Tag: Health Plan

Health Plan Surcharges Pose Litigation Risks for Employers

By Lake Moore, McAfee & Taft Jul 18, 2025 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jul 18, 2025

Many employers implement wellness programs into their employee health plan offers. Wellness programs have varying designs but commonly offer premium discounts to participants who are tobacco-free or achieve certain biometric thresholds encouraging healthy living (LDL cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure, BMI). Noncompliant programs have become a frequent target for employees’ lawyers, arguing certain designs violate nondiscrimination […]

New Health Plan Disclosure Rules Should Bring More Transparency

By Brandon Long, Attorney, McAfee & Taft Feb 8, 2022 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Feb 8, 2022

New disclosure requirements should bring more transparency to the health plan side of employee benefits and allow plan fiduciaries to know and understand all the ways, direct and indirect, everyone is getting paid. The changes will help the fiduciaries to identify and assess possible conflicts of interest.

Health Benefit Costs: Calm Before the Storm?

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Dec 20, 2013 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Dec 20, 2013

According to the annual National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans by Mercer employers expect the rate of growth in the per-employee cost of coverage to rebound in 2014. View the infographic below for a summary of the findings.