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PBM Consulting | Health Benefits

Rethinking drug rebates

Drug rebates are meant to lower costs, but limited transparency and misaligned incentives raise questions. Learn how employers can evaluate PBM practices and ensure their plan delivers real value and long-term savings.

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Retiree Health | Health Benefits

The need for age-specific costs and implicit subsidies in retiree health valuations

Learn what the Actuarial Standards of Practice have to say about these controversial topics, and what they mean for a client’s retiree health valuation.

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Company News | Retirement

Paul Graf to speak on multiemployer plan annuity purchases

Paul Graf will speak on mitigating multiemployer plan risk at the virtual Conference of Consulting Actuaries on May 9.

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Company News | Retiree Health

Welcome to Kateryna Pryor, Actuary

We are excited to welcome Kateryna Pryor, ASA, MAAA, to our Retiree Health team with her expertise working with public agencies on retiree health issues.

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Communications

Quantifying Success: Increasing the value of your communications

Participant communication is essential for improving engagement, but how do you know if your outreach is working?

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Company News | Health Benefits | PBM Consulting

Welcome to Dr. Fornataro, Senior Pharmacy Benefits Consultant

We are excited to welcome Martin Fornataro, Pharm.D., to our PBM Consulting team.

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Health Benefits

Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT): What plan sponsors need to know

After a wave of FDA approvals, annual spending on CGTs is estimated to increase from $5.15 billion in 2020 to $25.3 billion in 2026! What does this mean for your plan?

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Communications

Want more participant engagement? An effective website can help

Participant communication is essential for improving engagement, but how do you know if your outreach is working?

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Retiree Health | Health Benefits

The rules that bind: Actuarial standards of practice and the actuarial board of counseling & discipline

Why can't an actuary make up any number for a retiree health valuation liability - what's it matter?! Learn why it does matter if the actuary wants to stay an actuary.

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Retirement

Summary of IRS proposed regulations

On January 10, 2025, the IRS issued proposed regulations regarding automatic enrollment and catch-up contribution provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022.

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