Healthcare Reform

Industry Outlook: Healthcare

January 19 | 2018
By: UtahBusiness.com
Industry Outlook: Healthcare

Utah’s healthcare community is facing an uncertain future due to the shifting tides of health reform, an ongoing opioid crisis and a new effort to set health policy at the ballot box. Here, healthcare leaders take on these issues and more. PARTICIPANTS: Scott Barlow, Revere Health Blaine Benard, Holland & Hart, LLC Brian Carter, Diversified […]

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Drawing a Line: How to recognize and eliminate sexual harassment in your organization (yes, yours too)

January 11 | 2018
By: Lisa Christensen
Drawing a Line: How to recognize and eliminate sexual harassment in your organization (yes, yours too)

Harvey Weinstein. Al Franken. Charlie Rose. The last several weeks have been filled with a seemingly endless line of allegations against high-profile celebrities, politicians and businessmen, and as more victims come forward, even more appear. Sexual harassment is a phenomenon that just happens in other places and other industries—until it happens close to home, too. […]

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EEOC Guidance on National Origin Discrimination

December 27 | 2017
By: Nancy Bourque
HR Practice Leader at United Benefit Advisors
EEOC Guidance on National Origin Discrimination

Recently, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new guidance on national origin discrimination. National origin discrimination is discrimination because an individual is, or the individual’s ancestors are, from a certain place or has the physical, cultural, or linguistic characteristics of a particular national origin group, including Native American tribes. A member of one national origin […]

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Employee Benefit Plans and the House Republican Tax Reform Bill

December 5 | 2017
By: Danielle Capilla
Senior VP of Compliance and Operations, United Benefit Advisors
Employee Benefit Plans and the House Republican Tax Reform Bill

On November 2, 2017, House Republicans introduced a tax reform bill (H.R.1-115th Congress) called the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” that, if passed, would impact multiple aspects of the tax code. Many of these changes relate to employee benefit plans, particularly in relation to certain fringe benefits. Dependent Care Accounts A dependent care flexible spending […]

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October 2017 Executive Order on Healthcare

October 16 | 2017
By: Danielle Capilla
Chief Compliance Officer at United Benefit Advisors
October 2017 Executive Order on Healthcare

On October 12, 2017, the White House released an Executive Order, signed by President Trump, titled “Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States.” It is important to note that the Executive Order (EO) does not implement any new laws or regulations, but instead directs various federal agencies to explore options relating to association […]

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Religious Objections to Covering Contraceptives

September 11 | 2017
By: Linda Rowings
Chief Compliance Officer at United Benefit Advisors
Religious Objections to Covering Contraceptives

On August 22, 2014, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury released an interim final rule and a proposed rule that provide some new accommodations to employers that have religious objections to covering contraception under their group health plans. The agencies also released a fact sheet on the rules and an […]

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Biting the Hand that Pays Them

August 21 | 2017
By: Ron E. Peck
The Phia Group, LLC, a UBA Strategic Partner
Biting the Hand that Pays Them

I was recently asked to speak to a gathering of hospital-sponsored health plans and providers of health care services about our health care system, and trends I see developing which threaten it. I’d planned to talk about how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) only targets one-third of the health care […]

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What Employers Need to Know about the Senate Proposed Healthcare Bill

July 5 | 2017
By: Danielle Capilla
Chief Compliance Officer at United Benefit Advisors
What Employers Need to Know about the Senate Proposed Healthcare Bill

On June 22, 2017, the United States Senate released a “Discussion Draft” of the “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017” (BCRA), which would substitute the House’s House Resolution 1628, a reconciliation bill aimed at “repealing and replacing” the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The House bill was titled the “American Health Care Act […]

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Can Trump Dump Obamacare His First Day in Office?

December 9 | 2016
President of Fringe Benefit Analysts, LLC.
Can Trump Dump Obamacare His First Day in Office?

January 20, 2017 we will have the inauguration of our 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. During his campaign he stated that he would repeal Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act or ACA) his first day in office. So what is the political reality of having the ACA repealed on January 21st? The […]

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VOI vs. ROI: A Business Case for Wellness

December 6 | 2016
By: Heather Mills CWWPM
Wellness Program Manager at VolkBell, a UBA Partner Firm
VOI vs. ROI: A Business Case for Wellness

VolkBell began the exploration into health and wellness about eight years ago. It was something our partners would say, “Just made sense.” At the time, health care costs were skyrocketing across the nation, particularly in our home state of Colorado, and the nation’s obesity rates were at an all-time high. In our research, we observed […]

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2016 Election Results: The Potential Impact on Health and Welfare Benefits

November 15 | 2016
By: Les McPhearson
CEO, United Benefit Advisors
2016 Election Results: The Potential Impact on Health and Welfare Benefits

Following the November 2016 election, Donald Trump (R) will be sworn in as the next President of the United States on January 20, 2017. The Republicans will also have the majority in the Senate (51 Republican, 47 Democrat) and in the House of Representatives (238 Republicans, 191 Democrat). As a result, the political atmosphere is […]

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What A Trump Presidency Means For Health Care Reform

November 10 | 2016
Senior Consultant
What A Trump Presidency Means For Health Care Reform

The news of Donald Trump becoming our nation’s 45th President came as a complete shock to many in this country, yours truly included. Now that the dust has settled and this reality has sunk in, there are many questions to be asked. These relate to foreign policy, immigration reform and at least one Supreme Court […]

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Nondiscrimination Regulations Relating to Sex, Gender, Age and More Finalized

June 7 | 2016
By: Danielle Capilla
Chief Compliance Officer at United Benefit Advisors
Nondiscrimination Regulations Relating to Sex, Gender, Age and More Finalized

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a final rule implementing Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which will take effect on July 18, 2016. If entities need to make changes to health insurance or group health plan benefit design as a result of this final rule […]

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