Well, the increase in expenses bandied about, is now here! Chantel Sheaks,an employee benefits lawyer from Buck Consultants of Xerox points out “especially at a time when we are facing economic uncertainty, companies will be hit with a multi-million dollar assessment without getting anything back for it” The assessment levied on companies works out to [...]
Please take a moment to read this (and act on it!) MASTECTOMY LAW CHANGE Written by a surgeon. I’ll never forget the look in my patients eyes when I had to tell them they had to go home with the drains, new exercises and no breast. I remember begging the doctors to keep these women in the [...]
As of March 1 of this year, Medicare payments to physicians are being slashed 21%. How physicians can survive on these cuts to their reimbursement and still see Medicare patients (and meet their expenses) has not been addressed. Instead, Congress proposes forming a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMI) to transition delivery-system changes. The [...]
Did you know that a “Cadillac” insurance plan is not always based on the excellent benefits that a superior coverage offers? The term “Cadillac” to describe a plan is based on an expensive model. While one would expect that to mean you are buying a plan with excellent benefits covering even the most expensive therapy [...]
A new bill is arising from the House of Representatives to require additional tax payments from insurance companies who offer “Cadillac” insurance plans. The additional tax is supposedly going to help defray the cost of any new public health options being offered. Since February 2009, there has been a whole hullabaloo regarding the establishment of [...]
