Broker Regulation

So far at least, that promise is largely just that – a promise. Despite the fact that an appeals court threw out the American Hospital Association's lawsuit challenging the rule's requirements, most large hospitals across the country have ignored the new rule.

While many of us are generally opposed to mandates, compensation disclosure is the kind of positive action that strengthens the role of benefit specialists and empowers us to demand the same level of transparency of providers and carriers/networks for our clients.

Here is a summary of important information to know about the ERC and how your organization can maximize the opportunity.

A growing number of examples of PBMs causing economic harm to plan sponsors through rebate aggregators is publicly emerging.

Given that times are still challenging within the industry, we are pleased to announce that the upcoming BenefitsPRO Broker Expo May Virtual Program will now be free to attend for sellers only.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) creates a dramatic new reporting requirement that applies to group health plans of any size (except for church plans).