Empowering Plans® Podcast
Healthcare is too expensive. Employers are offsetting costs onto their employees. Who will make health benefits affordable for hard-working Americans and their families? You will! Listen to all episodes of the Empowering Plans podcast here or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. Check back frequently to tune in to new episodes.
Empowering Plans: P204 – Nightmares on Self-Funded Street
Join Attorneys Corey Crigger and Kendall Jackson on this Halloween edition of the Empowering Plans Podcast. Corey and Kendall take a look at topics that send shivers down the spine of the self-funded industry. How do you protect your plan…
Empowering Plans: P203 – Gender-Affirming Care, Is it Covered?
On this episode of the Empowering Plans Podcast, attorneys Jon Jablon and Cindy Merrell explore the changing landscape of several state and federal laws that affect coverage of gender-affirming care.
Empowering Plans: P202 – Senator Sanders: “Stop ripping us off.”
Attorneys Brady Bizarro and Andrew Silverio discuss the recent senate committee hearing on GLP-1 drug pricing and strategies that self-funded employers are using to manage the extreme costs of these drugs while we wait and hope for congressional action.
Regulators finally announced the long-awaited MHPAEA Final Rules on September 9, 2024. Many of these changes will directly affect group health plan design and modify the NQTL comparative analysis testing requirements – many of which will be significant for plans as…
Empowering Plans: P200 – Recognizing Our Blind Spots
Dr. Marty Makary is a New York Times bestselling author, renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon, and globally recognized expert on medical research. In its most recent edition of the Empowering Plans podcast series (“Recognizing Our Blind Spots”), Dr. Makary was a…
Empowering Plans: P199 – Summer Regulation Rundown
The regulators rush to finalize a suite of marquee regulations as the clock gradually runs out on the Biden administration. Even when finalized, these regulations may be vulnerable in the post-Chevron landscape. Attorneys Kelly Dempsey and Nick Bonds pick apart…
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