EbenConcepts

11/19/2021

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08/05/2021

Announcing the new eBen.

At eBen, we make the complex simple… simplifying employee benefits and HR, empowering employers to manage risk and helping employees to better understand and use their benefits.

Part of that simplicity, EbenConcepts is rebranding as eBen.

We’ve changed our look, but our service and commitment
to our clients (and those who we’d like to be) remains the same.

07/22/2021

As a part of supporting the Fayetteville community, eBen has supported the .

09/18/2020

Your national EbenConcepts team representing nine states and over thirty offices. Our national presence affords us preferred relationships with numerous carriers; our local offices afford us dedicated service relationships with employers of all sizes.

07/28/2020

This happens way more often than anyone realizes, Medical practices get bought out by private equity firms and come off networks, physicians open new facilities and don't contract those new offices or some Doctors in a practice are in network while others in the same practice won't contract and the patient as always gets caught in the middle.

Health plan network changes occur all the time as doctors retire, relocate or leave networks. Unfortunately, patients may be the last to find out about such changes because there are often few requ…

07/09/2020

It looks like the birth control mandate may go away to some extent. How this will be implemented and what it means for plans has yet to be determined. Either way it won't stop women from accessing birth control and most birth control is very inexpensive (often under $20 per month). so the net effect won't be huge.

The opinion upheld a Trump administration rule that significantly cut back on the Affordable Care Act requirement that insurers provide free birth control coverage under almost all health care plans.

07/09/2020

Humana has teamed with Walmart to offer drive through COVID testing. Read the article for more information.

Humana has announced it will be offering members at risk for or displaying symptoms of COVID-19 access to an at-home or drive-thru COVID-19 testing option.

06/30/2020

And of course the Pharma companies took advantage of the virus to raise prices once again after most also raised prices in January.

Pharmaceutical companies have raised prices on 245 drugs since the first U.S. coronavirus case was reported on Jan.

06/30/2020

I have been asked this question quite a bit lately so please see below that the Insurance companies do not have to pay for COVID testing as part of return to work. They will pay for it if the employee shows symptoms or gets a test done but we have some employers that are testing weekly or every employee prior to return to work.

Health insurers aren't required to cover COVID-19 tests that are a part of workplace safety or surveillance programs, according to an updated CMS factsheet.

06/16/2020

Another "hidden" provider issue is air ambulance and it can be a costly one.

Even the insured struggle to pay, with median charge for in-network claims up from $24,938 in 2014 to $32,708 in 2017, according to claims data from Aetna, Humana and UnitedHealthcare.

06/01/2020

I sure hope they get this done already.

Surprise billing was supposed to be last year’s easy health policy fix.