Cross-plan offsetting costs self-funded plans millions in hidden fees. Learn how bulk recovery practices create fiduciary risks and what sponsors can do.

For many plan sponsors, the word “audit” suggests penalties or after-the-fact corrections. In reality, independent claims reviews are about prevention, transparency, and protecting plan assets — not punishment. 

ERISA class-action litigation is accelerating, putting retirement plan sponsors and fiduciaries under unprecedented pressure. Explore how recent court decisions, rising settlements, and proposed legislative reforms impact retirement plans—and what fiduciaries can do now to protect participants, reduce risk, and build a defensible governance framework.

Benefits committees are becoming essential to ERISA compliance for self-funded health plans. Learn why structured oversight of vendors, fees, claims accuracy, and data transparency is a fiduciary imperative—and how benefits committees strengthen governance, reduce risk, and protect plan participants.

The next “401(k) fee crisis” won’t be about retirement plans — it’s happening in healthcare. Self-funded plan sponsors face a wave of hidden costs buried in ASO, PBM, and stop-loss contracts. What appears to be routine administration often masks charges that drain plan assets and compromise compliance.

The carrier controls claim audits. Claim reviews are fiduciary responsibilities under ERISA. Understand why reviews are crucial for safeguarding plan assets. Audits offer a snapshot of a carrier’s operations. Reviews are your fiduciary duty under ERISA. Fiduciaries must understand the difference to protect plan assets.

As renewal season unfolds, fiduciaries face a critical opportunity to align contracts with their ERISA duty: act solely in the interest of participants and prudently manage plan assets

Excited to see Employee Benefit News  highlighting Stephen Carrabba , ClaimInformatics, Inc. , and Jamie Greenleaf, AIF, CBFA, C(k)P,...

Florida Women's Care, one of the largest women’s health providers in the state, revealed troubling allegations of systematic overbilling and upcoding designed to pad private equity profits. These practices come at a steep cost to patients and health plans.

Fiduciaries need the people, process, and technology to ensure plan oversight. After nearly a decade of litigation , Aetna Life Insurance...