by Bret | Dec 30, 2018 | Employee Benefits, Employee Navigator, Health Insurance
Your next invoice is going to be wrong The 1st and 2nd invoices after Open Enrollment all almost always wrong. Yep, always. Well, for those of you with zero staff changes who you got everything done 60 days in advance of your renewal date, you are an exception to the...
by Bret | Oct 22, 2018 | ACA, Dept of Labor, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Health Insurance, Plan Design
Amidst the angst over health insurance’s skyrocketing prices, fears of pre-existing condition exclusions, and political divisions over the best way to serve our communities, we get to finally peak at the first iteration one of 2018’s more interesting developments with...
by Bret | Jul 31, 2018 | ACA, Compliance, Culture, Employee Benefits, Health Insurance, Plan Design, Plan Design
We talk about disruptors in Health Insurance Talk is cheap. Everyone wants to know “What’s in it for me?” With Direct Primary Care there is an opportunity touch, feel, experience, and understand a refreshing and pleasant interaction with healthcare...
by Bret | Mar 13, 2018 | Employee Benefits, Health Insurance, Plan Design
Higher quality can lead to lower costs We know we are at a Health Insurance crossroads, but what we don’t understand is whether to veer to the right or take a quick left exit off of our current trajectory. Or, should we plug on full throttle just a little...
by Bret | Dec 28, 2017 | Data Analytics, Health Insurance
2017 was a Journey to Rectify Behavior At the outset of 2017, I was on a mission to correct my behavior and dig deeper into the thoughts, beliefs, and tenets that were causing behavior that I found less than desirable in regards to my work. Some of my focus was...
by Bret | Nov 7, 2017 | ACA, ACA Reporting, Employee Benefits, Health Insurance
Pay or Play Part 3: Tom’s Approach to the Employer Mandate Tom’s King of Wings explores the options to offer coverage Example: Tom’s King of Wings is a quick-serve restaurant that does not offer coverage. Tom’s King of Wings has 15 store locations...
