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Are Level Funded Health Plans Your New Benefits Alternative?

PeopleStrategy

HR departments are charged not only with finding employees comprehensive and affordable benefits including health insurance coverage, but also watching their part of the overall company bottom line. This amount is calculated based on the employees’ expected healthcare costs, administrative fees, and a stop-loss insurance component.

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Service Line Coverage – What Is It and Why Do You Need It?

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{"ops":[{"insert":"Did you know that you are responsible for the maintenance of utility or service lines that extend from your home to your property line? Recently, some insurance carriers have begun to offer Service Line Coverage Endorsements to their Homeowners policies to address this potential gap in protection.

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Understanding Actual Cash Value vs Replacement Cost

AssuredPartners

Actual Cash Value (ACV) is when your insurance company only pays for what your property is worth at the time that you file a claim. This means at the time of a claim, the settlement from an insurance carrier traditionally will payout less than what it costs to replace the current item.

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New Proposed Rules Take Great Strides to Further Mental Health Parity

AssuredPartners

On July 25, 2023, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (collectively, “the Departments”) released guidance in an effort to clarify existing guidelines under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and to help group health plans and insurers with compliance.

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Benefits Advocate: The Secret to Healthcare Literacy and Cost Control

Corporate Synergies

A benefits advocate who delivers the how and why of plan use when employees are asking for assistance helps the employer control health insurance costs. Rather than reaching out to an insurance carrier first, whose issue resolution success is measured based on the call time, employees contact their benefits advocate. As Seen In.

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Pharmacy Benefit Costs Untenable? Choosing the Right PBM

Corporate Synergies

Choosing the right PBM help manages drug utilization. PBMs are now charged with helping employers manage utilization. There are typically three ways employers work with PBMs: A PBM bundled with the insurance carrier. A “third party carve-out,” in other words, a PBM that is separate from the insurance carrier.