The Innovative Award Goes To…
Innovative would like to congratulate UBA partner firm principal, Paul Bogumill of Mountain West Benefits in Helena, Montana, for receiving the Innovative Award at the annual Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute […]
AGENCIES ISSUE GUIDANCE ON AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT
The ACA provision on automatic enrollment requires certain large employers (those with more than 200 full-time employees) to automatically enroll new full-time employees in one of the employer’s health benefit […]
2012 UBA HEALTH PLAN BENCHMARKING IS NOW OPEN!!!
Click Here to Participate in the 2012 Survey and Receive a Detailed Benchmarking Analysis The 2011 survey gathered results from 16,421 health plans from 10,744 employers — making it the […]
The Innovative Way!
Great job by Innovative’s Jeannine Bandiera, who found a way to make a member’s medication affordable! Recently one of our members was made aware of a tier change for the […]
Milliman Study Highlights the Impact of Medical Loss Ratio Rules on HSAs
A new report by Milliman Inc. says that high-deductible health plans, including those with health savings accounts (HSAs), will likely be more adversely impacted by the medical loss ratio requirements […]
HHS Releases Guidance Related to Annual Dollar Limit Waivers
On Feb. 13, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stated a health insurance issuer that has received a waiver of the annual dollar limit requirements pursuant to […]
Agencies Finalize Guidance On Summary Of Benefits And Coverage
As explained in our August 2011 article, the health care reforms enacted in March of 2010 will require employer health plans to provide a uniform “summary of benefits and coverage” […]
DOL, HHS and Treasury Issue Technical Release on Automatic Enrollment, Waiting Periods and Employer Shared Responsibility
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has issued Technical Release 2012-01, which provides information on questions from employers and other stakeholders regarding the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable […]
HHS Provides Illustrative Information Regarding Benchmarks for Essential Health Benefits
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided illustrative information to complement its Dec. 16, 2011, bulletin on essential health benefits (EHB) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care […]
Agencies Release PPACA Final Rule, Guidance and Templates for Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) and Uniform Glossary of Terms
The Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services have released final regulations under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that require health insurers and group health […]
