The Phia Group Blog

By Adam V. Russo, Esq. (As published in Thompson Information Services’ Employer’s Guide to Self-Insuring Health Benefits) If you are a long time reader of mine, I would first like to say thank you for being the only person other…

By Christopher M. Aguiar, Esq. (As published within The Self-Insurer)  In a country with a seemingly infinite amount of regulation and concerns regarding benefit plan compliance following the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, one would expect much…

By Adam V. Russo, Esq. (As published in Thompson Information Services’ Employer’s Guide to Self-Insuring Health Benefits) What is the perfect size for a self-funded plan?  This is one of my favorite questions and I love to ask it at…

EBIA Weekly A federal district court has ruled that ERISA does not preempt the Texas Prompt Payment Act as it applies to TPAs of self-insured benefit plans. The state law generally requires “insurers” to pay benefit claims within 30 or…

The Book of Russo  It’s finally baseball season and here in Boston that means the snow is finally gone (fingers crossed) and we can start seeing our dirty yards again.  The idea of 50 degree weather makes me want to…

The Stacks To Be, Or Not To Be … A Fiduciary by Andrew Silverio, Esq. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) provides the federal regulatory framework for private sector employee benefit plans.  As one of the primary goals of…