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If you are a human resources professional, an insurance broker, or a business owner dealing with medical benefits, the audacious challenge of choosing and managing healthcare can seem a bit overwhelming, especially with the new ACA regulations. At MBA we have been working as a third party administrator for over thirty years, and we are…
Read MoreYour company has insurance. So what’s the purpose of having medical management that works with your medical benefits plan? Take our quiz to learn more about Medical Management and how it saves companies big. True or False: Having a medical management company work behind the scenes on your behalf costs less than working with an insurance…
Read MoreAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2008, over 616,000 people died of heart disease. Heart disease caused almost 25% of deaths—almost one in every four—in the United States. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. More than half of the deaths due to heart disease…
Read MoreBY NATHAN SOLHEIM www.benefitspro.com, May 14, 2012 Now that health care costs keep going up, people are looking for alternative ways to finance health care—including self-funding. Employers these days are looking at ways to control health care costs. They hear that health care is an important benefit to their employees, but face the task of…
Read MoreCatching up with Mark Lacher, 2011 Broker of the Year By Kathryn Mayer, May 15, 2012 • www.benfitspro.com Brandon Scarborough was named the 2012 Broker of the Year last week at the Benefits Selling Expo, so we thought it would be appropriate to check up on the 2011 Broker of the Year winner, Mark Lacher.…
Read MoreWhat if there was a way to save money on insurance premiums while still offering the same or even better coverage to your employees? Self-funding can be the solution to growing insurance costs. 47% of employees in firms with 200-999 workers are self-funded according to the 2011 Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans.…
Read More9 Ways Exercise Keeps You Healthy By Cheryl Grant Sure, getting sweaty will keep you slender—but it’ll also help prevent osteoporosis, fatigue, cancer, and more! Skin Cancer More than 3.5 million skin cancers in over 2 million people are diagnosed annually. But pairing exercise with a habit you may already have—consuming coffee or other caffeinated drinks—may…
Read MoreOne author, who writes often for the American Diabetic Association, describes glucose like gasoline to an automobile. All of our cells use glucose. It is our primary source of energy. When our car’s gas tank is empty ‘it don’t run’, our body reacts in a similar fashion without glucose causing our energy to plummet. When…
Read MoreObesity rates keep climbing. The chances are high that someone you know–a love one, friend or coworker–struggles with being overweight or obese. Colorado boasts the lowest obesity rate in the U.S. with less than 20 percent. Nearly 1 in 5 adults is obese in the leanest state in the union! Obesity is a real threat! It…
Read More“Were people to continue filling their car’s tank, they would find when it reaches FULL, attempting to pump more gas would create a wet, stinking mess. People keep eating sweets and filling their bodies with glucose and have little regard for the deadly consequences because the too-much point is all internal. There is no wet,…
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