Tag: Healthcare

Products | May 21st, 2010

Ingenix Solution Helps Employers Manage Health Care Costs

May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ingenix is launching TrendView, a desktop solution designed to help companies better understand and manage...

Benefits | May 20th, 2010

Employers Anticipate HCR Driven Cost Hikes

May 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Mercer survey finds a quarter of the 791 employers polled are looking for...

Benefits | May 20th, 2010

New Data Indicates COBRA Subsidy Helped Middle-Class

May 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report suggests that the COBRA premium subsidy provided by the American Reinvestment and...

Benefits | May 19th, 2010

Trade Group Data Shows HSA Market Growth

May 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New data from an insurance trade group shows continued growth in the health savings accounts/high-deductible...

Benefits | May 19th, 2010

Six in 10 Large Co. Health Plans Vulnerable to ‘Cadillac’ Tax

May 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study finds that more than 60% of large-sized employers’ health plans will likely...

Compliance | May 19th, 2010

Report Discusses the Legal Challenges to Health Care Reform

May 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Congressional Research Service report discusses the arguments courts will face in hearing the...

Opinions | May 19th, 2010

IMHO: Live Long and Prosper?

May 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I’ve been a huge Star Trek fan for most of my life.

Opinions | May 18th, 2010

Dealing with the Age 26 Coverage Requirements

May 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - This week's question(s) focus on the requirement to cover “dependents” up to age 26.

Benefits | May 17th, 2010

IRS Releases Health Coverage Tax Credit Guidance

May 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Small-sized business owners not clear about their eligibility for the government’s new health care tax...

Benefits | May 17th, 2010

Employers Offer Decision Support and Incentives to Encourage CDHP Use

May 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Workscape’s 3rd Annual Benefit Survey indicates that organizations that are serious about consumer-driven health plans...

Administration | May 17th, 2010

NJ Officials: Benefits Changes are Legal

May 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New Jersey Attorney General Paula T. Dow has asserted that changes in government worker pensions...

Benefits | May 17th, 2010

Business Group Joins HCR Challenge

May 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The National Federation of IndependentBusiness (NFIB) has joined a federal court lawsuit challenging the new...

Benefits | May 14th, 2010

UTC Extends Adult Dependent Health Coverage Early

May 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – United Technologies Corp. (UTC) will extend health care coverage to adult children of its employees up to...

Products | May 14th, 2010

Towers Watson Starts Canadian Pharmacy Plan Coalition

May 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Towers Watson has announced the launch of the Canadian Rx Coalition, a new way for...

Products | May 13th, 2010

Aflac Extends Group Benefits Reach

May 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Aflac now offers voluntary group benefits to companies with as few as...

Compliance | May 13th, 2010

Government Responds to Health Care Reform Lawsuit

May 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In its first response to a legal challenge of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...

Reader Responses | May 13th, 2010

SURVEY SAYS: Will Dependent Coverage Changes Change Dependent Coverage?

May 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Clarification continues to emerge about the new healthcare reform provisions.

Products | May 12th, 2010

U.S. Bank Adds Multi-Purpose Health Payment Cards

May 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. Bank Healthcare Payment Solutions is now offering multi-purse payment cards attached to a variety...

Products | May 12th, 2010

Guardian Expands Offering of Critical Illness Insurance

May 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America will now offer critical illness coverage to companies...

Products | May 12th, 2010

SurePayroll Offers Health Programs to Small Employers

May 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SurePayroll has partnered with ZANE Benefits to offer small business employers affordable health savings programs.