January 2024

Health Plans Must Expand Price Comparison Tool for 2024 Beginning in 2024, group health plans and health insurance issuers must expand the internet-based price comparison tool available to participants, beneficiaries, and enrollees to include all covered items, services, and drugs. This tool aims to provide consumers with real-time estimates of Read more…

Volume 50

2023 Milestones Build Momentum for 2024   8 Tips for Modernizing Hiring in 2024   2024 HR Compliance Calendar   Psych 101: Neurodivergence   2023 Milestones Build Momentum for 2024 HealthSure devoted to keeping rural strong for 25 years By Brant Couch,  CEO HealthSure When my father set out to Read more…

Volume 49

In this Issue A Rural Vaccine for the Medicare Advantage Pandemic? Patient education and local advocacy can be effective antigens By Brant Couch | CEO HealthSure (Note: This article includes content from staff interviews with John Henderson, President Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals (TORCH), Alan Morgan, CEO National Read more…

Volume 48

The Best is Yet to Come   Pilot program taps the power of community connection   Health Care Spending Projected to Surpass $7 Trillion by 2031     The Best is Yet to Come Brant Couch Time flies when you’re engaged in important work… I think that’s why I was Read more…

Volume 47

TORCH Insurance Program Celebrates 15th Anniversary     Join us at the TORCH Conference Wednesday, April 12th at 11 am for Never Go It Alone   U.S. Faces Shortage of Mental Health Professionals   Supreme Court Cases That May Impact Employers in 2023 TORCH Insurance Program Celebrates 15th Anniversary It’s Read more…

Volume 46

Avoiding Cyber Insurance Claim Denials   New Features We’re Excited About   Understanding “Quiet Quitting” Trend   Avoiding Cyber Insurance Claim Denials A growing concern in the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape by Krista Adamson, CIC, CISR   The need for cyber insurance has never been greater. Getting the best coverage has Read more…

Volume 45

How Rural Hospitals are Winning the War on Employee Retention Uvalde Memorial Hospital Wins TORCH Light Award DOL Issues Guidance on FMLA and Mental Health Conditions How to Prepare Your Business For an Active Shooter What You Should Know About Monkeypox How Rural Hospitals are Winning the War on Employee Read more…

Volume 44

Workers’ Compensation in the (never ending?) COVID Era   Supreme Court Reinstates Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers   DOJ Answers Common Questions about COVID-19 and the ADA   Workers’ Compensation in the (never ending?) COVID Era Some guidance for keeping your workforce afloat during a perfect storm

Volume 43

Need a Simple Remedy for Cyber Security Burnout?   CHIC Keeps Laying Golden Eggs   Direct Contracts Improve Employee and Bottom-Line Health   Need a Simple Remedy for Cyber Security Burnout? By Krista Adamson, CIC, CISR | Practice Leader: Property and Casualty It’s not your fault if you’re tired of Read more…

Volume 42

TRUE GRIT ISSUE   The Economics of Perseverance   Georgia “Lone Ranger” Finds Friends in Texas   2021 EBHR Survey – Attraction and Retention Benchmarking Overview   U.S. Supreme Court Rejects ACA Challenge   The Economics of Perseverance By Brant Couch, CIC, CPA The science of economics is the study Read more…

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Take the Community Hospital Insurance Coalition (CHIC) for example. With our expert support and management, more than 30 rural hospitals who have come together to own this medical stop-loss reinsurance company. They are paying less for their insurance, improving benefits program performance, and receiving their share of a significant annual surplus cash distribution (~$2.5 million since inception in 2018).