BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:Central Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230406T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230406T103000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Key Texas Legislative\, Compliance & Fiduciary Issues (In Person and Virtual) DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 6\, 20238:00 am - 10:30 am CSTThe Friedkin Group\n1375 Enclave Pkwy\nHouston\, TX 77077ALL EMPLOYERS ARE FREEREASONS TO ATTENDLearn about employer compliance requirements under the 2021 Consolidate Appropriations Act (CAA)Learn what healthcare legislation is before the 88th Texas Legislature\, that will impact employers in 2023Learn about the growing employer ERISA fiduciary riskThe CAA expands ERISA to require additional transparency into health & welfare benefits plans. With new access to information\, plan fiduciaries will be held to a higher standard\, expected to not only obtain this information\, but to review it and make decisions based upon it. What information are your vendors required to disclose? What are compliant & non-compliant disclosures?The 88th Texas Legislature is now in session until May 31. Several bills have been filed and have been assigned to the House Select Committee on Healthcare Reform. House Bills 711 and 1692 will most impact employers. HB 711 will prohibit current anticompetitive contract language between health plans and hosptial. The include gag clauses\, and anti-steering and anti-teering clauses. HB 1692 will prohibit a hospital from charging facility fees for clinics more than 250 yards from the hospital.Both of these issues will change the landscape for employers. Texas legislation will allow employers and their intermediaries access to data and information to better negotiate contracts. CAA compliance will provide insight into the value their vendors bring to the table. Transparency is there to stay and with it a new light has been shed on employer fiduciary responsibility and the organizational and individual risk it presents.\nAGENDA8:00-8:30 Networking & Registration8:30-9:00 88th Texas Legislature HB711- Anti-competitive Contract Language HB1692- Site Neutral Payments9:00-9:30 CAA Employer Compliance Requirements Removal of gag clauses Establishes reporting requirements (i.e. Rx) Disclosure of compensation from all service providers Parity in substance abuse and mental health benefits9:30-10:00 The Employer's Role as the Fiduciary10:00-10:30 Questions & Open Discussion \nSPEAKERS\n\nCharles MillerSenior Policy AdvisorTexas 2036\nJamie GreenleafCo-FounderOneVision\n\nSPONSORS X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Thursday\, \;April 6\, \;2023
8:00 am - \;10:30 am CST
The Friedkin Group
1375 Enclave Pkwy
Houston\, TX 77077
ALL EMPLOYERS ARE FREE
REASONS TO ATTEND
The CAA expands ERISA to require additional transparency into health &\; welfare benefits plans. With new access to information\, plan fiduciaries will be held to a higher standard\, expected to not only obtain this information\, but to review it and make decisions based upon it. What information are your vendors required to disclose? What are compliant &\; non-compliant disclosures?
The 88th Texas Legislature is now in session until May 31. Several bills have been filed and have been assigned to the House Select Committee on Healthcare Reform. House Bills 711 and 1692 will most impact employers. HB 711 will prohibit current anticompetitive contract language between health plans and hosptial. The include gag clauses\, and anti-steering and anti-teering clauses. HB 1692 will prohibit a hospital from charging facility fees for clinics more than 250 yards from the hospital.
Both of these issues will change the landscape for employers. Texas legislation will allow employers and their intermediaries access to data and information to better negotiate contracts. CAA compliance will provide insight into the value their vendors bring to the table. Transparency is there to stay and with it a new light has been shed on employer fiduciary responsibility and the organizational and individual risk it presents.
AGENDA
 \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \; HB711- Anti-competitive Contract Language
 \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \; HB1692- Site Neutral Payments
 \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;Removal of gag clauses
 \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;Establishes reporting requirements (i.e. Rx)
 \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;Disclosure of compensation from all service providers
 \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;Parity in substance abuse and mental health benefits
SPEAKERS
Senior Policy Advisor | Co-Founder |
SPONSORS