by Bret Brummitt | Mar 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
To IMQ or not IMQ, that is the question Individual medical questionnaires, personal health questionnaires, health risk surveys, enrollment forms that include health questions…..No matter what they are, they are designed to do 2 things: Help your insurance... 
by Bret Brummitt | Feb 25, 2020 | Culture, Employee Benefits, Health Insurance
The Health Rosetta Summit in Dallas, Top Takeaways The Health Rosetta team descended upon Dallas just a few weeks ago to host their semi-annual summit. The theme was “Rehumanizing Health Plans that restore Health, Hope, and Well-Being in our... 
by Stacy Barrow | Jan 20, 2020 | Compliance
Congress Repeals Unrelated Business Income Tax for Tax-Exempt Entities Offering Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefits As part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (the “Act”), Congress repealed Section 512(a)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986... 
by Bret Brummitt | Jan 5, 2020 | Employee Benefits
How To Turn Your Employee Health Plan Into A Competitive Advantage Your company provides the lifeline to many facets of your employees’ lives beyond just money and purpose. One of the most gargantuan challenges you take on is becoming the de facto expert on... 
by Bret Brummitt | Dec 30, 2019 | Employee Benefits, Health Insurance
5 Tips for surviving without your ID Card Each year when your Health Plan changes, there is a small (or large) period of time where you may not have an ID handy. Either the year end rush of the Insurance provider or the post office has put a cramp on your access to... 
by Stacy Barrow | Dec 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
The “Cadillac” tax, The “HIT” tax & the ACA medical device tax are gone. The PCORI tax is bac until 2029. On December20, 2019, the White House signed a bipartisan legislative package of spending bills to avoid a government shutdown. This... 
by Bret Brummitt | Nov 6, 2019 | Employee Benefits
Fear the Flu Nothing gets our attention more than death. Remember back at the end of 2014 when the CDC confirmed the first case of Ebola entering the United States with a patient who passed away 9 days later at Texas Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas? Of course,... 
by Bret Brummitt | Oct 21, 2019 | Data Analytics, Employee Benefits, Plan Design
If you stare at it, you’ll hit it. Confession #1: I’m a bit of a car nut. Confession #2: I have committed the sin of target fixation. Of what? Target fixation is an attentional phenomenon observed in humans in which an individual becomes so focused...