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Benefits for Small Businesses

Retirement Plan Technology Delivers Big Benefits to Small Business
Robert F. Clark
December

Self-Funding Health Insurance for Small Employers: Is It the Right Way to Go?
Steven L. Halterman, CEBS
September

Small Business No Longer Has to Mean Small Benefits
Bernard DiFiore
September

Disability Management

Legal Liability Under an IDM Program
David L. Wolfe and Timothy J. Stanton
December

Total Absence Management: Practical Solutions to Prevent and Minimize Employee Absence
Anne Ritter
December

Flexible Benefit Plans

Employee Self-Service Enables Employees to Leverage Benefits and Become Self-Sufficient
Robert D. Perussina
June

Functional Flex: Maximum Benefits Flexibility With Minimal Cost and Administration
Steven L. Halterman, CEBS
June

The Future of Flexible Benefit Plans
Jon J. Meyer
June

Health Care Benefits/Cost Management

Delivering Health Care Benefits: Staying Focused on Real Solutions
Thomas S. Ferguson, Charles L. Hartwig, CEBS, and Linda J. Havlin
September

Examining and Embracing the Value of Coalition Participation
J. Sean Kenney
March

Health Benefits: Employer Liability and the Need for Change
Christopher H. Coulter, CEBS
December

Health Care Cost Trends . . . and Implications for Employer Benefit Strategies
John P. Cookson
March

Managed Care in Flux: Strategies for the Current State
Kenneth R. Jacobsen
September

Preparing Taft-Hartleys for the 21st Century: Health Care Leads List of Challenges for Plan Administrators
Brian F. Goebel
June

The Searchers: How Consumers Can Find Cost-Effective, Quality Health Care
Oren Renick, Krista Chamberlain, Timothy W. Marlow and Brian J. Schade
March

Workplace Strategies for Removing Obstacles to Employee Health
Terese Steinbach
March

Investment of Plan Assets

Does Private Equity Have a Role in Your Portfolio?
Alan D. Biller and Alex Klikoff
September

Investment Education or Advice? That's the Wrong Question to Ask!
Richard D. Glass, CEBS
June

Pension Fund Real Estate Investments: The Role of the Qualified Professional Asset Manager (QPAM): A Primer for Trustees
Stanley L. Iezman and Scott W. Darling
March

Trending Toward Participant Direction in the Taft-Hartley World: The Need for Participant Education
Gary A. Amelio, Amy M. Byrd and Patricia A. Hackett
September

The Legal and Legislative Environment for Benefits

COBRA: Managing the New Problems
John G. Kilgour
March

Exclusions of Infertility Treatment in the Aftermath of Bragdon v. Abbott
Denise M. Clark and Mark C. Nielsen
September

Legal Decisions Affecting Pension Plans
Ira R. Mitzner
June

Qualified Medical Child Support Orders--California Health Insurance Coverage Assignment Orders--National Medical Support Notices: What's a Plan Administrator to Do?
Julie Burbank Coleman and Charles A. Storke
June

The Role of an Independent Counsel in ERISA Fiduciary Liability Litigation
Marc Gertner and Michael M. Briley
March

Public Employee Benefit Plans

Liquidity-Related Plan Asset Issues
Brian B. Murphy, Mark K. Johnson and W. Paul Zorn
December

Social Security

In Defense of Social Security
Steven E. Schanes
March

Topics in Benefit Plan Design and Administration

Avoiding the Pitfalls in Selecting and Implementing a New Computer System
Alan H. Auerbach
September

Employee Retention--What Can the Benefits Professional Do?
Christopher Ryan
December

Group Term Life Insurance
Elizabeth E. Vollmar
June

Mildly Ill/Backup Child Care: A Benefit for Employees and Employers
Stephen LoJacono
December

MNT: An Innovative Employee-Friendly Benefit That Saves
Eric Larson
December

Voluntary Benefits

E-Benefits--Taking It Online
by Gaelyn Mitchell
June

Worldwide Business Trends Create New Leverage for Voluntary Benefits
Julian Romeu
December