MedBen Access Mobile App Now Features Biometric Recognition
Logging on to the MedBen Access mobile app has just become faster and easier! Users can now enable biometric recognition to use their face ID or fingerprint to access claims and benefits information. In addition, we've added a "Forgot User ID or Password" button in...
High Out-of-Network Claims? Get “Unwrapped”
If your plan has a primary network structure, MedBen has an ideal way to lower your costs on out-of-network care – saving you, on average, 76% off of billed charges. We've partnered with The Phia Group to offer Unwrapped, a comprehensive pricing solution....
MedBen 2022 Client Satisfaction Survey Results
Here are results from MedBen Client Satisfaction Surveys received in 2022 (rating averages based on a 1-to-5 scale): Overall Satisfaction: 4.9 Claims Payment Accuracy and TurnaroundMedical claims accuracy and turnaround: 4.9Rx claims accuracy and turnaround: 5.0...
NSA Updates Include Fee Increases, Reporting Deadline Extension
Higher fees and an extended reporting deadline are among the updated No Surprises Act (NSA) guidance and relief released by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (the "Tri-Agencies") on December 23. Specific updates include: An increase to...
Drugmakers Raising Prices on Over 350 Drugs in January
From Reuters: "Drugmakers including Pfizer Inc, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Bristol Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca PLC and Sanofi SA plan to raise prices in the United States on more than 350 unique drugs in early January, according to data analyzed by healthcare research firm 3...
Have Your Members Made the Switch Yet to Electronic EOBs?
Less than 10% of plan members have made the switch to electronic explanations of benefits (EOBs) on MedBen Access... and there are benefits to going "paperless" that have nothing to do with saving trees (though that's not a bad thing, either). By using MedBen Access...
IRS Expands Change-in-Status Rules for Cafeteria Plans
Once again, the IRS is seeking to increase access to federal Health Insurance Exchange coverage... this time, by offering greater flexibility to sponsors of cafeteria plans. As explained in Notice 2022-41, the IRS has expanded the change-in-status rules for...
A Note from Our President & CEO
On behalf of our entire team, I wish you a Happy New Year and thank you for your continued business with MedBen. We often say that “MedBen Delivers,” and it’s a statement that covers a variety of factors such as plan design strategies, claims processing accuracy, and...
MedBen Rx Has Solutions for Rising Specialty Drug Costs
From earlier this year: "Health plans and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that manage drug costs... say specialty drugs now account for 50% or greater of the total prescription spending they manage. In some cases, employer clients are seeing specialty costs account...
IRS Issues Final Rule to Grant Automatic Extensions for 1095 Reporting
First, the good news: Just in time, the IRS has issued a final rule making permanent the automatic 30-day extension deadline to furnish employees their Affordable Care Act (ACA) 1095 forms. The final rule (Information Reporting of Health Insurance Coverage and...
Pharmaceutical Companies Represent Nearly 2/3rds of Top Health Care Lobbyists
A review of the biggest spenders in health care lobbying by OpenSecrets reveals that, in the leadup to the 2021-22 election cycle, 16 of the top 25 lobbyists were pharmaceutical & health product organizations (see table below). The top health care lobbyist,...
MedBen Announces Promotions of Hupp, Lowe
MedBen is pleased to announce the promotions of Brooke Hupp and Lindsay Lowe to Regional Sales Directors. As members of the MedBen Sales team, Hupp has served current and prospective clients in portions of Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee since 2014, while Lowe has...