The Phia Group Blog

By: Ron E. Peck, Esq. I am very excited to let you know that my recent article, regarding the No Surprises Act and its impact on appeals and disputes, will be published in the upcoming issue of The Self-Insurer magazine,…

By: Jon Jablon, Esq. It’s renewal season once again, and you know what that means: time for health plans to make decisions about vendors, pay ment models, and other things that help contain costs while maintaining robust benefits! One important…

By: Andrew Silverio, Esq. Throughout the day, the FDA will be discussing whether the general American public should start getting COVID-19 vaccine booster doses.  This will include presentations from Pfizer, who has been pushing for booster shots across the general…

By: Kevin Brady, Esq. On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced his COVID-19 Action Plan, which seeks to impose new vaccine mandates on federal employees, health care workers at Medicare and Medicaid participating hospitals, and private sector employees. Federal Employees…

By: Micah Iberosi-Parnell On June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court dismissed the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) in a 7-2 decision. The seven justices in the majority decided that Texas and seventeen other plaintiff states failed to…

By: Ron E. Peck One of my favorite sayings is, “a penny wise and a pound foolish.”  Too often, people and organizations are too quick to act on a short-term desire and fail to contemplate the long-term impact. Consider, as…