
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3 minute read With the COVID-19 pandemic weighing on employers and employees alike, businesses can help their staff by leveraging health savings accounts to pay for out-of-pocket expenses. Congress in 2020 untethered HSAs and flexible spending accounts by changing the rules that prohibited account holders from using the funds in their accounts for over-the-counter medicines
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Welcome to 2021! We have a challenge for you this year: If you like to find resources where others aren’t looking, if you are looking to solve the healthcare problem and are focused on long term sustainability… look at your healthcare budget with a different set of eyes. I am going to challenge you to
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Many business owners may be good at running their companies, but the majority of them are failing to address essential long-term planning that is critical to sustaining their businesses. The one area that the majority of business owners often neglect is planning for business continuity if they die or become disabled, according to the “MassMutual
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Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, commercial insurance rates are continuing to move higher, pretty much across the board with the exception of workers’ compensation. A new report by online insurance exchange MarketScout found that in the third quarter of the year the highest rate increases were in liability lines, but hefty rises in property insurance
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Sheryl Scully called her contract negotiations with the Police and Fire Unions in San Antonio “contract remodeling.” She needed to bring their benefits costs under controlor they would eventually destroy San Antonio’s Budget. For most of you, this cost is eating you alive also…. And will continue to do so unless you do
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The Trump Administration has issued a new rule that will require greater price transparency on the part of health insurers, including the rates charged by in-network physicians and copays and costs of drugs. The final rule requires health plans and health insurers to disclose on a public website their in-network negotiated rates, billed charges and
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Are you paying more in tax than you need to? Is your healthcare plan contributing to it? You betcha. We’ll explain how this happened and how you can stop it. Right here
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One of the hallmarks of the holiday season is the company Christmas party, but with the COVID-19 pandemic in hyperdrive, many companies are rethinking their plans. A number of businesses have cancelled their parties altogether, but other managers feel that in light of this very difficult year for many people, a company Christmas party might
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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!
