Canoe has been developed as an on-line hub for SIIA members and self-insurance industry stakeholders to access useful educational content, commentary and related information. New content will be added on a regular basis so be sure to check back often.
This Resource Center provides one-stop access to rules and legislation, industry comments, and in-depth analysis on federal activities related to surprise medical billing and price transparency that SIIA has undertaken.
With the emergence of COVID, several states have passed laws and regulations that place a presumption on employers and insurers to prove that an employee’s COVID infection was not related to workplace interaction. In addition, a number of states have extended workers' comp coverage to first responders and health care workers. This chart outlines state requirements related to this COVID workers ‘comp presumption.
SIIA’s government relations team, working in conjunction with SIIA State Policy Task Force members, continually tracks and updates state laws and regulations impacting the self-insured industry. The legislative tracker is updated consistently to reflect new and changing legislative/ regulatory activities and proposals.
This chart contains a state-by-state summary of stop-loss regulations and laws. This wide-ranging stop-loss resource includes information on allowed state group size, aggregate and specific stop-loss restrictions, guaranteed issues, and other stop-loss disclosure requirements.
SIIA’s recommendations for a partnership effort of Government, Employers, Providers, Health Plans, Insurers, Third Party Administrators and Individual Consumers to improve our Nation’s health insurance, health care and personal health.
As the leading national association for SIGs, SIIA offers insight as to how SIGs can improve their overall program management and retention of members.
The Department of Labor (DOL) issued model language for the “Exchange Notice” that most self-insured group plans will be required to send to plan participants.
Industry accepted guidelines to improve the accuracy and timeliness of disclosure and reporting of claims for self-funded employer health benefits programs.
Endorsed as an Industry Standard Form for Assistance in the Evaluation of Third Party Administration Companies (TPAs) by Stop-loss (Excess) Insurers and Managing General Underwriters (MGUs).
