The Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury released final regulations on June 13, 2019 that allows employers to offer a new “Individual Coverage HRA.” This new rule loosens restrictions on health reimbursement accounts. Beginning January 1, 2020, employers can offer individual coverage HRAs (ICHRAs) to provide tax-exempt dollars to their employees for...
United Benefit Advisors (UBA), the nation’s leading independent employee benefits advisory organization, has announced those chosen to receive the annual “UBBIE” Awards for 2018. The award honors Partner Firms, Principals, and Strategic Solution Alliances who have demonstrated unconditional engagement with the UBA community, the clients they serve, and the benefits insurance industry. “The United Benefit...
We are very excited here at Brio to let you know about an upcoming webinar we have lined up with Retensa, the leader in employee retention analytics. This webinar will help employers better understand which strategies are most effective in attracting and retaining key employees. It is more crucial than ever to focus on...
by Kevin Ritchie Two weeks ago New York University’s school of medicine announced that all current and future students enrolled in their medical doctorate (MD) program will receive full scholarships. While NYU is not the only medical school to offer full tuition, they are the largest name and first top ten ranked medical school...
by Kevin Ritchie This past Saturday afternoon, when asking my toddlers to clean up a mess of toys they had left outside, I was reminded after they asked me “why” for what felt like the hundredth time, that “why matters”. I began to translate this thought to a number of things we experience in our daily...