What is the predictable effect of cutting reimbursements to medical providers to less than today’s Medicare rates? The propsed Minnesota public option health plan is built on that idea....
Let’s hope none of us will ever need Hemgenix (a gene therapy for hemophilia B),and even if your prescription plan covers it, imagine what it would do to everyone’s premiums....
By Grant Dattilo Employers and employees—anyone who purchases health insurance—can spend less on insurance premium and gain more control over spending decisions. How? With a Health Savings Account (HSA) paired with a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP). These accounts are subject to I.R.S. limits, which are...
By Grant Dattilo On January 10, 2022, the Federal Health and Human Services Department released the following notice about at-home COVID-19 test kits: "Beginning January 15, 2022, an individual with private health insurance coverage or covered by a group health plan who purchase an over-the-counter COVID-19 diagnostic...
Happy Holidays and Best Wishes By Greg Dattilo, CEBS President, Dattilo Consulting, Inc. and ClientServ LLC Despite the challenges we’ve all been facing the last two years, it seems the year is ending on a more positive note. There is now a sense that we are not only...
Experiencing a loss of revenue and a reduction in workforce as the pandemic rolled on, small employers searched for and found several options that might result in a stronger, more productive and profitable business down the road. One critical response is that employers are placing...