Category Archives: Commercial Insurance
Medicare Part D Disclosures due by March 1, 2019 for Calendar Year Plans
OVERVIEW Group health plan sponsors are required to complete an online disclosure form with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on an annual basis and at other select times, indicating whether the plan’s prescription drug coverage is … Continue reading
Proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2020
OVERVIEW On Jan. 24, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2020. This proposed rule describes benefit and payment parameters under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) … Continue reading
ACA Individual Mandate Penalty No Longer Applies
ACA Individual Mandate Penalty No Longer Applies OVERVIEW On Dec. 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law the tax reform bill, called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, after it passed both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House … Continue reading
Acceptable Reasons for Termination
Clients ask me from time to time about different things and this recently came up. Here is some information from The Hartford’s website. Texas is an “at will” work state as far as I know. But I am not sure how that … Continue reading
ACA Client alert
District Court Judge in Texas Strikes Down the ACA – But Law Remains In Effect for Now On Friday, December 14, a federal judge in Texas issued a partial ruling that strikes down the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) as … Continue reading
EEOC’s Status Report in AARP v. EEOC
EEOC’s Status Report in AARP v. EEOC Creates Uncertainty for Wellness Programs In its March 30 status report to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in American Association for Retired Persons (AARP) v. EEOC, the EEOC … Continue reading
2018 Hurricane prediction
A scientist with the Global Weather Oscillations is predicting the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season to be somewhat of a repeat of 2017. Claiming this year will bring more devastating storms. According to the GWO, a storm prediction company, this year’s … Continue reading
Texas Mutual e-Learning
Since introducing e-Learning earlier this year, thousands of employers have taken advantage of this free workplace safety training tool. Texas Mutual clients can join in as well and start utilizing more than 200 new video courses and free record keeping. … Continue reading
Living Magazine 2017 Best of Winner
The 2017 Best Of Fort Bend Readers’ Choice Winners Hoffman Insurance Group won the best health insurance agent AND best insurance agent Thank you to everyone that voted and to all of our clients for a good year. https://www.livingmagazine.net/the-2017-best-of-fort-bend-readers-choice-winners/ The 2017 Best … Continue reading
Tis the season…for hurricanes
It is that time of year once again. Storm season kicked off with a nice little tropical storm Cindy. The majority of it missed us but it sure got the attention of the insurance companies. I received dozens of emails … Continue reading
