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	<description>The personal subrogation blog of Attorney Adam V. Russo.</description>
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		<title>Peer Into the Future: Health Reform’s 2012 ‘To-do’ List for Plan Sponsors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employer’s Guide to Self-Insuring Health Benefits        January 2012 &#124; Vol. 19, No. 4  Sponsors and administrators of employer-sponsored health plans will spend lots of 2012 in implementing the health reform law, because there’s still a lot of uncertainty that will decide the fate of self-funded health plans in particular. Plans will have to raise annual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Numbers: How Many TPAs are There? Explanation and Legal Liability Factors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEWARE STATISTICAL DISTORTIONS:   SPBA is often asked “How many TPAs are there?”. The answer is multi-facetted and (not by design) may sound like double-talk. It is best if you read it once, open-minded, purely for the insight. Then re-read for specific reference to your situation.    I have to start with a big disclaimer.  I always warn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPBA&#8217;s Fred Hunt: State of the TPA Industry &amp; Forecast for 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/stop-loss/spbas-fred-hunt-state-of-the-tpa-industry-forecast-for-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.passionforsubro.com/stop-loss/spbas-fred-hunt-state-of-the-tpa-industry-forecast-for-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.myhealthguide.com MyHealthGuide Source: Fred Hunt, Active Past President, SPBA, 12/2012, www.SPBATPA.org The state of TPAs and the forecast for the future is the brightest it has been for many years (not to say that it is not an extremely tight marketplace). Background and Mood TThis article is useful for perspective in shaping corporate strategy, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SIIA Files Amicus Brief in Defense of Third Party Administrators and Self-Insurance</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/third-party-administrators/siia-files-amicus-brief-in-defense-of-third-party-administrators-and-self-insurance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.myhealthguide.com MyHealthGuide Source: The Self-Insurance Institute of America, Inc. (SIIA), 12/15/2011, www.SIIA.org (Article provided again from last week&#8217;s MyHealthGuide Newsletter as background reference to above article.) Case: Holdings, Inc. v. Baylor Health Care SystemsThe Self-Insurance Institute of America, Inc. (SIIA) filed an &#8220;initial&#8221; amicus brief with the Texas State Supreme Court in the above case. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Supreme Court Requests that Baylor Health Care System in Response to SIIA&#8217;s Amicus Brief Petition in Case of GPA Holding, Inc. v. Baylor Health Care System</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.myhealthguide.com MyHealthGuide Source: The Phia Group, 12/31/2011 Editor&#8217;s Note: Last week (and again below), this Newsletter reported that The Self-Insurance Institute of American (SIIA) filed an Amicus Brief on behalf of GPA Holding, Inc. in the case, GPA Holding, Inc. v. Baylor Health Care System.  The Texas Supreme Court has now responded. The Texas Supreme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fact That TPA’s Duties Were Non-fiduciary Frees It From ERISA Allegations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employer’s Guide to Self-Insuring Health Benefits    December 2011 &#124; Vol. 19, No.3 In a lawsuit involving denied gastric repair services, a third-party administrator (TPA) argued its way out of an ERISA claim for denied benefits and alleging fiduciary abuse, after the court agreed it only did what the plan sponsor told it in documents, e-mails [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SIIA Sues Michigan in Response to Health Plan Tax Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 22, 2011 &#8212; The Self-Insurance Institute of America, Inc. (SIIA) today announced that it has filed a complaint in Federal Court requesting a declaration that Michigan&#8217;s recently passed Health Insurance Claims Assessment Act is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).  SIIA also seeks an injunction against implementation and enforcement of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Communication</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/erisa/special-communication/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.siia.org December 15, 2011 &#8211; The Self-Insurance Institute of America, Inc. (SIIA) today filed an &#8220;initial&#8221; amicus brief with the Texas State Supreme Court in the case of GPA Holdings, Inc. v. Baylor Health Care Systems. This initial brief supports GPA&#8217;s request that the Supreme Court consider arguments to reverse an adverse judgment issued by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PPACA, HIPAA AND FEDERAL HEALTH BENEFIT MANDATE: PRACTICAL Q &amp;A</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/hipaa/ppaca-hipaa-and-federal-health-benefit-mandate-practical-q-a/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Self-Insurer   November 2011 Issue &#38; Volume 37    By: John Hickman, Esq., Alston &#38; Bird, LLP New Fees for Group Health Plans Loom on the Horizon The Affordable Care Act (ACA or the “Act”) imposes two new temporary fees with respect to group health plans that go into effect in the near future:  A Fee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allegations Based on TPA&#8217;s Late Submission of Stop Loss Claim Held Actionable Under State Law; &#8220;Substantial Compliance&#8221; with Payment Window of Stop Loss Policy Cuts No Mustard</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/erisa/allegations-based-on-tpas-late-submission-of-stop-loss-claim-held-actionable-under-state-law-substantial-compliance-with-payment-window-of-stop-loss-policy-cuts-no-mustard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.myhealthguide.com MyHealthGuide Source: Thomas Croft, Esq., King &#38; Croft LLP, 12/2/2011, www.StopLossLaw.com Case: Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Inc. v. CoreSource, Inc. and Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada; No.11-cv-00710, in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 11/3/2011. Court&#8217;s Opinion Mr. Croft&#8217;s Comment: A Maryland federal court has determined that a [...]]]></description>
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