Health Insurance
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IRS Official: PPACA Ate Our 403(b) Homework
By Allison BellEfforts to implement major new health care and financial services laws are getting in the way of an Internal Revenue Service initiative to update 403(b) retirement plan procedures.
September 02, 2011
GAO Report: CMS Must Improve Fraud and Abuse Abatement ProgramsThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must do a better job of measuring the effectiveness of its fraud and abuse abatement, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report.
September 02, 2011
Ideas: CSC, UnitedHealth, Children's MercyComputer Sciences Corp. is trying to help insurance agents manage their agencies through a "cloud-based" system that can be reached from a wide variety of different devices and systems.
September 02, 2011
Growth: Lockton, Benefit InformaticsLockton Companies L.L.C., an insurance brokerage firm, has opened an office in Philadelphia that will offer insurance, employee benefits and risk management services to managed care executives.
September 01, 2011
GAO Report: CMS Must Improve Fraud and Abuse Abatement ProgramsThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must do a better job of measuring the effectiveness of its fraud and abuse abatement, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report.
September 01, 2011
In response to "How to create and deliver a killer sales presentation"An excellent rule of thumb---your client's or prospect's mind can only absorb what their fanny can endure.
September 01, 2011
How would a cut in Medicare/Social Security affect you?hat would be very unfortunate. We definitely make use of those programs.
September 01, 2011
PPACA: Michigan Implements Rate Review RegsThe Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation is starting to apply new health insurance rate filing rules today in an effort to comply with the rate review provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.