Advantages of Affiliation with a National Organization Continue to Help Independent Benefit Advisors Deliver Superior Value to Employers Roanoke, Virginia/July 25, 2011/ — United Benefit Advisors (UBA) (http://www.UBAbenefits.com), a member-owned alliance of the nation’s premier independent benefit advisory firms, announced today that it has increased the organization’s membership to 145 Member Firms.  Since its official [...]

The federal government continued to rework regulations stemming from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in June amid a key court ruling and a wave of studies that tried to forecast how employers will cope with the long-term effects of the law. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) tweaked a regulation [...]

After several years that saw pay freezes, layoffs and cuts to benefits, it’s not surprising that employee morale has taken a serious hit. While employers can’t always control economic conditions and are sometimes forced to make these hard choices, they’re not powerless when it comes to boosting workplace morale, even in tough times, experts say. [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is taking comments on a proposed change that would expand the HIPAA Privacy disclosure rule regarding electronic health records. The rule, which amends the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act), grants plan participants the right to view an access report that [...]

Federal regulators have been busy recently with their own version of spring cleaning, announcing tweaks to Medicare notices, health savings account limits and a host of other proposed rules that would affect employer-sponsored health care plans. The work started in late May when the IRS announced 2012 limits for high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and health [...]

Study: Wellness Cuts Hospital Trips A new study finds that wellness programs that incorporate positive incentives can lead to behavior change that, over time, is associated with lower health care costs. Wellness Source: PLANSPONSOR 02-May-2011 By Rebecca Moore A retrospective study examined the changes in participation in verified fitness activities and the impact on hospital [...]

On February 14 through February 16th Bill Kite was on Capitol Hill talking with our Senators and Congressman regarding health care.  He was able to speak with several our local representatives.

Bill Kite represented D & S Agency at the Anthem Elite Agency Recognition Event held Thursday, October 22, 2009 at The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia.

On Friday afternoon members of UBA’s Operation Full Throttle committee held a debriefing of the Washington, D.C. Fly-in on July 14 and 15.  In attendance from D & S were Bill Kite, Ashley Austin and Karen Light. 87 Members of the UBA family who met with Congressional staff, delivered client letters and presented PAC money for what [...]