Health Care Reform – Fast Five FAQs

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How to “Survive” the Future of Health Care

By Lesa Caputo, Benefit AdvisorBeneflex Insurance Services, A UBA Partner Firm
The number of people affected by the recent onslaught of natural disasters such as tornados, fires and earthquakes are too many to count. These events cause one to reflect a…

Developing a New Approach to Disability Management

Most employers are, unfortunately, all-too-familar with the traditional approach to disability management: employees must prove they’re disabled. While this traditional strategy may seem effective to some, research shows that its adversarial nature …

Help Employees Make Health Care Reform Decisions

The amount of information that an employer must understand regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is, in one word, overwhelming. What might be neglected in that process, however, is a focus on educating their employees on the …

Health Plan Survey Deadline is June 14

A short time remains to get your data entered in order to guarantee that the survey continues to be one of the most valuable assets that differentiates you from your competition.

A Lesson from Hamlet on Small Group Early Renewals

By Mick Constantinou, Advisor, Employee BenefitsConnelly, Carlisle, Fields, & Nichols, A UBA Partner Firm
“To be, or not to be,” is the famous opening phrase of the soliloquy in William Shakespeare’s tragic play Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1). Early in th…

Don’t Be Penny Wise and Pound Foolish: Top 6 Benefits Services You Shouldn’t Overlook

Small and mid-size employers, in particular, often use the services of a broker to get them the lowest rates on group healthcare. Often that means they jump from plan to plan looking for the short-term gains each year. But in today’s volatile health…

PPACA: The Next Steps – Part II

Peter Freska, CEBSBenefits AdviserThe LBL Group, A UBA Partner Firm 
In my last post I ended with the following:
…with so many pending items and lack of awareness, what should employers do? Here is a list of items employers should already be eng…

Skinny Plans: A Viable Option for Some Large Employers?

By Josie Martinez, Senior Partner and Legal Counsel EBS Capstone, A UBA Partner Firm 
As the implications of health care reform become more and more apparent, large employers are increasingly grappling with coverage options in order to avoid the …

PPACA Employee Guide

UBA has created an overview of the employee’s responsibility to purchase coverage under PPACA (the individual mandate) and on the basics of the exchanges. The information in this piece is basic, but should provide a starting place for employers who wa…

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