by Ed Fensholt | March 4, 2016 | Health Reform
With five main candidates still standing (at least for now), we thought we’d take a moment to provide a quick review of where they stand on the issue of health insurance. Specifically, how should it be provided, through what channels, and who should pay for it? So...
by Ed Fensholt | March 3, 2016 | Medicare
The CMS Data Match game, that is. That’s right, ladies and gents, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has kicked off a new Medicare Data Match game. Employers everywhere are receiving letters from CMS asking them (the employers) to provide eligibility...
by Ed Fensholt | February 23, 2016 | ERISA
The US Supreme Court decided an ERISA-related case recently that sponsors of self-insured medical plans are talking about, wondering about, and even worrying about. We’ll explain here why the case is worth knowing about, but why it’s most relevant, and...
by Ed Fensholt | February 18, 2016 | Misc Health Reform
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), with its massive-and-growing-bigger-by-the-day tail of regulations, proposed regulations and other guidance, has created its share of unintended consequences. One of those consequences has fallen hard on health insurance stipends and...
by Ed Fensholt | January 18, 2016 | ERISA
Data breaches and identity theft are now so prevalent that I was amused, but not surprised, to find in my email inbox the other day an e-zine called, “Data Breach Today.” Typically, when the holder of sensitive financial or other personal data suffers a data breach,...
