Blog - Archive for Florida Health Insurance
Posted on Florida Health Insurance, Insurance Florida February 19, 2015 by bgsadmin3050
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and workers’ compensation serve different purposes, but the job leave provided by the two may overlap in some cases, affecting employment decisions on issues such as light duty. FMLA provides employees with unpaid, job-protected leave for certain qualifying reasons, such as a serious health condition that makes the Read more →
Blog - Archive for Florida Health Insurance
Posted on Florida Health Insurance, Florida Professional Insurance, Insurance Florida, Uncategorized November 20, 2014 by bgsadmin3050
Due to the rising costs of health coverage, employers have shown interest in helping employees pay for individual health insurance policies instead of offering employer-sponsored plans. In response, on Nov. 6, 2014, the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury (Departments) issued FAQ guidance stating that these arrangements do not Read more →
Blog - Archive for Florida Health Insurance
Posted on Business Insurance FL, Florida Benefit Program, Florida Health Insurance, Uncategorized September 18, 2014 by bgsadmin3050
Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) being signed into law, many health plans and issuers could remove adult children from their parents’ policies because of their age, whether or not they were a student or where they lived. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires plans and issuers that offer dependent coverage to make the Read more →
Blog - Archive for Florida Health Insurance
Posted on Business Insurance FL, Florida Benefit Program, Florida Health Insurance, Florida Personal Insurance, Insurance Florida, Uncategorized August 21, 2014 by bgsadmin3050
Understand how your health plan works: This is the first and probably most important step in finding affordable health care. You need to know what sort of healthcare is and is not covered, what procedures you need to follow to ensure your claims are paid, and which providers and facilities to use to get the Read more →
Blog - Archive for Florida Health Insurance
Posted on Business Insurance FL, Florida Health Insurance, Uncategorized August 8, 2013 by bgsadmin3050
On January 25, 2013, Health and Human Services (HHS), the federal agency in charge of implementing the Health Information Privacy and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) issued regulations modifying the HIPAA Privacy and Security enforcement rules. These regulations finalized the amendments to HIPAA that were made by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Read more →