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Human Resource Executive
Oct. 21, 2008
Excerpt: Dallas Salisbury, president and CEO of Employee Benefit Research Institute in Washington, says HR needs to educate employees up-front to make sure they know that retirement accounts are linked to stock prices, and that there are no sure things when investing.
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Human Resource Executive
May 2, 2008
Excerpt: [C]ritics such as Alain C. Enthoven call the employer-based system 'a historical accident' that no longer works. The emeritus professor of management at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business says, 'Nobody could stand up today and defend it on a rational basis.' Some HR executives agree. 'We don't offer that much value in a macro sense,' says E. J. 'Ned' Holland Jr., senior vice president of HR at Embarq Corp.... He likens the employer's role in health insurance to a reseller, with administrative support thrown in.
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Corporate Synergies
Jan. 28, 2025
"[1] Implement a system for regular compliance reviews, and ... assess the impact of legislative changes on your organization's benefits programs.... [2] Invest in reliable HR technology platforms, ... [3] Conduct annual non-discrimination testing and ... address any discrepancies early.... [4] Develop a state-by-state compliance checklist and partner with vendors who understand regional nuances.... [5] Work with IT teams to implement robust cybersecurity measures ... Regularly review vendor agreements to ensure they meet data protection standards."
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Thompson Publishing Group
June 12, 2003
Excerpt: Auditing for compliance with HIPAA's privacy rules needs to continue even after the April 14 compliance deadline, according to experts who spoke at a recent conference. They described a HIPAA privacy audit performed at a health plan and the plan's process for complying with the privacy rules.
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States Taking on Health Care Issues Themselves; Result, Say Experts, Could Be a Compliance Nightmare
CFO
Apr. 20, 2007
Excerpt: [M]ajor changes are already brewing at the state level. According to Ted Nussbaum, director of health-care consulting at Watson Wyatt Worldwide, health-care legislation is pending in about 30 states. Those states, Nussbaum says, are motivated by the fact that they spend billions of dollars a year to cover the medical expenses of the uninsured.
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Mercer
May 13, 2008
Excerpt: In this issue: San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance in effect - for now; New laws impact California employers; New leaves for military families in California[.]
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The ERISA Industry Committee [ERIC]
Dec. 11, 2025
14 pages. "The AI in HR benefits ecosystem includes developers, deployers, HR professionals, and compliance experts, all of whom impact how AI tools are built and used responsibly. The report distills AI-driven HR benefits use cases into a three-factor framework -- each functioning as a dial, adjustable to the specific application and context. [1] Core Employee Lifecycle Stages ('when'); [2] Key Benefit Categories ('what'); [3] Users and Roles ('who')."
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Thompson Publishing Group
July 19, 2002
Excerpt: Several methods that employers and plan administrators can use to aggressively administer their COBRA programs -- and minimize adverse selection and COBRA violations -- were discussed in two recent audio conferences by COBRA expert Paul M. Hamburger.
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Thompson Publishing Group
May 9, 2001
Excerpt: A decline in the number of stop-loss insurance carriers and an increase in health care costs are the two most significant factors contributing to rising stop-loss insurance rates, according to experts within the stop-loss insurance industry. These rates will continue to climb over the next couple of years as the stop-loss insurance market undergoes a metamorphosis in order to return to profitability.
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National Public Radio [NPR]
Dec. 6, 2024
"The shocking, targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Wednesday struck a nerve on social media, triggering an outpouring of negative experiences with the tangled health care system in the U.S. Many people shared searing stories of health care denials from health insurers."
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ThinkAdvisor
Dec. 4, 2024
"Brian Thompson, a longtime UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive, was fatally shot in midtown Manhattan early Wednesday morning ... A 20-year veteran of UnitedHealth, Thompson was one of the company's most senior executives.... The insurance unit he oversaw is expected to bring in $280 billion in revenue this year, and is the country's largest health insurer."
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Thompson Coburn
Nov. 22, 2016
"So long as an employee receives no additional compensation for the advice-related activities above and beyond his or her normal salary, an HR employee should be able to explain plan options to participants without incurring ERISA fiduciary liability.... On the other hand, an employee whose job description included assisting plan participants in selecting investment options in a self-directed 401(k) plan probably would be considered an ERISA fiduciary."
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Thompson Publishing Group
Mar. 6, 2002
Excerpt: According to [employee benefits attorney Michael] Melbinger, restricting participants from selling the company's stock until retirement or separation from service may diminish section 404(c)'s protection because the company could be viewed as exerting undue influence over participants' investment decisions.... To minimize risk, the employer must provide investment education that clearly advises employees that a large investment in a single security is risky.
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Thompson Publishing Group
Aug. 1, 2000
Guest article by Martha Priddy Patterson. Employers wanting to move to a paperless human resources department could come very close to that goal, especially for 401(k) plans, under the newly enacted Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This new law allows us to sweep away at least three millennia of the burden of writing and return to the days when an 'X' served as an individual's witness to be bound by his or her pledges. The act applies to far more than mere signatures.
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Miller & Chevalier
May 11, 2023
"[T]he court concluded that the plaintiffs' expert was not qualified to testify competently regarding the 2015 RFP because he admitted he had never conducted an RFP, had not responded to an RFP in nearly 40 years, and acknowledged that he would have to rely on the expertise of a consultant to determine how the defendants should have conducted the RFP process." [Huang v. TriNet HR III, Inc., No. 20-cv-2293 (M.D. Fla. Apr. 26, 2023)]
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Benefitfocus
Jan. 23, 2024
"Modern benefits management refers to an end-to-end benefits administration system, which offers a variety of advantages. Outsourcing the management of your benefits programs can save time, provide a higher level of confidence through expert administrators and enable your HR team to focus on strategic initiatives that can positively impact talent attraction/retention, engagement and productivity."
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Human Resource Executive
June 24, 2015
"When it comes to audits of organizations' employee benefit plans, a recent federal report shows there's much more work to be done, and experts say HR leaders can play a vital role in defending against threats to workers' nest eggs."
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HR Daily Advisor
May 14, 2013
"Attendees and panel speakers at [the recent EBRI] Policy Forum ... said DOL was taking a step in the right direction by drawing up guidelines for ways plan sponsors can show participants how their current and future retirement savings will shape their future income stream. But among the questions the organization's leader posed was whether the proposal's longevity projections were too short."
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HR Daily Advisor
June 8, 2012
"While ERISA self-insured plans themselves are not subject to state regulation, states are clamping down on stop-loss coverage as a way to discourage self-funding ... [T]he new health system with the exchanges must take in as massive a risk pool as possible. A self-funding option could become more economical if premiums rose due to reform's insurance mandates. But that would divert premium-paying customers away from the exchanges ... Efforts to discourage self-insuring have resulted[.]"
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Nava
Oct. 15, 2025
"This article breaks down each update in plain language, helping HR leaders understand what's changing, what to review, and how to keep their benefits plans compliant. Learn how proactive HR teams use these annual updates to strengthen compliance processes and build employee trust."
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