The Government has released several consumer tools to explain health care reform and the new Health Insurance Marketplaces. This public relations push coincided with the ...

Employer Role in Health Exchange Application

BAS
19.06.2013
Health Care Reform (ACA)

Employers should become familiar with the Health Insurance Exchange application, because employers will have to provide certain information as part of the Employer ...

Minimum Value Calculation Still Vexes Employers

BAS
13.06.2013
Health Care Reform (ACA)

The U.S. Department of Treasury released proposed regulations addressing how an employer can determine if its health plan offers minimum value. Health care reform ...

Wellness Program Guidance Issued

BAS
06.06.2013
Health Care Reform (ACA)

As discussed in prior News to Use articles, many employers implement wellness programs to increase worker productivity and decrease health care costs. The Departments of ...

Exchange Application for Individuals and Families

BAS
30.05.2013
Health Care Reform (ACA)

Beginning this fall, individuals will be able to enroll in the new health insurance Exchanges for coverage effective January 1, 2014. To enroll in coverage, individuals ...

Agents and Brokers Play a Role in Exchange Coverage

BAS
23.05.2013
Health Care Reform (ACA)

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a notice recognizing that agents and brokers will play an important ...

Guidance Issued on Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC)

BAS
16.05.2013
Health Care Reform (ACA)

The Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services issued guidance on the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) that must be issued by group health plans ...

Model Exchange Notice Issued

BAS
09.05.2013
Health Care Reform (ACA)

Beginning in 2014, individuals and employees of small businesses will have the opportunity to purchase health insurance through a state-based Health Insurance ...

Elimination of Certificate of Creditable Coverage

BAS
02.05.2013
Health Care Reform (ACA)

Proposed regulations issued under the Affordable Care Act would eliminate the requirement to provide a HIPAA Certificate of Creditable Coverage when a participant ...

Health Care Exchange Navigators

BAS
25.04.2013
Health Care Reform (ACA)

Under health care reform, individuals will be able to purchase health insurance through marketplaces known as Health Care Exchanges. Each state must offer an Exchange by ...

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