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Analytical Tools
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- PriceMODELER SM
Actuarial software that identifies savings opportunities and the financial impact of those changes to your organization. - HRA Pricer SM
The Reden & Anders' HRA Pricer enables employers to evaluate HRA options. - BMI Claims Auditing
Healthcare Claims auditing reduces human error, administration costs: a Cost Management tool. - D2Hawkeye Explorer SM
Cost management tool integrates medical, pharmacy, eligibility and disease-management data into one comprehensive database. - HRinsider® Factsheet
A web-based management tool that also keeps you up-to-date on
legislative and benefits issues. Download PDF Factsheet. - HRinsider® Newsletter
Sample copy of the June 2009 HRInsider Newsletter - Survey Monkey®
Provides solutions to collect meaningful information online and analyze the results quickly and easily. - Stop Loss Analyzer®
Actuarial tool eliminates guesswork of selecting stop loss insurance levels.
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Presentation
given by Ron Dutton
of R.JDutton, Inc.,
on June 25, 2009.
If you would like a copy of this presentation, contact RJDutton.
In the News 2008 - 2009
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- "Digging Deeper Saves Millions"
Forbes promotion Nov 17, 2008 - Insurance premium increase less than preious years
Kansas City Business Journal Sept 2008 - HSA enrollment continues to exhibit healthy growth
Kansas City Business Journal May 2008
Newsletters
Quarterly newsletters about employee benefits & current issues.
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Benefits & Emplyoment Briefing Second Quarter 2009
IRS Provides Guidance on Automatic Enrollment
Earlier this year, the IRS finalized regulations it had proposed in November of 2007 on the subject of automatic enrollment in salary deferral plans. These final regulations respond to a number of comments on the proposed regulation.
Latest CMS Guidance on Mandatory MSP Reporting
As of January 1, 2009, most group health plans became subject to the Mandatory Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Program. On March 16, 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") issued the latest version ("Version 2.2") of the Group Health Plan User Guide for use by responsible reporting entities ("RREs") under this Program.
Dept. of Labor Updates Guidance
on ERISA Bonding Requirements
Part 4 of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") sets forth the rules that apply to fiduciaries of ERISA-covered employee benefit plans.
ERISA Severance Plan Protects Employer
The economic recession has caused many employers to reevaluate their severance policies. We find that employers often strive to ensure that those policies do not amount to enforceable promises to provide similar benefits to similarly situated employees, but rather are non-ERISA, ad hoc arrangements.
Benefits & Employment Briefing First Quarter 2009
- New York AG Investigates Data Used to Determine
Out-of-Network Reimbursement Rates - Supreme Court Says Plan Administrator May Rely
on Beneficiary Designation - Reductions in Force: Key Legal Issues
- Recent CMS Guidance on Mandatory MSP Reporting
- Required Minimum Distribution Relief:
Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008