National Healthcare?
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 Posted in Business Insurance, Health Insurance, National Healthcare, politics | No Comments »Unless your name is Chuck Nolan you've heard that our government is working to fundamentally change our healthcare system. For the past 40 years there has been a steady march towards nationalized healthcare. We are now closer than ever to ...
More Liability for Employers with less than 20 Employees
Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in Business Insurance, COBRA/State Continuation, Health Insurance | No Comments »Much has been made about the changes to COBRA that are contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, but not too many people realize that every employer with less than 20 employees has obligations under this law ...
Will EMR Give Us Tort Reform?
Monday, February 16th, 2009 Posted in Business Insurance, National Healthcare, politics | No Comments »Currently a doctor may be exposed to a malpractice suit if he overlooks something in a patient's file and the individual suffers because of it. Now imagine that the doctor is hooked up to a national electronic medical records ...
Georgia Gets a New Provider Network
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 Posted in Benefit Plan Design, Business Insurance, Health Insurance | No Comments »Deborah Michael and I organized an informal breakfast meeting this morning between physician practice consultant, Mike Fleischman and insurance company executive, Don Weitzel. Oil and water under most circumstances, but productive in this setting. To date Principal Life Insurance ...
Obama’s COBRA Changes
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in Business Insurance, COBRA/State Continuation, Health Insurance, politics | 1 Comment »Occasionally I am asked when a person who is on COBRA will be off the group plan. Often times the COBRA participant is sicker than the general employee population and is therefore holding the group back from switching insurers ...
10 ways to lower benefits costs
Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in Benefit Plan Design, Business Insurance, Health Insurance, Start-Ups | 3 Comments »Okay, I guess that TARP thing isn't exactly working out now is it? Prudent companies are looking at ways to cut costs. Let's explore some ways to squeeze real dollars out of your employee benefits program without significantly ...
PEOs – Convenience Store Insurance
Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Benefit Plan Design, Business Insurance, Health Insurance, Start-Ups | No Comments »Would you buy all your groceries at the local convenience store? Of course not! So why buy your benefits from a Professional Employee Organization (PEO)? Convenience comes at a price. In a nutshell, a PEO, sometimes called a ...
Lucas Group – A Consumer-Driven Health Care Case Study
Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Benefit Plan Design, Business Insurance, Consumer Driven Health Care, Health Insurance | No Comments »We just wrapped up open enrollment meetings for Lucas Group, an Atlanta-based executive search firm. Effectively informing four hundred employees who are spread throughout the United States of their employee benefit plan choices is a daunting task, but one ...
Is your benefits broker clueless?
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Business Insurance, COBRA/State Continuation, Health Insurance, Start-Ups | No Comments »I am constantly amazed at the lack of detailed benefits knowledge exhibited by many of our competitors. Hiring a competent insurance broker makes good business sense. A well-informed broker will be able to guide you and your HR ...