Tips for Workplace Wellness This Summer!
Wellness in the workplace should be designed as something for your employees, not something you do to them. This is an important distinction, because by launching a wellness program you are [...]
Obama admin quietly announces another PPACA delay
Shortly after announcing the delay of the employer mandate until 2015, the Obama administration quietly announced this past Friday that consumers will be on the honor system for subsidies under [...]
Reform Alert: Obama Admin Delays Employer Mandate
The Obama administration has delayed the Employer Mandate, a key provision of the health care reform law until 2015. As you may recall, the Employer Mandate requires employers with 50 [...]
Notice of Exchange: What Employers Need to Know
What is the Notice of Exchange? The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Notice of Exchange establishes an employer notice requirement to inform employees of the health insurance Marketplaces/Exchanges [...]
AFG Supports Corp! 2013 Economic Bright Spots and Entrepreneurs of Distinction Awards
Lauren Simonetti, Marketing Specialist, networking at the awards ceremony AFG proudly supported the winners of Corp! Magazine's Michigan Economic Bright Spots and Entrepreneurs of Distinction Winners [...]
Austin Financial Group Debuts New Health Care Reform Analysis Toolkit for Employers
Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (June 28, 2013) - Austin Financial Group (AFG), a Michigan employee benefits firm and one of Metro Detroit's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For, announced [...]
14 Michigan health insurers sign up to sell policies on the federal health insurance exchange
Fourteen health insurers in Michigan have submitted applications to participate in the federal health insurance exchange marketplace for individual and small group markets beginning October 1, 2013. The Department of [...]
healthySOLUTIONS: TRX Suspension with HealthQuest
TRX Suspension. It sounds intimidating, doesn't it? The name is enough to scare you off, but if you can muster the courage and the determination, you won't regret it. Our [...]
Wellness rules clarified under PPACA
The IRS released final regulations this week clarifying wellness rules under PPACA. Effective January 1, 2014 employers can charge workers as much as 30% of their medical plan premiums for [...]
Bridge the Benefits Communication Gap
As we have discussed in previous posts, benefit communication is more critical now than ever before due to the changes employers face as a result of Health Care Reform. Expectations [...]