Storm Coming for Self-Funded, Multiemployer Health Plans

Sponsored By Healthcare Data Management, Inc. (HDM)

Topics:

Compliance & Governance

Employee Benefits & Human Capital

Finance & Risk Management

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Abstract:

Strom Coming for Self-FundedýHealth Plans highlights 11 economic and legislative factors that are driving up the cost of self-funded employee health plans ý and offers advice on mitigating their impact. Although this white paper was written as an alert for multiemployer health plans, the finance departments in all self-insured corporations should be aware of ý and prepared for ý the cost increases, cost shifting and new costs that will result from financial pressures on healthcare providers, expanded dependent eligibility, the disparity between Medicare and Medicaid payments vs. payments made by commercial insurers, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 and seven other factors. This paper was developed by three health insurance industry veterans, David McSweeney, COO of Healthcare Data Management, Inc. (HDM), Barbara Niehus, FSA, a consulting actuary and David Ermer, Managing Partner, Ermer and Brownell, PLLC, Washington, D. C. Posted with the permission of Benefits Compensation...

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Sponsored by: Healthcare Data Management, Inc. (HDM)

Released: June 25, 2009

Length: 5 pages

Format: PDF (328 kb)

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