Employer Shared Responsibility Provision, a.k.a. “Pay or Play” The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released the 2014 forms and instructions to be used in reporting health insurance coverage offered by applicable employers, and minimum essential coverage by...
Joseph R Swedish, President and CEO of Anthem, Inc. revealed on February 4, 2015 that Anthem has been the victim of an external cyber attack. As a result the attackers obtained access to protected information of many current and past Anthem members, including those of...
Last week U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that subsidies to help pay the insurance premium for individuals in states using the federal exchange, instead of their own, are illegal. Within just two hours a panel of the U.S. Court...
Business Benefits’ president, Jim Beatrice, is interviewed by the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Lisa Bernard-Kuhn as they address how Businesses tackle the Obamacare equation.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the new secretary of Health and Human Services, announced yesterday that majority of individuals will not need to do anything to renew their health insurance coverage in 2015. However, if the consumer did not give permission to the...
Late last week Kentucky Governor Beshear announced that insurance companies will have the option to extend pre-Affordable Care Act plans to small employers and individuals who have pre-ACA plans in force already, for another year. This announcement was made at the...
