Hidden no more. The Employers’ Forum of Indiana (EFI) is giving people a look behind the curtain at the reality of hospital costs in the United States.
What began as the first hospital price transparency study in the U.S., commissioned by EFI and conducted by RAND Corporation back in 2017, eventually became the foundation for the Employer Hospital Price Transparency Project.
Starting in July 2022, the nation’s three largest credit bureaus – Equifax, Experian and TransUnion – will be removing nearly 70% of medical debt in collections accounts from credit reports.
On April 12, 2022, True Captive Insurance will be hosting The Future of Business & Benefits – St. Louis event at Busch Stadium, where local business leaders will discuss employee healthcare trends, self-funding health plans and how to gain control of healthcare spend.
Companies enhancing patient access to care and lowering patient costs all while slashing their own costs? That’s what earns Health Plan Hero status.
We were recently asked what Benefits Reimagined means to us…
Benefits Reimagined means that someone uninsured can get their insulin delivered overnight for free. It means an expecting mother can deliver their child and not worry about affording their deductible because there isn’t one to pay. It means that a woman battling cancer can get the clinical care she needs without having to fight the insurance system that is working against her.
The IRS and Social Security Administration have already announced key dollar amounts necessary for 2022 benefit plan administration. In addition, the IRS has issued the optional standard mileage rates.
Now is a great time to get to know these new numbers and consider what benefits deserve a place in your 2022 plan.
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a vaccine-or-testing mandate for large employers, dealing a blow to a key element of the White House’s plan to address the pandemic as cases resulting from the Omicron variant are on the rise. But the court allowed a more modest mandate requiring health care workers at facilities receiving federal money to be vaccinated.
“Ask yourself when the last time was your doctor personally called you just to ask how you are?” said Mia, a Link Primary Care member. “Mine does regularly.”
Mia is one of many who’ve opted for a non-traditional primary care option like direct primary care (DPC) or concierge care. What was once considered “luxury medical care” and came with a price tag to match, is now becoming more accessible and, in our rapidly changing world, more essential.
As companies continue to develop – and pivot – their strategies for successfully and safely bringing employees back into the office, one thing some have turned to is the implementation of a COVID-19 vaccine requirement as a condition of employment.
This week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) addressed questions about the religious implications of such requirements and how they interact with federal equal opportunity (EEO) laws.
MLR premium rebate checks began mailing this month and those who qualify are expected to receive their check for the 2020 plan year by the end of the month.
For benefit health plan 2020, UnitedHealthcare’s results show 53 group aggregation sets – 23 small group and 30 larger group – are qualified to receive premium rebates totaling $141,754,976. Additionally, 6 individual aggregation sets are qualified to receive rebates totaling $3,667,822.
Can an employer ask an interviewee if they have the COVID vaccine?
Can an employer mandate new hires to have the COVID vaccine or not offer a job because of not having the COVID vaccine?
Can the group mandate the vaccine? If not, can they terminate individuals who do not have the vaccine? If not – is there anything they can do?
Can the employer offer higher medical premiums for employees who do not have the vaccine and lower premiums for employees who do?
