In response to the benefits outlined in the American Rescue Plan regarding increased tax credits to reduce premiums, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended access to (more…)
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President Biden recently signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) into law, which contains a number of provisions on exchange subsidies, dependent care flexible spending accounts, unemployment and economic stimulus, (more…)
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Attention: If your clients are subject to COBRA law, please read this important alert. Yesterday, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). This bill contains provisions (more…)
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With a new executive order, President Biden has opened a special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act from February 15 to May 15, 2021, giving those without employer-sponsored coverage (more…)
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In late 2020, we reported the good news that the State of Ohio has passed legislation to curtail “surprise billing.” This was great news given that many of the major (more…)
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Initially proposed in 2019, a final rule released on October 29, 2020, by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of (more…)
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This post was originally published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Required Health Plan Coverage for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine On December 11, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug (more…)
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In an effort to ease the financial burden of the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthem will fast-track the annual medical loss ratio (MLR) rebates that groups and individual members typically receive in (more…)
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This post was submitted by Navia Benefit Solutions. In February 2020, FlexBank Administrators, a trusted and tenured provider of pre-tax benefits, COBRA administration, and compliance solutions, announced its partnership with (more…)
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In a Stanford study released in March of 2019, medical transport percentage of visits out of network was reported up to 42.8 percent between January 2010 and December of 2016. (more…)
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