Deep In-House Actuarial Services to Guide Your Plan
When it comes to managing rising healthcare costs, Alera Group offers the actuarial and finance expertise you can count on to optimize your benefits plan and drive value to your organization and employees.
Alera Group’s dedicated actuarial team can help you:
- Develop program strategy with a long-term view of costs and potential claims liability
- Determine the impact of program and vendor changes
- Set program budgets for planning and reporting, and monitor emerging experience against budget
- Analyze claims experience and population health trends
- Support for retiree plans, including an analysis of creditable coverage, retiree drug subsidy (RDS) attestations and actuarial valuations.
Financial Management Approach
Alera Group offers comprehensive financial management services and analysis across all aspects of your benefits program, including:
Program Strategy
Develop a baseline of long-term costs and potential cost variability. Assess the potential impact of a program strategy and vendor changes and conduct a risk assessment.
Cost Projections
Develop and update budget projections, set rates and provide long-term cost projections.
Plan Governance
Provide regular monitoring and an executive dashboard, identify key cost drivers and conduct large claims reporting.
Financial Reporting & Reserving
Establish incurred but not paid (IBNP) reserve, conduct retiree medical valuations and provide quarterly financial reporting support.
COVID-19 and Mental Health Trends
Managing rising numbers.
COVID-19 and Utilization
Impact on usage, spending and strategies.
EXPERT EDUCATION
Events and Webinars
Employee Benefits
When Captive Insurance Makes Sense
In this session, our experts will talk about how captives work, the advantages and disadvantages and what you need to know to determine whether they make sense for your organization.
November 21, 2024 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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Employee Benefits
Q4 Compliance Update
Alera Group's quarterly employee benefits compliance roundup will help you stay current on the latest national regulatory developments impacting employers.
December 3, 2024 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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Employee Benefits
Setting Your Strategy for the New Year: Alera Group's 2025 Employee Benefits Market Outlook
Our experts will highlight key results from Alera Group’s 2025 Employee Benefits Market Outlook Report and explain how these trends can impact your benefits program this year.
January 16, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Insights
Employee Benefits
Avoiding an Employee Lawsuit Over a Tobacco Surcharge Claim
Tobacco surcharges on health insurance premiums for employees who use tobacco products are attractive options for employers looking to keep their workforce healthy while lowering their organization’s healthcare costs. But surcharges can go too far, and many employers may be unaware of the limitations. Alera Group's new whitepaper on tobacco surcharges is designed to assist employers in complying with federal regulations.
November 19, 2024
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Employee Benefits
Q4 Considerations: New HIPAA Privacy Considerations
Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Final Rule titled HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy.
November 15, 2024
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Spotlight on 2025 Benefit Limits
The IRS has released the 2025 benefit plan limits. The following chart shows some of the key limits for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 tax years.
November 15, 2024
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Courts Ablaze with Tobacco Surcharge Class Action Lawsuits
Tobacco surcharges, or an increase in premiums for employees who use tobacco products, are attractive to employers looking to keep their employee population healthy and lower their healthcare costs. But they can go too far, and many employers might not be aware of the limitations.
November 15, 2024
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