A health plan is more than a product or service; it’s a relationship. All productive and healthy relationships—especially in the benefits space—rely on trust. When an employer extends trust in a broker or insurance carrier to purchase something as critical as healthcare—for people as critical as their workers and families—we’re obligated to raise all factors…
We recently informed you that the machine-readable file (MRF) requirement under the Transparency in Coverage (TiC) rules goes into effect July 1, 2022. This part of the rule requires that insurers and self-funded group health plans must begin to publicly post machine-readable files with detailed information on the costs of covered services and prescription drugs.…
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury (the Departments) released Transparency in Coverage (TiC) rules in late 2020 that will require fully insured and self-funded plan sponsors of non-grandfathered group health plans to make important disclosures about in-network and out-of-network rates beginning July 1, 2022. To be ready to meet that deadline,…
