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Your Staff Are Susceptible to Medical Identity Theft

InterWest Insurance Services

The Federal Trade Commission recommends being on the lookout for the following: You get a bill from your doctor for services you didn’t get. Safeguarding the above information can go a long way towards avoiding medical identity theft, but it can still happen. Your employees should know the warning signs.

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2022 Health Insurance Outlook, Changes

InterWest Insurance Services

Here are the rules that will sunset at the end of 2021: Allowing employees who had declined group health insurance for the 2021 plan year to sign up for coverage. If certain conditions apply, this transitional care would be provided as if the contractual relationship with the provider had not changed.

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The Value of Modified Duty Programs – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

If you leave the employee at home, the insurance carrier pays them to be there. Spence] The best resource available is always the employer’s insurance carrier – their information will be tailored to the specific claim, the work environment as well as the legal climate in that state.

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Taxation of Identity Protection Services

Fringe Benefit Analysts

According to the IRS, identity theft has been the number one consumer complaint to the Federal Trade Commission for 15 consecutive years. Some insurance carriers are now also offering identity protection services to their customers at no additional cost. The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that 17.6

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Is your Aviation Insurance Policy a Time Bomb?

AssuredPartners

The owner reported the claim to his insurance carrier and that’s when the time bomb exploded! The insurance coverage was denied because the co-pilot had not attended the initial or recurrent training for the aircraft which was required by insurance.

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SC Appellate Court Chides Commission for Summarily Dismissing Appeal

The Workcomp Writer

Here, the commission had failed to articulate how, or even whether, it had used its discretion in coming to its decision to dismiss the appeal. A single commissioner denied Hartford’s motion, and Hartford appealed to the full commission. On June 17, 2019, the commission, without explanation, denied Hartford’s motion to reinstate.

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Health Care Reform: 4 Ways to Find Health Insurance for Your Business

Insperity

Health insurance brokers specialize in finding insurance for companies. They will typically work with multiple insurance carriers, and provide you with informed recommendations on plans available from those carriers that best meet your needs.