Benefits Quarterly 2005 - Abstracts

Benefits Quarterly 2005
TitleSubjectAuthors
2005 - a pivotal year for managing retiree medical benefit costs.Human resources and labor relationsFontanetta, Ron
Are employers pursuing value-based purchasing?Human resources and labor relationsNash, David B., Maio, Vittorio, Hartman, Christine W., Goldfarb, Neil I., Roumm, Adam R.
Are individuals taking responsibility? Trends and implications.(Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)Human resources and labor relationsSalisbury, Dallas L.
Breach of fiduciary duty - misrepresentation.(disclosure)(James v. Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corp.)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)Human resources and labor relations 
Combating employee benefit cost and control issues: the case for coalition purchasing.Human resources and labor relationsAnastasio, Louis N.
Communicating total rewards to the generations.(four generation workforce, employee benefits)Human resources and labor relationsReynolds, Leah A.
Coordination between social security and defined benefit plans: how might social security reform affect defined benefit pensions?Human resources and labor relationsMuller, Leslie A.
Corporate pension reform in Japan: big bang or big bust?Human resources and labor relationsMcLellan, Sarah
Drug utilization: using objective data to achieve cost-efficiency.Human resources and labor relationsEber, Bridget L.
Economic damages, employee benefits and the expert witness.Human resources and labor relationsHannah, Richard L.
Health care consumerism: engaging the real buyers - employees.Human resources and labor relationsTerry, Martha
Health plans - false enrollment information - standard of review.(legal update, fiduciary duty)(Shipley v. Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)Human resources and labor relations 
Health risk management: well-being for the employee and the bottom line.Human resources and labor relationsHaltom, Camille
High-age implications of postretirement risks.Human resources and labor relationsRappaport, Anna M., Dragut, Monica
HMOs - financial incentives - disclosure.(misrepresentation, fiduciary duties, health maintenance organization)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)(Horvath v. Keystone Health Plan East, Inc.)Human resources and labor relations 
Individual responsibility and the imperfect investor: the need for automating the 401 (k) plan.Human resources and labor relationsLucas, Lori
Integrating decision making.(employers and employees, employee benefits management )Human resources and labor relationsLucas, Lori, Kairey, Mindy, Markus, Lisa Horuczi
Is there a future for defined benefit pensions in the United States?Human resources and labor relationsCoronado, Julia, Hewitt, Gary
Legal update.(pension, retirement benefits regulations)Human resources and labor relations 
Liability insurance.(Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan)Human resources and labor relations 
Lost pensions: an empirical investigation.Human resources and labor relationsTurner, John, Bruce, Ellen A., Lee, Dongsoo
Military leave.Human resources and labor relations 
Plan administration.(Pattron v. The Denver Post Corporation, Shields v. Readers Digest Association, and Westaff (USA) Inc. v. Arce)Human resources and labor relations 
Plan design and interpretation.Human resources and labor relations 
Plan termination.Human resources and labor relations 
Population health improvement - the next era of the health care management evolution.Human resources and labor relationsPronk, Stephanie
Postdeath QDRO - de novo standard of review - preretirement survivor benefit - attorney fees.(legal update, fiduciary duty, qualified domestic relations order)(Hogan v. Raytheon Co.)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)Human resources and labor relations 
Preemption.(cases)(Land v. CIGNA Healthcare of Florida)(Singh v. Prudential Health Care Plan)( Arana v. Ochsner Health Plan)(Mitchel Energy and Development Corp. v. Fain)(Trustees of the AFTRA Health Fund v. Biondi )Human resources and labor relations 
Prescription drug copayments - fiduciary duty - plan discounts.(disclosures/misrepresentation, fiduciary duties)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)(Alves v. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.)Human resources and labor relations 
Retirement income decisions: the silent generation speaks.Human resources and labor relationsTimmermann, Sandra
Severance plan - conditioning benefits upon release - arbitrary and capricious.(disclosure/misrepresentation, fiduciary duties)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)(Cirulis v. UNUM Corporation Severance Plan)Human resources and labor relations 
Society's insurance: one actuary's perspective on strengthening our national retirement system.Human resources and labor relationsDreher, William A.
SPD language in conflict with plan - PBGC liability - equitable estoppel - breach of fiduciary duty based upon misrepresentation.(summary plan description, disclosure, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation)(Burstein v. Retirement Account Plan for Employees of Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)Human resources and labor relations 
Spousal surcharge programs - an overview.Human resources and labor relationsPeters, Hudson A.
Standard of review - arbitrary and capricious.(legal update, fiduciary duty)(Lopes v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)Human resources and labor relations 
Summary plan description - defects - exhaustion of remedies - "likely prejudice" standard.(disclosures/misrepresentation, fiduciary duties)(Burke v. Kodak Retirement Income Plan, 2003)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)Human resources and labor relations 
The 403(b) industry - issues and practice.(National Tax Sheltered Accountants Association)Human resources and labor relationsAttaran, Mohsen, Wood, Glenn L.
The American Jobs Creation Act and its impact on deferred compensation: reassessment from a business perspective.Human resources and labor relationsJohnson, David G
The importance of financial communication for participation rates and contribution levels in 401(k) plans.Human resources and labor relationsNyce, Steven A.
The importance of LTC insurance for the retirement security of the baby boomers.(long term care )Human resources and labor relationsMulvey, Janemarie
Understanding the real risks of changing employee benefit plans.Human resources and labor relationsKane, Jon, St. Amour, Jeffrey
Woman's issues in individual social security accounts: Chile, Australia and the United Kingdom.Human resources and labor relationsKorczyk, Sophie M.
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