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...
by Jeannie Wilcox | March 13, 2013 | Adult Child Coverage, Health Reform, Preventive Care
Life just got a lot easier under the federal health reform law, for expatriate coverage. Expat coverage has been subject to a confusing patchwork of special rules and exceptions under several key portions of the law, such as certain benefit and administrative...
by Ed Fensholt | September 20, 2012 | Grandfathered Provisions, Health Reform, Preventive Care
The battle over the Obama Administration’s directive that non-grandfathered (under federal health reform) health plans supply cost-free contraception benefits for female enrollees continues to heat up. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. filed suit last week in a federal court,...
by Mark Holloway | August 20, 2012 | Health Reform, Preventive Care
On August 15, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services issued new guidance on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (PPACA’s) requirement that non-grandfathered group health plans must offer contraceptive coverage without cost-sharing. The...
by Mark Holloway | July 3, 2012 | Compliance Services, Health Reform, Preventive Care, Wellness
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recommended health plans screen adults age 18 and older for obesity and offer “intensive, multicomponent behavioral interventions” for people with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater. In 2005, the Task Force made a...
by Mark Holloway | March 5, 2012 | Health Reform, Preventive Care
On Thursday, March 1st, 2012, the United States Senate narrowly defeated a proposal by Republican Roy Blunt of Missouri, that would have permitted not only church-affiliated organizations such as Catholic hospitals, universities, schools and charities to opt out of...
