Employee Wellness 
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Transparency in Coverage Rules - Machine Readable Files
Transparency in Coverage rules require health insurance carriers and health plans to publicly publish large amounts of healthcare data using a Machine-Readable File (MRF) format. This format permits anyone in the U.S. with a “machine” (computer) to read the files without requiring special software, formatting, passwords, or other identifying information. The purpose is twofold:
- To provide historical cost data on in-network and out-of-network care to consumers and;
- To allow researchers, regulators, data aggregators, and IT specialists to analyze this information and even create apps that allow consumers to understand their healthcare costs.
The responsibility for posting and maintaining the files may differ among fully insured and self-insured plans. Please click here to learn more!
Medicare News
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Retirees are Sacrificing Food and Clothes to Afford Healthcare
HR Insights 
FTC Launches Investigation Into Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Price Comparison Tool Required for 2023
PCORI Fees Due August 1, 2022
The ACA imposes a fee on employers with a Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) or a self-insured plan in order to fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. For plan years ending in 2021, the PCORI fees are due by August 1, 2022.
Our Senior Vice President of Compliance, Corbin Granger, recently hosted a webinar regarding PCORI Fees, completing Form 720, how to calculate the average number of lives and more. Click here if you missed it! Click here for a PDF version of the presentation.
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