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IRS Announces Higher HSA Limits, Updated Health Plan Thresholds for 2027
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (306+ words) The contribution limit for health savings accounts will increase to $4, 500 from $4, 400 for 2027. The IRS announced inflation-adjusted limits for health savings accounts and related health benefit arrangements for 2027, increasing contribution caps and updating eligibility thresholds for those enrolled in high-deductible health…...
Marsh Launches Health Benefit Pricing Tool
3+ mon, 3+ hour ago (302+ words) Network Navigator is intended to help employers analyze providers" price transparency data. Marsh Mc Lennan Agency, a division of Marsh, announced Monday the launch of Network Navigator, a health care pricing tool that incorporates current price transparency data. The tool…...
House Republicans Launch Probe of Cal PERS Over $330 M Pension Fund Loss
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (11+ words) plansponsor...
Kaiser to Pay $28 M in Mental Health Care Settlement With DOL
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (406+ words) In addition to monetary penalties, the provider agreed to reform its mental health and substance use disorder services. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. will pay at least $28 million to reimburse members for out-of-network mental health and substance use disorder services…...
2026 PS Webinar: Benchmarking Your Plan'Using Data to Stay Competitive
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (897+ words) Benchmarking insights empower employers to identify costs, enhance overall plan features and ensure that participants are both engaged with their plans and ready to retire, said one of the panelists at PLANSPONSOR's recent "Benchmarking Your Plan: Using Data to Stay…...
Federal Judge'Dismisses'ERISA Excessive Fee'Complaint'Against Bayada'
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (290+ words) A federal judge dismissed a complaint accusing Bayada Home Health Care'Inc.'of mismanaging its 401(k) plan, delivering a victory for plan sponsors as the court considered the influence of'the'U. S. Supreme Court's'2025'decision in'Cunningham v. Cornell'University.' The plaintiffs alleged that Bayada fiduciaries breached…...
The Rise of "Financially Dominated" Coverage Claims for Employer Health Plans
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (435+ words) Mc Dermott Will & Schulte attorneys lay out why a fundamentally sound and well-documented fiduciary process is key for health plan administration amid rapidly changing fiduciary standards. Although still in their early stages, these suits serve as an important reminder to…...
Federal Agencies Propose Changes to Health Plan Price Transparency Rules
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (469+ words) Federal agencies have proposed changes to federal health care price transparency rules that would affect employer-sponsored group health plans'particularly self-insured plans'as regulators frame the changes as a technical effort to improve data usability. From "Price Transparency" to Plan Transparency The…...