News

• Health Care Reform - The Short Term Impacts  VIEW PDF
  NEW! 3/31/210

• Health Care Reform - UPDATE 3/23/10 VIEW PDF

• Health Care Reform - Now What?!?! VIEW PDF

• Summary of America’s Healthy Future Act VIEW PDF

• Speaker Pelosi Reveals Merged House Health Reform VIEW PDF

• CIGNA explains the Mental Health Parity Act VIEW PDF

• Register now for Sept - Dec Vtrim Classes! VIEW PDF

• Building Bridges to Success:  A Working Bridges Event
   with Jodi Pfarr on October 15th VIEW PDF

• New Smoking Laws to Take Effect: 
 New Cigarette Tax; Smoking Banned in Workplaces VIEW PDF

• CDC Introduces New Website to Help Employers
 Combat Obesity and Reduce Health-Related Costs VIEW PDF

• VT Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
  Presents the 2009 Worksite Wellness Awards Application VIEW PDF

• Hickok & Boardman Group Benefits and Vtrim®
  develop strategic partnership VIEW PDF

• Department of Labor implements the first-ever
   amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) VIEW PDF

• COBRA Premium Subsidy:  The American Recovery
  and Reinvestment Act of 2009 VIEW PDF

• Answers to Employers Questions about the
  Recent COBRA Changes VIEW PDF

• CIGNA and Fletcher Allen Reach Agreement
  says CDC  VIEW PDF

• Burlington, Vermont is the Healthiest City in the US
  says CDC  VIEW PDF

• Results of the 2008 Vermont Employee Benefits
  Survey Released  VIEW PDF

• Lori Smith of Hickok & Boardman Group Benefits
  Presented with the Wellness Leadership Award  VIEW PDF

• Hickok & Boardman Group Benefits Names
  Lori Smith as Health Management and Wellness Consultant VIEW PDF

• Hickok & Boardman Group Benefits Joins
  the HRT Advisors Network VIEW PDF

• News article from CNN.com:
  "Can Your Company Force You to Be Healthy?" VIEW PDF

• Hickok & Boardman Group Benefits Hosts Seminar
  on Consumer Directed Health Plans VIEW PDF

• Benefit Design Innovations:
  Implications for Consumer-Directed Healthcare VIEW PDF

• Cigna in $1.5 billion group health acquisition GO TO ARTICLE

Benefits Bulletin

• Treasury, IRS Issue New Proposed
  Regulations for Cafeteria Plans VIEW PDF

Workplace Wellness

• Potential Legal Issues Associated with
   Workplace Wellness Plans VIEW PDF

• Developing a Wellness Program Operating Plan VIEW PDF

• Final HIPAA Regulations Governing Wellness Programs VIEW PDF

Articles & Links

• Green Mountain Care VISIT

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services VISIT

• Comparison of Federal and Vermont Continuation Laws VIEW PDF

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