cmonfils | September 9, 2011
The basics of Risk Retention Groups (RRGs) was the focus of a presentation delivered today to key Congressional staffers at a luncheon seminar sponsored by the Self-Insurance Educational Foundation (SIEF). The foundation is affiliated with the Self-Insurance Institute of America, Inc. (SIIA). (more…)
cmonfils | September 8, 2011
MyHealthGuide Source: The Self-Insurance Institute of America (SIIA), 9/1/2011, www.SIIA.org
In the past month, SIIA’s new Grassroots Lobbying and Political Action Network has been successfully engaging members in the political process both on and off Capitol Hill. As Congress returns from their summer recess, the goal is to continue to mobilize members to get involved from the Grassroots level to help support SIIA’s direct lobbying efforts of “protecting and promoting” the self-insurance and Alternative-Risk-Transfer industries. (more…)
cmonfils | September 8, 2011
Complimentary Web Seminar
September 29, 2011 | 2pm ET/11am PT
Whether you are newly self-funding your benefit plan, have self-funded for quite some time, or are simply considering self-funding as an option for your health program, you will not want to miss this presentation. (more…)
cmonfils | August 30, 2011
www.thedaily.com Tom Murphy August 25, 2011
Nearly 10% of employers to let feds carry health-care burden
Almost one of every 10 midsized or big employers expects to stop offering health coverage to workers once federal insurance exchanges start in 2014, according to a new survey from a large benefits consultant. (more…)
cmonfils | August 30, 2011
MyHealthGuide Source: United Benefit Advisors (UBA) via PRweb, 8/22/2011, www.UBAbenefits.com
INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Consumer Driven Health Plans (CDHPs) in the U.S. experienced continued growth this year — albeit at a slower rate than in 2009 and 2010 — according to preliminary results released by United Benefit Advisors (UBA) from its 2011 UBA Health Plan Survey, the nation’s largest health plan benchmarking survey, with 16,421 plans from 10,744 employers. (more…)
cmonfils | August 30, 2011
Braintree, Mass — A recent book, penned by author Randall Childers Jr. and published by the Xlibris Corporation, delves into the author’s experiences and insight into the analysis of Health Benefit Plans. The purpose of this book, he states, “is to give information and the ability to understand and determine the pertinent facts as it relates to the analysis of Health Benefit Plans in transparency costs and compensation with vendors in a Self Funded Benefit Plan.” (more…)
cmonfils | August 30, 2011
www.ebn.benefitnews.com August 2011 VOL 25 NO 10
By Kelley M. Butler, Editor in Chief August 1, 2011
According to a new survey, when presented with a promotion, more than half of employees would be willing to say, “Forget the king’s ransom; just call me King.” The survey, conducted by OfficeTeam, reveals that 55% of workers would accept a promotion that didn’t include a pay raise. (more…)
cmonfils | August 22, 2011
MyHealthGuide Source: National Business Group on Health Survey, 8/18/2011, www.businessgrouphealth.org
WASHINGTON, DC — With the cost of employee health care benefits expected to increase next year at more than twice the rate of inflation, large U.S. employers are planning to have workers share more of the cost next year, according to a new survey by the National Business Group on Health, a non-profit association of 329, mostly large employers. (more…)
cmonfils | August 16, 2011
Epstein Becker Green
August 15, 2011
by Sarah K. Giesting, Amy Dow, and Daniel G. Gottlieb
On July 8, 2011, Governor Paul LePage of Maine signed into law LD 719, “An Act to Make Certain Prescription Drug Disclosure Laws Consistent with Federal Law” (“LD 719”). LD 719 repeals three statutes that require prescription drug manufacturers and labelers to disclose information related to clinical trials, ME. REV. STAT. ANN. tit. 22, § 2700-A (“§ 2700-A”); marketing costs, ME. REV. STAT. ANN. tit. 22, § 2698-A (“§ 2698-A”); and drug pricing, ME. REV. STAT. ANN. tit. 22, § 2698-B (“§ 2698-B”). The repeal becomes effective on September 28, 2011. This Client Alert discusses LD 719.
cmonfils | August 15, 2011
www.modernhealthcare.com By Ashok Selvam August 8, 2011
Despite the challenge of softer patient volume, not-for-profit hospitals and health systems maintained their operating margins and improved their overall margins in fiscal 2010, according to median financial figures released last week by Standard & Poor’s. (more…)
cmonfils | August 7, 2011
www.modernhealthcare.com By Rebecca Vesely July 25, 2011
A hospital construction boom is going on in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Spurred by California’s seismic laws, hospital systems are spending billions to upgrade and revamp their facilities. Some of these projects have proved controversial, drawing criticism of market consolidation that has accelerated in the past few decades in the region. (more…)
cmonfils | August 4, 2011
www.siia.org July 2011
For nearly three decades, SIIA has had great success in representing the interests of our members in Washington, DC, but as challenges and opportunities continue to mount, the association is now mobilizing our members to get involved from the Grassroots level to support SIIA’s direct lobbying efforts. (more…)
cmonfils | August 2, 2011
MyHealthGuide Source: Christine P. Roberts, Mullen & Henzell L.L.P. 7/24/2011, E is for ERISA
Since 1989, failures to comply with the continuation coverage requirements of COBRA have potentially triggered excise taxes under IRC § 4980B on those responsible for the error, equal to $100 per affected person, per day. However the Internal Revenue Service rarely imposed and collected the tax and there previously has been no affirmative duty on taxpayers to report or pay it. (more…)
