This industry is full of “regular” agreements, complex multi-party arrangements, handshake deals, and everything in between. For years The Phia Group has preached that transparency is a best practice for everyone from medical providers to TPAs to stop-loss carriers; that is still by far our prevailing opinion, but recently we have begun to see that transparency can also have some potentially damaging effects on the industry as a whole, stemming primarily from changes in patient behavior.
Join The Phia Group’s legal team as they discuss the need for, and effects of, contractual and price transparency on the self-funded industry – and how health plans, TPAs, and brokers can use transparency to their advantage.
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You either keep moving, or get out of the way. As changes in the tax law threaten all benefit plans, removing the individual mandate and making enrollment optional, the threat of economic unviability looms. To remain intact, benefit plans must maintain their risk pools, and to maintain their risk pools they must attract low risk lives. Without an individual mandate, how is this achieved? With passion and determination, solutions exist for benefit plans that choose to empower themselves. Those that are unwilling to sacrifice the security of the "status quo" face financial ruin. Instead, today you can take the challenging steps needed to make benefit plans attractive to all participants, and thereby protect plan assets.
Join The Phia Group's Adam Russo, Ron Peck, and Brady Bizarro as they discuss what you need to know about the new law, and how to navigate the treacherous path that lies ahead.
It’s 2018, and the importance of cost-containment is at an all-time high. Everywhere you look in the self-funded industry is a vendor trying to help health plans control costs; as can be expected, some methods are effective and maximize savings, whereas others…well…not so much.
Join The Phia Group’s legal team as they discuss wrap networks – both in theory and in practice – and what alternatives might be available to modern self-funded health plans.
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Many of you are familiar with the plan drafting conundrum: multiple options are available for plan document verbiage on a given topic, but your client either can’t decide, can’t tell the difference, or simply doesn’t have a preference. In response to Phia Document Management (PDM) user requests, we have simplified the plan document checklist by creating a new template with fewer variables, called the Flagship.Unlike our traditional major medical template where the user is given ten variables for which workers’ compensation exclusion to choose, the Flagship template incorporates The Phia Group’s “best practices” approach to plan drafting; there must always be variables when drafting a plan document, but far fewer in the Flagship, making the user experience a more streamlined and intuitive one.Join The Phia Group’s legal team as they explain the Flagship template, differences from the existing template, and why the Flagship may be right for you.Click Here to View Our Full Webinar on YouTubeClick Here to Download Webinar Audio OnlyClick Here to Download Webinar Slides Only
On December 22nd, President Trump signed a $1.5 trillion tax bill. Among other things, it effectively ends the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate. It will have a major impact on individual and employer-sponsored health insurance. Millions of Americans may be without health insurance coverage in the coming years.For self-funded plans, this bill may lead to higher costs due to ripple effects across the entire health insurance market while also opening doors to increased cost-containment opportunities. There are other legislative proposals and agency action which could impact our industry, and many states are considering proposals of their own.Listen to The Phia Group’s legal team as they discuss this sweeping tax law.Click Here to View Our Full Webinar on YouTubeClick Here to Download Webinar Audio OnlyClick Here to Download Webinar Slides Only
Insurance has entered an era of cost-containment. No matter your role in the industry, you are concerned with saving money, whether for yourselves or your clients. Health plans and other entities have begun to adopt various programs that are designed to reduce exposure – but only some of those programs are supported by the Plan Document. This can cause fiduciary headaches for the Plan, such as in the recent Macy’s case. Join The Phia Group’s legal team for an hour as they describe various ways to cut costs, what must be done to ensure that fiduciary duties are being met, and what happens if they are not.Click Here to View Our Full Webinar on YouTubeClick Here to Download Webinar Audio OnlyClick Here to Download Webinar Slides Only
A new year is approaching, and we are in the middle of renewal season; meaning it’s time for some serious preparation. Making sure your clients are cared for is no easy task; are you prepared to protect your plans, save them money, and grow your own business in 2018?Join The Phia Group’s legal team discuss where the market is heading and what you need to do to keep up with it.Click Here to View Our Full Webinar on YouTubeClick Here to Download Webinar Audio OnlyClick Here to Download Webinar Slides Only
There’s a reason the law governs how plan documents must be formed and distributed – and it’s that the plan document remains the be-all-end-all of the plan’s and member’s rights. For this reason, it is crucial to ensure that the plan document is compliant to a T, is clear and comprehensible, and is able to contain costs. A plan document can, however, also be a tool that employers can use to improve their businesses as a whole, and a way for TPAs and brokers to distinguish themselves in the marketplace. Join The Phia Group’s legal team as they discuss best and worst plan document practices, provide some creative ideas for plan formation, and suggest some concepts to help perfect plan document drafting. Click Here to Download our Full Webinar Click Here to Download Webinar Audio Only Click Here to Download Webinar Slides Only Click Here to View our Webinar on YouTube
It’s that time of year again – renewal season! What is often overlooked is the type of stop loss carrier to partner with for the next plan year. Stop loss choices are often made just on the premium cost, however plans should look at more than just the price. Stop loss is something most self funded benefit plans rely upon to ensure their financial viability and long term success. Yet, too often plans seek to change benefit structures or implement cost containment programs without coordinating those changes with stop loss. Understanding procedures preemptively, reviewing a plan document side-by-side with the stop loss policy, and agreeing upon language interpretations are some of the important things plans and carriers must do to achieve harmony. Click Here to Download our Full Webinar Click Here to Download Webinar Audio Only Click Here to Download Webinar Slides Only Click Here to View our Webinar on YouTube