Obama wants to tax your employee benefits, including your medical care.
Obama wants to tax the medical insurance of Americans with jobs to pay for coverage for people without insurance.

Danger: Flexible comp may not survive Obama's healthcare reform
The plans advanced by President Obama and Congress would eliminate flexible benefit plans, raising the cost of healthcare for millions of employed Americans. Get ready to fight now, before it's too late.

Save your flexible benefits plan! The Obama Administration and Congress are considering ending them
As part of healthcare reform, the Obama Administration and Congress are seriously considering eliminating flexible spending accounts and similar plans.

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What It Means To Be A Third Party Administrator
A third party administrator situation may arise when there is no executor appointed in a will for a deceased person, or if the executor has died, become physically or mentally incompetent, refused to carry out the duties of executor, or is in any other way unable to carry out the responsibilities of administrator of the estate in question. Other people can then make application to the courts to become the administrator of the estate and responsible for the assets and liabilities of the estate. This is usually one or more of the people who are named as beneficiaries of the estate, but may include other interested or affected parties.

Verifications, Inc. Names George Ellis Executive Vice President of Substance Abuse Services
Ellis to lead Verifications? Substance Abuse Services team.

ValueOptions Names Steve Rockowitz, Psy.D., Vice President for California Service Center

Gilsbar's MedCom Care Management Earns URAC Health Utilization Management Accreditation
Gilsbar, Inc., a leading third party administrator and employee benefit plan manager, is pleased to announce its medical management subsidiary, MedCom Care Management, Inc., has been awarded Health Utilization Management accreditation from URAC.

Should You Administrate Your Affiliate Marketing Program In-House?
In the day and age when everything and anything is being outsourced, you might wonder if you should administrate your affiliate marketing program in-house or if you should sign up with one of the many services that are currently on the Internet and which permit interested vendors to display their programs while then matching them with interested affiliates. While there is no straight answer to this question, by and large it appears that small, home based businesses and other small time entrepreneurs will seek to keep the programs close by to save a bit of money while the midsized outfits will gladly farm out this venture.

NFL Legend and Humanitarian Nick Lowery Joins Charitable Profit Arrangement
At a time when the economy is forcing families, businesses and nonprofits to rethink their priorities, the Charitable Profit Arrangement Inc. has emerged to literally change the playing field in Philanthropy.

Overly Aggressive Acquisition Strategies Can Damage a Health Plan's Relationships with Providers and Customers
AIS's Health Plan Week reports on insurers, including UnitedHealth Group, that have experienced integration problems stemming from mergers and acquisitions.

Charitable Profit Arrangement Services Donors and Nonprofits
Charitable Profit Arrangement(TM), an Arizona-based organization that matches donors with nonprofit organizations, has created a new fundraising tool for charities. The service allows private investors to allot a predetermined percentage of their quarterly return to the nonprofit organization of their choice. This shifts the focus for philanthropic activities from giving to sharing.

ExpertPlan Hires Steven Hart as VP of Sales and Business Development
Leading retirement plan recordkeeper ExpertPlan () today announced the hiring of Steven Hart as Vice President, Sales and Business Development.

Retirement Plan Considerations Cheat Sheet for Small Business
RETIREMENT PLAN CONSIDERATIONS are something every small business person needs to be thinking about. Do you have a strategic plan? Don't expect to have social security save you.