Tag: Healthcare

Benefits | March 8th, 2011

Survey Finds HSAs Pass $10B Mark in 2010

March 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) surpassed $10 billion at year-end 2010, according to a survey conducted...

Compliance | March 8th, 2011

House Panel Holds Health Reform Costs Hearing

March 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions of the U.S.House Education & the Workforce...

Benefits | March 8th, 2011

Health Care Sponsors Leaning on Providers to Navigate Changes

March 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Health care employers are changing the way they manage their retirement plans and are relying...

Opinions | March 8th, 2011

How is State Tax Applied to Coverage for Adult Children Under the PPACA?

March 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – This week’s question; how is employer-provided health coverage provided to adult children up to age...

Compliance | March 4th, 2011

Boehner Plans to Defend DOMA

March 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) says he plans to take action...

Compliance | March 3rd, 2011

Vinson Delays HCR Challenge Ruling until Appeals Over

March 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge who has already struck down the health-care law as unconstitutional has now...

Benefits | March 3rd, 2011

Villaraigosa Pushes Pension Rollbacks

March 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is pushing a plan under which civilian city employees would...

Products | March 2nd, 2011

The Principal Introduces New Wellness Offering

March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal has introduced a new workplace wellness program, designed for small to medium-sized businesses.

Benefits | March 1st, 2011

Increase Seen in Health Account Rollover Assets

March 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Total assets rolled over in health savings accounts (HSAs) and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs)...

Benefits | March 1st, 2011

Healthy Workplaces Can Lead to Employer Savings

March 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Sibson Consulting study concludes that organizations creating a “healthy culture” can reap the...

Opinions | March 1st, 2011

How Does the External Review Requirement Apply for Self-Funded Plans

March 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week, we answered questions on the new external review requirements.

Benefits | February 28th, 2011

Wellness Programs Can Pay Off for Employers

February 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Highmark study found that health care costs rose at a 15% slower rate among...

Compliance | February 25th, 2011

States Try to Block HCR Challenge Ruling Clarification Effort

February 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A state official is accusing the U.S. Justice Department of deliberately delaying a court's consideration...

Products | February 23rd, 2011

CIGNA Finds Employee Absence Lowered by Integrated Program

February 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An analysis of experiences by customers of CIGNA’s Disability & HealthCare Connect suggests combined medical...

Compliance | February 23rd, 2011

Court Says Health Care Law Won’t Interfere with Religious Beliefs

February 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a group of individuals who claim the...

Opinions | February 22nd, 2011

What About the New External Review Requirement?

February 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We are receiving a number of questions on the new external review requirement, which is...

Compliance | February 18th, 2011

Senate Passes Repeal of HCR 1099 Rule

February 18, 2011 (PLANPSONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate has approved legislation that would repeal the health care reform law requirement...

Compliance | February 18th, 2011

Alaska’s Parnell Says ‘No Thanks” to Federal Health Insurance Exchange $$

February 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Alaska Governor Sean Parnell has announced that Alaska will not apply for federal grants to...

Benefits | February 18th, 2011

Managing Health a Lower Priority for Workers

February 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In the second of its Employees Perspectives on Health Care reports, Towers Watson says health...

Compliance | February 17th, 2011

House Panel OKs 1099 Rule Repeal

February 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. House Ways and Means committee on Thursday approved two separate pieces of legislation...