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Innovation at Its Finest- Cash Only Payment Model
By: Chris Aguiar, Esq. I’ve had the honor and privilege of meeting Dr. Keith Smith and have worked with several benefit plans who have utilized his Center as part of their benefit offerings. Dr. Smith is a true innovator in…
A Personal Experience- Self-funded Employee Benefit Plan
By: Adam Russo, Esq. Yesterday, I posted a personal experience I had with the very first employee benefit plan I ever designed – my own. The Phia Group’s self-funded employee benefit plan is not just the plan my employees are…
Concerns about Health Care Coverage Mandates
By: Brady Bizarro, Esq. One of the biggest unknowns of the Trump Administration’s health policy priorities is whether or not the new administration plans to repeal the individual and employer mandate. The White House has already directed federal agencies to…
LOA = Continuation of Coverage, or does it? One of the “Gap Traps”
By: Kelly Dempsey, Esq. It’s intuitive to think that a leave of absence (LOA) from employment is coupled with a continuation of health plan coverage (CoC), especially if the leave is illness related; but to the dismay of many, a…
Egregious Billing Hits the Common Man – Who Now Has a Place to Vent Their Frustration
By: Garrick Hunt For those of us who are embedded in the health care industry, we know that the greatest issue with health care in America is the price tag. For the average American, health care is all about “what’s…
Keeping the “Benefit” in Benefit Plans
By: Ron E. Peck, Esq. Once upon a time, employers offered employees “benefit plans,” with an eye toward attracting and retaining a talented workforce. The word – benefit – literally means something good; positive; of added value. At some point,…
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