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Funding Employer-Sponsored Group Health Coverage: The Group Captive Solution

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

The enactment of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 led to a sharp increase in employers self-funding their group health insurance plans, with the market tripling in size in the decade that followed.

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The ACA 1557 Final Regulations: Plans and Plan Sponsors as Covered Entities

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

In a recent On the Subject (available here), we reported on the impact of the final rule (final rule) interpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on self-funded group health plans that contract with licensed health insurance issuers to provide administrative services.

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Agencies Clarify How Employers Can Charge COVID-19 Vaccine Premium Incentives

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

US employers have grown increasingly interested in identifying incentives that increase COVID-19 vaccination among employees. The post Agencies Clarify How Employers Can Charge COVID-19 Vaccine Premium Incentives appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG.

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Issues Mount as Health Plans Offer At-Home COVID-19 Tests

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

The Biden administration’s January guidance that group health plans and insurers cover the costs of at-home COVID-19 tests has rattled insurers and employers. The post Issues Mount as Health Plans Offer At-Home COVID-19 Tests appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG.

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Corporate Synergies’ 2019 Employer Education Series to Focus on Benefits ROI

Corporate Synergies

Viewing health & welfare benefits as a business investment is a mindset shift. Our 2019 Employer Education Series is designed to help you get more bang for your benefits buck. Corporate Synergies is set to launch its 2019 Employer Education Series. Don’t Miss Our 2019 Employer Education Events: Get Info Here.

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‘Unprecedented Interest’ in Employer-Covered Abortion Travel

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

Wade (as suggested by a leaked draft on May 2), employers who want to provide abortion coverage to employees and their families could encounter serious challenges. Raaii noted that employers that provide travel expenses for abortions might encounter resistance […]. In this Bloomberg Law article, McDermott’s Sarah G.

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9 Employee Discount Schemes to Consider in the UK for Employes

Empuls

With inflation at an ever-so-high rate and with the soaring cost of living in the UK, companies and employers are trying to help keep their employees happy and motivated by engaging them in various ways. 55 percent of employees agree that health and wellness programs are important when accepting a new job.