Plain-English guidance on employee benefits, compliance, and controlling costs, from the PCI Solutions team in Houston.
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Precertification for health care services is a requirement for countless plans. As the patient, you are responsible for understanding your policy, but that doesn’t mean that you do. To help you…
Understanding What Millennials Want from Your Healthcare Plan Between 1980 and 2000 some 80 million babies were born. This generation is known as the millennials. Born in the information age,…
Broker Strengths
A buyer's checklist for carrier marketing, plan design, contributions, lawful claims review, broker compensation, networks, formularies, and service.
Referenced Based Pricing Employers are constantly on the lookout for cost containment plans for their employee benefits plans. One often overlooked option is reference based pricing for healthcare…
New Overtime Ruling From The Department Of Labor The US Department of Labor (DOL) released its final rule that will raise the white collar overtime exemption threshold under the Fair Labor Standards…
10 Common 401k Questions 401(k) plans are the most common defined contribution retirement plans in the U.S. The problem is, not every worker fully understands how they work. To aid in clarifying how…
Compliance
Future changes to the Healthcare Reform… AGAIN! The election has come to an end, and with it serious changes to the Affordable Care Act could be coming soon. While no one can absolutely predict the…
Reinsurance Fee In accordance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), health insurance issuers—or insurance carriers—along with self-funded group health plans, must fund transitional reinsurance…
Compliance
Beginning in 2015, PPACA’s employer mandate generally requires applicable large employers to offer coverage to all full-time employees (FTEs), defined as those working at least 30 weekly or 130…
