Tag: Healthcare

Products | July 7th, 2010

Guardian Announces Enhancements to Critical Illness Plans

July 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has recently made several enhancements to its critical...

Opinions | July 6th, 2010

What are the PPACA’s Restrictions on Coverage Rescission?

July 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On June 28, 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury published...

Compliance | July 2nd, 2010

Virginia Health Reform Challenge Hits Courtroom

July 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Federal government lawyers were in a Virginia federal courtroom this week arguing that a...

Compliance | July 1st, 2010

HHS Updates Materials for Early Retiree Reinsurance Program

July 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has begun receiving applications for the Early...

Opinions | June 29th, 2010

What Will the PPACA Mean for HRAs, HSAs, and FSAs?

June 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) makes several changes to the rules that...

Compliance | June 28th, 2010

Justices Stay Out of SF Health Law Controversy

June 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court have turned away a request to review a...

Compliance | June 24th, 2010

Federal Judge Gives Agencies Go Ahead on Mental Health Rules

June 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis has announced a ruling by a federal judge in...

Products | June 24th, 2010

Unum Offers Guide on Health Reform Law

June 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unum has produced a guide that details important changes required by the new health reform...

Products | June 24th, 2010

Assurant Extending Dental Coverage to Adult Children

June 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assurant Employee Benefits is proactively extending dental coverage for adult children of an insured parent...

Compliance | June 22nd, 2010

Proposed Rules under Health Care Reform Law to be Published

June 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More proposed rules under the new health care reform law are coming.

Opinions | June 22nd, 2010

How Should Employers Handle the New W-2 Reporting Requirements?

June 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Section 9002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA") requires employers to disclose...

Benefits | June 18th, 2010

Most Employers Waiting to Make Dependent Health Coverage Changes

June 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Most employers responding to a recent survey said they have no plans to extend coverage...

Benefits | June 18th, 2010

Dental Coverage: The Next Health Care Reform Need?

June 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Data from the 2008 National Health Interview Survey indicates approximately 45 million people under age...

Opinions | June 15th, 2010

Inside the Retiree Reinsurance Program

June 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA") creates a program designed to help employers...

Benefits | June 14th, 2010

Employer Health Costs to Rise 9% in 2011

June 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers can expect medical costs to increase by 9% in 2011, a decrease of 0.5%...

Compliance | June 14th, 2010

Agencies Issue Regulations on Grandfathered Health Plans

June 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service, jointly with the Department of Labor and Department of Health and...

Compliance | June 14th, 2010

Administration Estimates Project Big Shifts in Workplace Health Care

June 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – President Obama’s promise that those who like their current health care coverage...

Products | June 10th, 2010

MetLife Offers Integrated Disability and Wellness Solution

June 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MetLife has announced the availability of a new program designed to help companies engage employees...

Benefits | June 10th, 2010

Health Care Reform Could Result in Unintended Consequences

June 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report from Mercer suggests that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)...

Benefits | June 8th, 2010

BofA Makes Early Dependent Coverage Change

June 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Bank of America has started early expansion of health insurance coverage for employees' dependents up...