The New Frontier of Mental Health Benefits
6-minute read Not long ago, offering mental health support at work meant giving employees a brochure about the company’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and calling it a day. […]
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Brace for Impact: Medicaid Reform and the Employer Fallout
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill, a sweeping package that reshapes the tax landscape — and, more quietly but no
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Health Plan Fiduciary Pitfalls: What Employers Can Learn from the JPMorgan Lawsuit
6-minute read You’ve heard us say this before: Some pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) operate with hidden incentives. Brokers tied to Wall Street and private equity don’t always have
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6 Ways Employer Health Plans Could Change in the Next 4 Years
4-minute read With Donald Trump set to take office next month, a deregulatory agenda is expected, with a push to modify if not reverse a slew of Biden-era
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Mental Health Parity Rules: What Employers Need to Know
5-minute read We know that the financial health of our companies relies on making smart decisions about employee benefits. Recent regulatory changes to mental health parity rules, finalized
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Class-Action Accuses Mayo Clinic of Violating its Fiduciary Duty
4-minute read A second large employer and its insurer have been taken to court over alleged violations of the employer’s fiduciary duty as a health plan sponsor. The
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How Health Plans Can Ensure They’re in Compliance with the CAA
4-minute read It’s been the law now long enough for most companies with an employee health plan to at least have heard of it. Compliance, however, is another
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Rising Healthcare Costs Demand Employer Vigilance Under New Rules
3-minute read The writing has been on the wall, and the forecast is clear: healthcare costs are projected to surge by as much as 8.5% in the upcoming
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Employers’ Do or Die: The Fiduciary Duty in Managing Health Plans
3-minute read By Jason Andrade Few benefits professionals I’ve ever met grew up wanting to become employee health plan fiduciaries. Yet that’s exactly where they find themselves, thanks
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Now in Effect: New Healthcare Price Transparency Rules
3-minute read The Consolidated Appropriations Act imposed a string of new requirements on group health plans, including new reporting requirements and limitations on surprise billing and balance billing.
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