Governor Whitmer signed HB 4459, which will now ban balance billing for out-of-network services that are delivered at in-network facilities, as well as in emergency rooms, and specifies that providers will be reimbursed based on the average negotiated in-network rate in that region, or 150 percent of Medicare rates.
Miscellaneous Archives:
ERIC Supports Louisiana Legislation Expanding Residents’ Access to Telemedicine
ERIC calls on Louisiana lawmakers to fast track Senate Bill 34 to Governor Edwards allowing the state to join the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact.
Growing Patchwork of State and Local Paid Leave Laws Overburdens Large Employers that Offer Paid Leave
Paying the Way: Large Employers and the State Paid Leave Patchwork highlights the valuable paid leave benefits offered by large, multistate employers and their success in designing and delivering these critical benefits to millions of employees and their families across the country.
Employer-Sponsored Health Care More Important Now Than Ever
Large employers, like ERIC member companies, strive to offer the best benefits to their unique, individual workforces. And while this year’s survey shows that premiums rose by 4 percent, providing employees with easy access to high quality health care at a low cost remains a top priority for employers.
Proposed Michigan Legislation Allows Government to Interfere with Employer Health Benefits
James Gelfand testified virtually before the Michigan Senate Health Policy and Health and Human Services Committee, speaking in opposition to Senate Bill 612.. The bill would impose numerous government mandates on the design of health benefits offered by private employers, specifically as they relate to medical management.
ERIC Applauds President Trump’s Push to End Surprise Medical Billing
The ERISA Industry Committee applauds President Trump’s push to end the surprise medical billing crisis and call for Congress to move forward the bipartisan, bicameral compromise proposal supported by three major congressional committees by the end of the year.
ERIC Victory: PBGC Follows ERIC Request to Reconsider Guidance on Premium Relief
Yesterday, the PBGC announced that it is changing previous guidance on delayed contributions to allow greater flexibility for funding contributions delayed under the CARES Act. The restated guidance allows companies to apply payments made through January 1, 2021, to the funding balance for the prior year in calculating the variable rate premium.
Virginia on the Right Track to Curb Surprise Medical Billing
ERIC supports Virginia regulators’ efforts to advance rules implementing the state’s recent legislation to curb surprise medical billing because the rules deter surprise billing in ways that do not increase health care costs for patients.
New Survey of Large Employers Highlights Efforts to Provide the Best Health Options for Employees, Obstacles to Lowering Costs
Many Americans are suffering economic hardship and have experienced increased, and unanticipated health care needs due to the pandemic. ERIC has worked with Congress and the Administration to help alleviate some of the pressures on employees.
ERIC Appeals Seattle Employer Health Care Mandate Decision to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
ERIC is appealing to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of ERIC’s challenge to a Seattle ordinance, Municipal Code (SMC) 14.28. The ordinance requires large hotel owners and ancillary hotel business to provide what are essentially City-mandated levels of health benefits through federally regulated employer health plans and, in so doing, runs afoul of federal law.