Jul 14, 2025 | Announcements, Compliance, Consumer-driven Health Plans, Dependent care assistance plan (DCAP), Flexible spending accounts (FSAs), Legislative, Regulatory
The recently enacted “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act (H.R. 1) includes a long-awaited update for working families: a permanent increase in the annual contribution limit for dependent care assistance flexible spending accounts (DCAPs). Beginning in tax years after...
Jun 30, 2025 | Announcements, Compliance, HIPAA, Privacy, Regulatory, Reproductive health care
On June 18, 2025, the United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, vacated the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Final Rule) with nationwide effect. In doing so, HIPAA Covered Entities, including self-funded health plan...
Jun 27, 2025 | Announcements, MedBen Access, MedBen Employees, Mobile App, Online Services
Our home office and client services will be closed on Friday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen on 8:00 a.m. EST on Monday, July 7th. As always, should a question arise outside of business hours, plan members can check claims information,...
Jun 3, 2025 | Alternative Reimbursement Strategies, Announcements, Client Report, Fair Market Pricing, Forensic claims review, MedBen Rx, MedBen WellLiving, Nutrigenomics, Pharmacogenomics
The 2025 MedBen Client Report is now available for download from MedBen.com! “As your TPA, MedBen takes an interest in your plan’s success that goes beyond claim processing,” Chairman & CEO Kurt Harden says in his Opening Note. “Our services and...
Jun 2, 2025 | Announcements, Compliance, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA), PCORI, Regulatory
As in years past, no later than July 31, 2025, all self-funded employer health plan sponsors are required to file and pay their PCORI fees. You may remember that as part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, Congress extended the requirement that...
May 30, 2025 | Announcements, Compliance, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA), Pharmacy, Regulatory
As you’ll recall, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA) requires all health plans to file a pharmacy data report annually to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Each year, the Prescription Drug Data Collection reporting (RxDC)...
