PrEP Mandate – Case Update March 2023
by Jason Coon Case Update: Preventive Care Services and the mandate of preexposure prophylaxis In February of 2022, the CBA wrote an article informing of a 2021 health plan change requiring all employers to cover PreExposure Prophylaxis or PrEP within their health...
CBA Improves Health Plan Experience through Strengthened Insurance Translation
by Jason Coon As the CBA enters our 10th Anniversary year, we continue to engage with our members on ways to further protect their Catholic health plan experience. Our initial effort was to identify the areas within the Summary Plan Description (SPD) language...
What’s In Your Health Plan Or…maybe, what’s not?
by Jason Coon In my review of member health plans over the last few months, I’ve heard people say, “I had no idea that was part of our plan” and “how is it possible we were covering that?”. This is the reaction I get when doing our CBA medical health plan reviews for...
Are we abandoning women?
by Mandy Cox If we remove contraceptives from our health benefits, are we abandoning women? Real answer for real health issues It is all too common that a woman at some point in her life will experience problems that bring her to the OBGYN office looking for...
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) within Preventive Care
by Jason Coon A great example of appointed government organizations (ie. USPSTF, HRSA, CDC) changing requirements on preventive services is Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis or PrEP. Beginning January 1, 2021, insurance companies were mandated to cover Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis...