Tag: Healthcare

Products | May 12th, 2010

SurePayroll Offers Health Programs to Small Employers

May 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SurePayroll has partnered with ZANE Benefits to offer small business employers affordable health savings programs.

Benefits | May 12th, 2010

Family Medical Costs Continue Increase

May 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The total 2010 medical costs for a typical American family of four covered by an...

Compliance | May 12th, 2010

Keeping Up With Healthcare

UPDATED May 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – No matter how closely you’ve been following – or trying to follow –...

Benefits | May 11th, 2010

Being Healthy Could Cost You More in Retirement

May 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While logic would tell you that staying healthy holds down health care costs in retirement,...

Products | May 11th, 2010

Nippon Life Benefits Partners with Principal on Wellness Solution

May 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nippon Life Benefits has announced the availability of a comprehensive new wellness program to help...

Compliance | May 11th, 2010

Rules Bar Young Person Health Surcharges

May 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Insurers and plans are barred from tacking on a surcharge for health coverage for young...

Opinions | May 11th, 2010

What If Your Group Health Plan Discriminates in Favor of HCEs?

May 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors have lots of issues to deal with—but perhaps none looms quite so large these...

Benefits | May 6th, 2010

Getting Employees Active in Health Matters Requires Support

May 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Getting workers to become active health care consumers may require a spectrum of support including...

Products | May 6th, 2010

Hewitt Acquires Dependent Eligibility Audit Provider

May 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates announced it has acquired HRAdvance Inc., a benefits dependent audit services company.

Benefits | May 4th, 2010

Feds Kick in $5B for Early Retiree Health Subsidy

May 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Federal officials are appropriating $5 billion to pay for employer subsidies for retiree health care...

Benefits | May 4th, 2010

HSAs not Enough for Retirement Health Care Savings

May 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While health savings accounts (HSAs) can be used to save for health care expenses in...

Products | May 4th, 2010

MetLife Announced Small Biz Dental Plan

May 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MetLife has unveiled a dual-option dental offering for smaller businesses (25 to 499 employees).

Products | May 4th, 2010

New Web Site Supports Healthy Workplace Culture

May 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) and the National Business Group on Health have introduced...

Compliance | May 3rd, 2010

IRS Published Average Premiums for Use in Employer Health Care Credit

May 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Internal Revenue Service Revenue Ruling 2010-13 publishes the State average premium rates for the small...

Benefits | May 3rd, 2010

Unum to Cover Adult Children ahead of Reform Deadline

May 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Unum officials announced that the company is beginning to comply with new health care reform...

Benefits | April 29th, 2010

Trade Group Announces More Insurers To Stop Dropping Coverage for Sick

April 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health insurers will no longer revoke customers' coverage once they get sick, as part of...

Compliance | April 29th, 2010

COBRA Subsidy Challenge Gets Derailed

April 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Washington has ruled that employees suing to force an employer to...

Benefits | April 28th, 2010

Insurers to Stop Dropping Coverage for Sick Ahead of Reform Deadline

April 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – UnitedHealth Group and WellPoint have said they will stop dropping health coverage for customers after...

Benefits | April 28th, 2010

More Americans Worrying About Uncovered Med Expenses

April 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey finds uninsured medical expenses are frequently cited along with retirement savings as...

Benefits | April 28th, 2010

Adult Children Annual Health Coverage Price Tag: $350K to $750K

April 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New coverage available to children of employees up to age 26 under the health reform...