Employee Benefits

SIIA lobbyists have cautioned the NCOIL Health Committee against restrictive language of state regulation of PPOs.

Rep. John Kline (R-MN) has published a report stating that ERISA allows quality and affordable health benefits to more than 160 million Americans.

Leading Washington lobbyist Bob Laszewski says that the impending major economic correction will make any health care reform unlikely in the foreseeable future.

A contractual battle pitting major health insurers in California against brokers and employers casts a bright light on whether recent attempts to assist employees with high-deductible health plans in the face of rising medical costs defeats the purpose of helping them spend out-of-pocket dollars more wisely - a philosophical hallmark of the worksite market.

With a traditional health insurance plan, a company pays monthly premiums to the insurance carrier, and the carrier pays for treatment costs and medical claims.

A report by Hewitt Associates has found that an increasing number of companies are aggregating the lives from smaller and/or less efficient HMO plans into a consolidated risk pool with their most efficient health plan administrators.

Why Self-Funded Employers, TPAs, PPOs, Others Should Adopt Medicare's Policy of Not Paying for Treatment to Fix Errors by Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities

Self-insured employers spending millions of dollars for employee health benefits face increased new costs and regulatory hurdles from state legislatures searching for ways to carry out their healthcare reform initiatives.

A new employee benefit trend is challenging some sensitive beliefs that the United States has the best health care on earth, and that high quality medical care is not available overseas.

Strategic Risk Solutions examines the continued growth of healthcare captives.