With months to go in this year’s flu season, it is essential for people to take the initiative and get their flu shot. Health professionals everywhere are urging people to get flu vaccinations after flu-like activity hit its peak in late December. Reports across the nation have indicated that flu …
CVS Health plans to launch a new insurance product by the end of March 2020. It will absorb the astronomical expenses health plan members experience when undergoing gene therapy. “With prices for a single treatment as high as $2 million, many employers are struggling to find ways to offer coverage …
The United States saw cancer death rates decrease by 2.2% from 2016 to 2017, the biggest single-year drop in history. According to a report from the American Cancer Society, the United States has seen a 29% decrease in cancer rates from 1991 to 2016 — which equates to 2.9 million …
Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting deadlines are approaching soon under Section 6055 and Section 6056 for the 2019 calendar year. Reporting entities must: File returns with the Internal Revenue System (IRS) by February 28, 2020 if filing on paper (or March 31, 2020 if filing electronically); and Furnish 2019 Forms …
The mission of CBI CARES is to partner with non-profits, matching Creative Benefits employees with volunteer opportunities at charitable organizations. This program allows our team members to give time to, collect for, and raise money towards causes that are important to both our clients and us personally. CBI CARES continues …
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has indicated plans to issue new proposed rules on permissible wellness incentives under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in early 2020. Final rules were last released in May 2016, which stated that the ADA applies to employer-sponsored wellness plans that ask for health …
Not only did the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed into law on December 20th, repeal three taxes under the Affordable Care Act; the law also extends payment of PCORI fees for the next ten years (2020 through 2029). The ACA created the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to help patients, …
On Friday, December 20th, President Trump signed H.R. 1865 into law, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, which included a full repeal of three taxes originally imposed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Repeal of the Cadillac Tax beginning in 2020, which would have imposed a 40% excise tax …
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill In light of the holiday season, the CBI CARES team supported Bringing Hope Home’s 2019 Adopt-A-Family Program. The Adopt-A-Family (AAF) Program pairs Bringing Hope Home supporters with real families that …
On December 18, 2019, it was released that New York Life Insurance Co. agreed to pay $6.3 billion for a Cigna Corp. unit that sells non-medical insurance products to employers. New York Life Insurance Co. is one of the nation’s oldest and financially strongest life insurers. As low interest rates …
On December 9, 2019, the IRS released final 2019 forms and instructions for reporting under Internal Revenue Code Sections 6055 and 6056. These forms and instructions require certain employers to provide information to the IRS about their health plan coverage. While similar to the 2018 versions, it is important to …
Four major hospital groups have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the rule on healthcare transparency released in November. The rule would require hospitals to disclose their pricing information, including negotiated rates. The Federation of American Hospitals, the American Hospital Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the …
With Christmas and New Years around the corner, we are in the thick of the holiday season. This time of year can be a tremendous source for joy and camaraderie, but it can also be incredibly overwhelming and cause a great deal of stress. It’s important to ask yourself, “What …
On December 4, 2019, Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) announced it will be partnering with Novartis AG, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. “AWS’s security, scalability, and highly reliable infrastructure can help Novartis advance its technical operations with greater agility and customer-orientation, and potentially reduce the time it takes …
