Dependent Eligibility Audits: Self-Awareness for the Self-Insured

Posted on Sep 22, 2010 | 0 comments

With healthcare costs continuing to rise at double-digit rates and the potential of healthcare reform increasing the burden on a company’s employee healthcare costs, a successful strategy for controlling costs is through a dependent eligibility audit. By EMILY RHOMBERG, a senior manager in the LECG-SMART Compensation & Benefits group, who brings more than 15 years of insight...

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Companies Crack Down on Defining Dependents in Benefit Plans

Posted on Jun 4, 2010 | 0 comments

By Lesley Alderman New York Times, June 4, 2010 To the list of letters that produce a groan when they arrive in your mailbox — a jury duty summons, past-due tax bills — add this one: a “dependent audit.” A dependent audit comes from your employer, who wants proof that the people you’re carrying on the company health plan really are your dependents. If you can’t prove they...

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Health law kicks into 2nd gear; does it help me?

Posted on Jan 1, 2010 | 0 comments

September 22, 2010 By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press Medical Writer The nation’s new health care law turns 6 months old Thursday and starts delivering protections and dollars-and-cents benefits that Americans can grasp. But it won’t affect all consumers the same way, which may cause confusion. Q: Will everyone’s health insurance change on Thursday? A: No. It...

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