Four Important Sources of Benefit Plan Liability and How to Avoid Them

Held December 8, 2005

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What are the most common sources of benefit plan liability and how can you avoid them? Learn how to make sure your organization isn’t in one of these compromising situations.

• Are you speaking with more than one voice? Do statements by company officials or plan trustees contradict plan documents? Are there conflicts between your plan documents and the SPD?
• Are service provider contracts signed without being read carefully? Or not read at all?
• Is your plan applying “discretionary” or “arbitrary” standards?
• Are the claims review and denial procedures of your plan being followed correctly?

Presenter
Phyllis C. Borzi
Of Counsel
O’Donoghue & O’Donoghue LLP
University Park , Maryland
and
Research Professor
Department of Health Policy
School of Public Health and Health Services
The George Washington University Medical Center
Washington , D.C.