Technology

Benefits Think The tech lesson Uber can teach advisers

Commentary: By expanding our thinking and embracing technology, we have the opportunity to improve our efficiency, reduce costs and enhance the client experience. What are you going to implement in this brave new world, asks EBA Advisory Board member Andy Torelli.

Andrew Torelli
Andrew Torelli
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Benefits Think Closing the adviser knowledge gap

Emerging technology platforms, an aging workforce and a turbulent regulatory environment in the employee benefits field can either be perceived as problems or opportunities. Considering I sold everything that I had to start my own practice, I opt for the latter. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “An aging population and changes in federal regulation may increase demand for agents who sell health and long-term care insurance.” It has been widely talked about that nearly…

Mike Hanner
Mike Hanner
Benifit LLC

Burwell: Health care on threshold of big change

The health care system in the United States is on the threshold of changing the course of the nation and what happens now “can impact the life of every American more than any piece of policy or legislation we have seen in the recent past,” Sylvia Mathews Burwell, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said Wednesday.

Brian M. Kalish
By Brian M. Kalish
Online Managing Editor, Health Care Group
SourceMedia

The CareFirst hack: What went right, what went wrong

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield first learned in May 2014 of malware on an information system that was hacked a month later, according to two health information security consultants. But the Blues plan apparently did not realize the malware was not completely eradicated and the system was hacked a month later.

By Joseph Goedert
Senior Editor
Health Data Management

Senate probes ACA tax credit problems

The head of a Senate investigative subcommittee said he plans to look into problems with the health insurance marketplaces set up for the Affordable Care Act that forced many taxpayers to owe some of the tax credit money they had received for buying health insurance.

Michael Cohn
By Michael Cohn
Editor-in-chief, AccountingToday.com

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