by Mark Holloway | July 28, 2014 | Employer Mandate, Individual Mandate, Misc Health Reform
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has indicated that it will not require insurers in the U.S. territories to comply with some of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) insurance market reforms. The U.S. territories include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin...
by Compliance Services at Lockton | July 22, 2014 | Employer Mandate, Individual Mandate, Insurance Exchanges
Conflicting U.S. court of appeals rulings issued today further muddy the waters over the future of the federal health reform law colloquially known as Obamacare. The fight involves whether individuals enrolled in medical insurance through a federally-operated public...
by Ed Fensholt | July 17, 2014 | Health Reform
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires non-grandfathered healthcare plans to supply enrollees with a wide variety of preventive care benefits at no out-of-pocket cost. One preventive care mandate is counseling and intervention (apparently at the primary care level)...
by Scott Behrens | June 30, 2014 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform
Supreme Court decisions about religious freedom and when life begins get attention even when raised by something as commonplace as health insurance. But for most employers that offer health insurance, the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision changes nothing – they...
by Mark Holloway | June 25, 2014 | Health Reform
On Friday, June 20, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) conducted its first webcast on the mechanics of collecting and remitting the Transitional Reinsurance Fee (TRF) that will apply later this year. The TRF is imposed upon insurers and sponsors of...
by Kayla O'Neal | June 9, 2014 | Health Risk Solutions, Preventive Care
Although the idea of workplace wellness programs as a strategy for reducing costs and absenteeism is no longer new, certain questions remain prevalent among our employer clients and prospects. On a fairly regular basis, Lockton’s Health Risk Solutions Consultants are...
