Brio Benefit Consulting Joins Inc. Magazine’s Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies–the Inc. 5000 On August 14, 2019, Inc. magazine announced that Brio Benefit Consulting was named on the annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies...
The Department of Labor (DOL), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Treasury published final rules that removed the prohibition against integrating a health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) with individual health insurance coverage and recognized certain HRAs as limited excepted benefits. A U.S. District Court issued a permanent injunction against the...
The House of Representatives voted last Wednesday to repeal the “Cadillac tax” on high-cost employer health insurance. House lawmakers came together to repeal the provision that levies a tax on high-cost health insurance plans by a vote of 419 to 6. It will next be considered by the Senate. The tax was designed to...
The White House has reversed its ruling from earlier this year that would have amended the safe harbor regulations eliminating traditional rebates and requiring discounts be moved to the point-of-sale. The ruling was designed to decrease the overall cost of drugs and lower the out-of-pocket cost burden for Medicare and Medicaid recipients with the largest...
President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to increase healthcare price and quality transparency. The order specifically directs the Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services to issue guidance and propose regulations that would disclose negotiated rates, cost-of-care and de-identified federal healthcare data, and to expand the availability of Health Savings...