State of the Healthcare Agenda after the House Passes AHCA

Anthem Selects Alegeus to Partner on Consumer Directed Healthcare Solutions

Employee Benefit News Recognizes Gusto for Innovation in Benefits Technology

Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser’s Technology Innovator Awards recognize the individuals who are driving such technologies and making these innovations possible.

Transit Benefit Reimbursements: the latest from the IRS

The IRS published a response to an inquiry from an employee concerned that their employer’s third-party administrator had informed all employees that it would no longer accept claims for cash…

GOP Healthcare Legislation Faces Long Debate before Vote on AHCA

Originally, GOP leadership hoped to send a Senate-supported bill prior to the April recess; however the bill's current version does not have that needed Senate support.

House Republicans Unveil ACA Replacement, Not Repeal, Legislation: American Health Care Act

The evening of March 6th, the two House Committees with jurisdiction over the ACA repeal/replacement bill, the Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee

DOL Fiduciary Rule: Actions in 2017

The Department of Labor's (DOL) final fiduciary rule, entitled “Definition of the Term ‘Fiduciary’; Conflict of Interest Rule – Retirement Investment Advice,” was published in the Federal Register on April…

Research Results Unveiled: Overcoming Consumer Denial in Healthcare

House Republicans Provide Policy Brief of their ACA Replacement Plan

February 16th, House Republican leaders held a closed-door meeting to discuss their ACA replacement plan and identify the components that could be included in the budget reconciliation bill.

Confirmation Hearing for Seema Verma to Head the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)

February 9th, the confirmation process for Seema Verma to become the head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) began with a Senate Finance Committee hearing.

Health Savings Act of 2017 Introduced to Senate and House of Representatives

February 9th, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, along with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), introduced the Health Savings Act of 2017 (S.403).

Frustrated and Ill-Prepared to Manage their Healthcare Finances, 90% of Individuals Resolve to Be Savvier Healthcare Consumers, Alegeus Study Find