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As a result of health care reform, nearly one-third of surveyed organizations (33.4%) have conducted dependent eligibility audits or plan to do so in the next two years, and another 29.5% have analyzed or plan to analyze claims. One-third of respondents (33.2%) are considering offering the increased wellness incentives allowed in 2014 provisions. Approximately 14% of responding organizations have already started to redesign their primary health plan to avoid triggering the 2018 excise tax. Nearly half of employers (47.2%) describe their current focus with regard to health care reform as implementing changes to make their plans compliant with legislation. Nearly two in five are focused on beginning to develop tactics to deal with the implications of reform (39.1%) or developing a multiyear approach (37.3%). Slightly fewer than one-third describe their focus as “wait and see.” Among organizations in a “wait and see” phase, four in five (80.7%) are awaiting the Supreme Court decision, 62.4% are awaiting further regulatory guidance and 52.1% are awaiting the outcome of the 2012 presidential and congressional elections. The complete survey report is at http://www.ifebp.org/pdf/research/EmployerActionSurvey.pdf.
As a result of health care reform, nearly one-third of surveyed organizations (33.4%) have conducted dependent eligibility audits or plan to do so in the next two years, and another 29.5% have analyzed or plan to analyze claims. One-third of respondents (33.2%) are considering offering the increased wellness incentives allowed in 2014 provisions.
Approximately 14% of responding organizations have already started to redesign their primary health plan to avoid triggering the 2018 excise tax.
Nearly half of employers (47.2%) describe their current focus with regard to health care reform as implementing changes to make their plans compliant with legislation. Nearly two in five are focused on beginning to develop tactics to deal with the implications of reform (39.1%) or developing a multiyear approach (37.3%). Slightly fewer than one-third describe their focus as “wait and see.”
Among organizations in a “wait and see” phase, four in five (80.7%) are awaiting the Supreme Court decision, 62.4% are awaiting further regulatory guidance and 52.1% are awaiting the outcome of the 2012 presidential and congressional elections.
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