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Are You Tired of Worrying About PPO Networks?

By Sarah Johnson / January 14, 2015

Are you tired of worrying about PPO networks and whether your employees’ doctors are a part of it?  Are you afraid to change insurance companies because they use a different network?  Do you really want to be in the position of making caregiver decisions for other people?  What if you could do away with this…

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Health Care Insurance Expert Phyllis Merrill Signs Publishing Deal With CelebrityPress To Co-Author New Book

By Sarah Johnson / January 14, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phyllis Merrill will team with Brian Tracy and several leading experts from various industries to release the new book, “UNcommon” by CelebrityPress. Salt Lake City, UT – January 14, 2015 – Phyllis Merrill, Founder of The Open Solution™, has joined a select group of business experts and entrepreneurs from around the world,…

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Who’s Drinking Your Milkshake?

By Sarah Johnson / January 14, 2015

“How many businesses do you know that want to cut their revenues in half?  That’s why the health care industry won’t fix the health care industry.” – Rick Scott, Governor of Florida and formerly the CEO of Fortune 100 HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) Sounds about right doesn’t it? Think about the players in the…

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Self Funding and Insured Stop-Loss Managed Platform

By Sarah Johnson / January 14, 2015

Over the past few years, many companies have evaluated the increasing premium costs associated with their group medical insurance programs and have looked for ways to improve cash flow and economize on the budget for employee benefits.  This has given rise to partial self funding and insured stop-loss managed platform.  Any company with more than…

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The Medical Industrial Complex is Robbing You Blind

By Sarah Johnson / January 14, 2015

The unrelenting trend in health plans is a spiraling and unsustainable inflation rate in medical costs.  We all know this and see it every day. “American employers have arguably become the sloppiest purchasers of health care anywhere in the world.”  – Uwe E. Reinhardt, economics professor at Princeton University The solution to this problem hinges…

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You love rising premiums and declining benefits, right?

By Sarah Johnson / January 14, 2015

Are you ready to change the current health care plan trend – rising premiums and declining benefits? Then you need to get out there and make that change! You and your employees deserve the best you can get – without network restrictions and egregious pricing. You shouldn’t have to leave a doctor you love just…

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ENFORCEMENT DELAY: HPID Enumeration

By Sarah Johnson / November 3, 2014

Effective October 31, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of e-Health Standards and Services (OESS), the division of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) that is responsible for enforcement of compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) standard transactions, code sets, unique identifiers and…

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The only solution is the Open Solution

By Sarah Johnson / October 31, 2014

Health premiums have risen 97% in the past ten years. For most companies, medical costs are the second largest budgetary expense, next to payroll. That is more than advertising, production, inventory, research and development, building space. You name it. The cost for health insurance is also rising fast than salaries. Are healthcare premiums squeezing your…

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SPBA Alert

By Sarah Johnson / October 20, 2014

PCORI Fee IRS announced (Notice 2014-56) the PCORI adjusted applicable dollar amounts.  For policy years and plan years ending on or after October 1, 2014 and before October 1, 2015, the adjusted applicable dollar amount is $2.08. For policy and plan years ending on or after October 1, 2015, and before October 1, 2019 the…

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MBA Disrupts Group Health Insurance

By Sarah Johnson / September 21, 2014

MBA has been managing group health insurance for more than 30 years. In that time, medical technology, scientific research and community lifestyle trends have impacted both the onset and treatment of illnesses. Government regulations have transformed the way healthcare is managed and provided.  Through all of that MBA has created innovative, systematic approach to promoting…

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