2003 Index

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Administration of Benefit Plans

Fraud and Fiduciary Liability
Brian Ray Hodge
December

Ancillary Benefits

The Changing World of Ancillary Benefits
Anne Chalupa Taylor, CEBS
June

A Review of Dental Plans: PPOs and Referral Plans to Dominate Future
Thomas L. Boe and Elaine Davis
June

Canadian Employee Benefit Topics

Emerging Trends in Corporate Engagement by Public Pension Funds
Tessa Hebb
March

Protecting the Privacy of Personal Information in Employee Benefit Plans
Karen Spector
March

Sustainable Development Investing
Brian A. Schofield and Blair W. Feltmate
March

What Makes an Organization a Great Place to Work?
Chris Howe
June

Compensation

The Employee Stock Option—An Endangered Species?
Ron Wells
September

Management of the Cross Border Employees Function
Erwin Janush
June

Mixed Messages: Few Pay Freezes, but Continued Low Pay Increases for 2004
Steven E. Gross and Stephanie Penner
December

Pay Gap Develops Over Time Between Compensation and Benefits Professionals
Joe Vocino
March

Redefining Compensation in Challenging Times
Peter W. Kennedy
September

Health Care Cost Management

The Benefits Auditor and the Detective
Howard Gerver
September

Cash Value Health Insurance: One Answer to the Crisis
Jay Savan, CEBS
September

Complementary Health Care: A Welcome Addition to an Employee Benefits Program
George DeVries
September

Designing Your Health Benefit Plan
Laird L. Miller and Joanne E. Miller

March

Disease Management Primer: Managing Dollars by Managing Disease
Laura S. Wieners and Leann R. Harris

September

FSA Debit Cards: A Key Strategy for Employers
Colleen M. Nelson
September

The Future of Self-Funding
Carlton Harker
September

Getting a Handle on Health Fund Finances: A Comprehensive but Practical Approach
David Blumenstein and Edward A. Kaplan
September

Health Plan Diagnostics: What Plan Sponsors and Trustees Need to Know
Donna Lynne, CEBS
June

How to Inject Consumerism Into Your Existing Health Plans
Linda J. Havlin, Michael F. McAllister and David H. Slavney
September

Implementing a Medical Self-Care Program
Don R. Powell
September

Making Wellness the Focus: One Employer’s Story
Kathryn E. Jandeska and Lisa Zapach
September

Practical Steps to Controlling Medical Costs
Joseph Marlowe
December

Investment of Plan Assets

The Basics of Asset Allocation
Dion Woods
December

Prudence and Diversification Revisited-ERISA Section 404(c) Protection in the Wake of Enron
Kathleen Sheil Scheidt and David L. Wolfe
March

Rebuilding Credibility-A Look at the Accounting Industry
Lawrence R. Beebe
March

Legal and Legislative Environment for Benefits

COBRA Compliance: How Employers Can Successfully Meet Today's Complexities
Jim Trimble
March

HIPAA Privacy Rules and Compliance With Federal and State Employment Laws: The Participant Authorization Form
Joseph A. Brislin
March

Investment Advice Under Retirement Plans: Helping Participants Help Themselves
Neal S. Schelberg and Christina Y. Lee
September

Multiemployer Plans

Educate and Enable: Building a Quality Retirement Begins With Educating Apprentices
Andrew Caccholi and Dan Brennan
June

Enforcing Interest and Liquidated Damage Penalties
Philip R. O'Brien
March

Financial Liability for the Troubled Multiemployer Pension Plan
George M. Kraw, CEBS, and Jacqueline Asher Kelly
December

Fiduciary Liability Insurance Issues for Trustees: Limits, Pricing and Protection
Brian L. Smith
June

A 401(k) Plan for Your Local's Benefit Program: Case Study
Edwin F. Paulsen Sr. and Gary Anderson
December

The Funded Position of Multiemployer Pension Plans
Susan E. Lee
December

Redirecting Employer Contributions
Frank C. Sabatino
June

Withdrawal Liability: It's B-a-a-a-ck!
Rory Judd Albert and Jeffrey Ross
December

Withdrawal Liability: To Whom It Attaches and From Whom to Collect It
Mark H. Lipton
December

Prescription Drug Benefits

Importing Prescription Drugs: Risky Business
Lonie Hassel and Patricia Arzuaga
December

Public Sector Plans

COBRA for State and Local Governmental Plans
Alan B. Cabral
December

Dealing With the Prescription Drug Dilemma
Felice B. Joseph
March

GASB Proposes New Standards to Improve the Financial Reporting of Postemployment Benefits by State and Local Governments
Karl D. Johnson
March

New York State's Solution to Rising WC Prescription Drug Costs: ONECARD Rx
Shadi Saleh and Stephanie Tullis-Washington
December

Public Employee Retirement Planning
Gordon Tiffany
June

Public Sector Health Insurance Trusts
Patrick N. Renaud and Albert C. Jones
December

Public Sector Retirement Systems: What Does the Future Hold?
William B. Fornia

June

Retirement Benefits

Converting Unused Vacation Days to Retiree Medical Benefits: A Proposed Partial Solution to an Emerging National Crisis
Donald R. Saxon
June

Investment Education for the 21st Century: Dispelling the Myths and Undoing the Errors
Richard D. Glass, CEBS and Stan Marshall
June

Retirements at Risk: Employees Lack a Comprehensive, Realistic View of Resources and Needs
Michael L. Young, Cyndi Gibson and Shem Asefaw
December

Using a 401(h) Account to Fund Retiree Health Benefits From Your Pension Plan
David Lee and Eduardo Singerman
June