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Health Care Wizard Helps Employers Analyze Insurance Costs

Small business owners have a new tool to analyze health care reform and explore different health insurance options available to them.
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Department of Labor Offers Webcast Addressing Health Care Reform

Years after the passing of the Affordable Care Act, there is still confusion over the application of health care reform. The Department of Labor has been attempting to ...
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HHS Provides Online Training for Brokers and Agents

The Department of Health and Human Services has announced that agents and brokers who want to operate within the Health Insurance Exchanges (Marketplaces) may now ...
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Number of Employees for Health Care Reform Requirements

Even with the delay in the application of the shared responsibility/pay or play penalty under health care reform, employers should begin to take stock of their ...
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PHI May Be Disclosed as Part of Exchange Coverage Determination

According to a report from the Ways and Means Committee of the United States House of Representatives, state, federal and local agencies, along with insurers, will ...
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BAS Provides Data Collection Tools for Health Care Reform

Health care reform imposes new and additional documentation requirements on employers. BAS is ready to assist employers with many of their compliance documentation ...
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Medical Loss Ratio Rebates

The Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) provisions of the Affordable Care Act require insurers to spend at least a specified percentage of employees’ premium dollars on clinical ...
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Health Care Reform Language in COBRA Notices

Cobra Control Services, LLC has revised its COBRA qualifying event notices to incorporate health care reform language required by the Department of Labor. This new ...
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All Employers Impacted by Health Care Reform, Even State Marketplaces

Every state will offer an Exchange through which individuals can purchase health coverage beginning January 1, 2014. If the state itself has not agreed to establish an ...
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Pay or Play Penalty for Large Employers Delayed

In a surprise development, the Obama administration delayed the employer-mandated “play or pay” penalty under health care reform. Companies with 50 or more employees now ...
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