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Corporate Synergies
JUNE 22, 2020
A former carrier underwriter gives 3 handy tips to help you interpret your health insurance carrier’s language. The post 3 Tips to Interpreting Your Health Insurance Carrier’s Language appeared first on Corporate Synergies.
BerniePortal
AUGUST 30, 2021
In 2021, many health insurance plans may be eligible for a rebate. Your organization may qualify if you've sponsored a fully-insured health plan in the past three years. What other factors are impacting your chances of receiving a rebate in 2021? Find out more. Benefits & Healthcare
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BerniePortal
JANUARY 18, 2022
Biden’s administration has officially announced that insurance carriers, beginning on Jan. 19, are required to provide reimbursement coverage for at-home COVID tests.
EverythingBenefits
MAY 4, 2021
Put as simply as possible, an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 834 file is the standard format in which employers can communicate their employees’ health insurance enrollment and maintenance data to insurance carriers. Carrier Connectivity Solution
Griffin Benefits
JUNE 22, 2022
Most fully-funded employers are conforming to this rule by simply ensuring that their carrier partners are making this information publicly accessible. Note most large TPAs will require that the sponsor of the self-insured medical plan post the files on their public website.
BerniePortal
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Be sure to check with your insurance carrier to see what employee benefits may be offered under your policy, and whether an EAP is available to you.
McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Increasing retirement plan-focused litigation has put insurance carriers and fiduciary service providers in difficult positions. The post Expect More Difficulty Obtaining Fiduciary Insurance appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG.
PeopleKeep
JANUARY 18, 2022
For many employers offering a group health insurance plan, adding a supplemental benefit in addition to the group plan can help offset your employees’ out-of-pocket costs. Group Health Insurance Group Coverage HRA
AssuredPartners
MARCH 23, 2020
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AssuredPartners
JUNE 22, 2021
This creates an issue for truck insurance carriers, as the industry is not equipped to handle the rapid growth. With over 431,000 active trucking companies all renewing their insurance on an annual basis, it is more important now than ever to partner with the right insurance agency. Here are five simple questions you can ask as part of your renewal process: How many insurance carriers will they be checking with, and how much volume do they have with each carrier?
Benefit Resource Inc.
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Lately, we’ve seen an uptick in questions around the roles of responsibilities of your company’s broker, your TPA (that’s us), and your health insurance provider. And where does your health insurance carrier play into this? What is a health insurance carrier? A health insurance carrier administers your health insurance plan. An insurance carrier is a risk-bearing entity.
InterWest Insurance Services
MAY 9, 2022
With that in mind, you may want to disseminate information to them about how they can be reimbursed by their insurer for COVID-19 tests they purchase. In these cases, the employee will have to pay for the test upfront and then seek reimbursement from their health insurer.
AssuredPartners
JANUARY 9, 2019
nProperty insurance carriers have seen an uptick in the number of water damage claims in recent years. In response to this, insurance carriers may choose to amend the definition of flood to include other types of water damage situations. Insurance carriers may also choose to include a separate water damage deductible that is higher than the property deductible.
CorpStrat
MARCH 17, 2022
Are you an employer looking for a new and innovative health insurance plan to offer your employees? Wouldn’t it be amazing if there was a new company in the market that actually did something different from all the traditional insurance carriers?
AssuredPartners
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
A great question to stop and ask yourself - how certain are you that in the event of a claim your insurance program will trigger coverage? But, if you aren’t checking your insurance program’s fine print ahead of signing a contract you may be signing something that could be the beginning of a major problem later on. Your insurance carrier could “deny” coverage to the parties you’re contracted with, which could result in a breach of contract suit/litigation.
Total Employee Benefits
DECEMBER 14, 2021
Beginning December 27, 2021, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, covered service providers – insurance providers, benefits brokers, agents, and consultants – are required to disclose any compensation they expect to receive over $1,000.
AssuredPartners
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Does standard General Liability insurance provide coverage for design activities or modifications and. Additionally, more subcontract insurance agreements require Contractor’s. carrier change occurs it is important that the ‘retroactive date’ on the new policy goes back to the. In recent years, more insurance carriers have offered rectification. insurance carrier as soon as practical so the circumstances around the claim can be reviewed and.
Griffin Benefits
MAY 31, 2022
The ACA requires Applicable Large Employers (“ALEs”) who average 50 or more full-time equivalent employees in the prior calendar year to offer health insurance to their full-time employees. Although as a practical matter, insurance carriers may direct employers to do so under policy terms.).
Assurance Agency
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
“I have insurance, so I’m covered, right?” Because your insurance costs are actually dictated in part by your loss history. Claims are typically handed off to your insurance carriers once they’re filed.
InterWest Insurance Services
MARCH 15, 2022
And the majority of documents criminals steal are the same ones your employees receive from their group health insurers. The most important advice for your staff is that they should take good care of their health insurance card. This includes: Health insurance enrollment forms.
BerniePortal
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Check out this column in Employee Benefits Adviser : Very soon, all of the major insurance carriers will have an in-house pharmacy benefit manager, a trend that could reshape consumer access to prescription drugs and impact the negotiations between insurers, drug manufacturers and pharmacies. Carriers may be following in UnitedHealthcare’s footsteps, which has operated its OptumRx PBM since 1990.
Corporate Synergies
JUNE 10, 2019
“Our Take” is Corporate Synergies commentary on employee benefits and insurance topics that are in the news. Since CVS announced its plans to buy insurance carrier Aetna in December 2017, many experts, including ours , speculated how the acquisition and other similar ones would change healthcare. Read: What PBM-Carrier Mergers Mean for Employers and Benefits Plans.
Workers' Compensation
MAY 31, 2022
The issue is whether employers and their insurance carriers could be compelled to reimburse costs for medical marijuana in light of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA or Act), Pub.
Workers' Compensation
JUNE 21, 2022
The issuepresented was whether employers and their insurance carriers could be compelled to reimburse costs for medical marijuana in light of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA or Act), Pub.
Higginbotham
JANUARY 11, 2022
of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury issued FAQ guidance regarding the requirements for group health plans and health insurance issuers to cover over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 diagnostic tests. Agencies Issue Guidance on Coverage of OTC COVID-19 Tests. On Jan.
Genesis HR Solutions
JUNE 20, 2022
We offer several health insurance products plus a bevy of other plans for you to choose from. You can read more about PEOs and health insurance in myth #7, below.). As your PEO, we’ll administer payroll, your benefits and health insurance, your 401k plan, and more.
Stratus.HR
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Most health insurance plans outside of a Health Savings Account (HSA) have a list of copays for healthcare expenses. To minimize your health plan’s renewal increase, think twice about how you’re spending the insurance company’s money with the following healthcare options.
Griffin Benefits
JULY 12, 2021
Anyone who has ever signed up for cellular phone service with a mobile phone carrier knows what a burdensome service agreement looks like. If the liability exists, the vendor or the vendor's insurance carrier should handle it.
Insperity
MARCH 29, 2022
Health insurance is often the biggest-ticket item in any company’s benefits package, and the cost of health insurance rises on average each year , historically. A recent Business News Daily article underscores the importance of educating employees about their health insurance benefits.
InterWest Insurance Services
DECEMBER 9, 2021
In addition, new rulemaking is likely to be introduced in 2022 that will affect health plans, including non-discrimination rules for wellness plans and new rules governing what must be included on insurance plan ID cards. Blog InterWest Insurance Services health insurance
Benefits Notes
MARCH 1, 2022
In this case, there was an enrollment error in signing up an employee for life insurance coverage with his employer – Georgio Armani Corp. The surviving spouse, Soohyun Cho sued the insurance carrier – Reliance for the balance of the $500,000 death benefit after Reliance paid her only $50,000 on the claim. In the District Court, Reliance was found liable for the $500,000 coverage amount under the group life insurance plan.
Higginbotham
JUNE 7, 2022
Most employers have already been contacted by their carrier or third-party administrator (TPA) and will rely on their insurance carriers or TPAs to provide the MRFs. Transparency in Coverage Requirement to Post Machine-Readable Files Begins July 1, 2022.
Insperity
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
In general, to have a compensable claim that is accepted by your company’s workers’ compensation carrier, the employee has to be in the course and scope of their job and the accident has to arise out of their job-related activities.
The Workcomp Writer
MAY 17, 2022
The appellate court added, however, that the trial court should also have required the carrier to pay its proportionate share of the non-attorney’s fee expenses associated with securing the malpractice settlement. Texas Mutual, the workers’ compensation carrier for Stevenson’s employer, paid workers’ compensation benefits to and on behalf of Stevenson for his injuries. Insurance Co. Carrier Was Not Estopped from Recovering Full Amount.
Florida Workers' Comp
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Based upon those submissions, it is alleged that "the carrier continued to pay benefits" over many weeks. Then, the insurance carrier "noticed that many of the positive test results used the same specimen ID." Tragically, a vast number of people have been infected with SARS-C0V-2, the "novel coronavirus" which causes the disease we all know as COVID-19. We have lived through lockdowns, travel bans, roadblocks, mask mandates, testing requirements, vaccination waits, and more.
Hppy
APRIL 12, 2022
Once the claim is approved, the injured victim will receive medical and financial assistance from your workers’ compensation insurance carrier. Cooperate With The Insurance Carrier.
Corporate Synergies
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Knowing how to approach the annual renewal with health insurance carrier, pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) and other players can help the savvy employer save some money while maintaining the same level of benefits as before. Here are three keys to negotiating the annual renewal with your carrier: A great way to gain control of what happens at the end of the benefit plan year is to set the tone from the beginning. The Why, What and How of Insurance Premium Increases.
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