Benefits Broker

The Department of Health and Human Services announced in a letter it has granted a waiver to the Maine Bureau of Insurance, which delays the implementation of the federal medical loss ratio requirement by three years.

Don't you just love March Madness? College basketball, long lunches and office pools.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday the new health reform law will end limited medical plans - or mini-meds - in 2014. The department also released new rules for how these plans will be issued going forward.

Congressmen Charles Boustany, R-La., and John Larson, D-Conn., introduced the Medical Flexible Spending Account Improvement Act, which would allow consumers to withdraw and pay taxes on any residual funds in their medical flexible spending accounts.

If you have clients who have recently adopted high-deductible health plans with health savings accounts, now is not the time to relax.

Consumer-driven health care got another booth recently with the release of the latest study of health care claims and utilization by Aetna.

Fewer employees are placing a high priority on managing and improving their health, according to a recent Towers Watson survey of more than 9,000 large- and mid-size employees.

Ninety-seven percent of employees participating in one-to-one benefits counseling sessions during enrollment say they better understanding of the benefits their employers offer.