Archives: 2023
The Consolidated Appropriations Act Imposes Health Plan Fiduciary Responsibilities on Employers
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021 has created new opportunities for employers who insure their personnel with health benefit plans. Due to previously existing gag clauses, employers have been widely unable to obtain important insights from medical and pharmacy carriers. With the CAA…Continued
How the End of the COVID-19 Emergency Periods Will Impact Health Plans
The Biden Administration has announced its plan to end the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023. Employer-sponsored health plans have been required to comply with certain coverage requirements during the COVID-19 emergency periods, including the following:He…Continued
Get What You Pay For: Leading Individual Contributors to Team Success
There ain't no “we” in “team.” One of our favorite commercials is one where a prima donna football player named Leon is interviewed in a locker room after a bad game. He blames his teammates for not recovering any of his four fumbles. The reporter mutters, "there is no 'I' in &#…Continued
Economy Turned a Corner at End of 2022
Written for Bolton by Zachary Fritz, Sage Policy GroupInflation, the defining element of the pandemic era economy, finally began to subside in late 2022. Consumer prices fell 0.1% in December, the first monthly decline since May 2020. Core prices (which exclude food and energy prices due to volatil…Continued
2023 HR Compliance Calendar
An HR compliance calendar is a valuable tool to help your business stay on track with key employment-related deadlines throughout the year. Use this HR calendar to keep track of important compliance tasks for 2023.HR compliance is a complex area with many moving parts. Keeping track of HR deadlines…Continued