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Rules for Pooled Plans
As a way to give small businesses the opportunity to offer their employees a workplace-based retirement savings option that is easy and inexpensive to […]
PBMs for Better or Worse
With enrollment in Medicare Part D and specialty drug costs exploding, it’s no surprise that forecasts predict 7 percent annual growth for PBMs over […]
CT PFML Updates and Required Employer Actions
On June 25, 2019, Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Connecticut’s Paid Family and Medical Leave law (CTPFML). Below are some highlights from the new […]
What to Expect from Virtual Health
Researchers define virtual health as continuous, connected care delivered using digital and telecommunication technologies. Healthcare consumers can think of virtual health as telemedicine and […]
Anyone Can Lower Stress
If 2020 wasn’t everyone’s most stressful year, it has to rank among the top for sure. From hardship created by the Coronavirus to unrest […]
Supporting Employees During These Stressful Times
For many of us, the start of another week means trudging downstairs to a make-shift office, in our sweats, with the dog following close […]
Public Health Emergency Extended
In late January 2020, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a public health emergency declaration. Several payment policies and regulatory adjustments […]
Is Reference Based Pricing Saving Money?
When the independent think tank finds that on average, prices paid to hospitals by younger, healthier policyholders were 100 percent higher than what Medicare […]
Two Haddam Teens Help Feed Middletown Families During Pandemic
This article was published January 10, 2021 on HK-Now.com, written by Kathy Brown.
(Jan. 9, 2021) — Aleia Goodison and Vincent […]
Orders to Cut Drug Costs
In an effort to revive an important promise made to the American people prior to his election in 2016, President Trump recently signed 3 […]
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021
On December 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA). The Act contains several provisions that impact healthcare […]
How Healthy Are We?
According to the 2019 edition of the Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, the United States ranks 35th among 169 recognized by the World Health Organization. […]
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