From an article posted today at
Financial Week:
A growing number of employers are embarking on dependent audits to cull
ineligible dependents from their health-care rolls in an effort to cut
health-care costs, observers say.
Experts
say these audits can result in the removal of 5% to 10% of dependents
from their rolls, on average, and depending on the particular plan, can
save companies hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars.
They also remove potential liability under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and Sarbanes-Oxley, observers say.
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Posted on Monday, November 5, 2007
by Brad Neese
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