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• HHS ISSUES GUIDANCE ON MEDICAL LOSS RATIO
  Posted May 18, 2011
  

  Author: Randi Reichel

  On Friday, May 13, 2011 the Department of Health & Human Services’ Center for
  Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), which is now a part of the
  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, issued guidance titled “Questions and
  Answers …

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• HHS RULES FOR MEDICAL LOSS RATIO ANNOUNCED
  Posted November 23, 2010
  

  Author: Randi Reichel

  On November 22, the Department of Health and Human Services issued its long-awaited medical loss ratio (MLR) regulation.  The document, some 308 pages long, sets out the requirements that carriers must follow under section 2718 of …

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• HHS RELEASES REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON DISCRIMINATION RULES FOR HIGHLY COMPENSATED INDIVDIUALS
  Posted September 21, 2010
  

  Author: Randi Reichel

  On September 20, 2010 the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Treasury and Internal Revenue Service issued a joint Invitation for Comment (IFC) reading the application of rules prohibiting insured group health plans from discriminating …

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• EMPLOYERS BE AWARE. HEALTH CARE REFORM: NOT JUST FOR INSURERS
  Posted September 15, 2010
  

  Author:  Randi Reichel

  While much has been written about health care reform, there has been little discussion on the impact these reforms, particularly the immediate reforms, will have on employers, both large and small. The primary focus has been …

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• HEALTHCARE BEYOND 2010 – WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
  Posted August 31, 2010
  

  Author:  Randi Reichel

  Health care coverage as we all recognize it today will profoundly change over the course of the next few years. This means that the business of deciding how best to provide health care coverage to employees …

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