| JUNE
2010 - “The Mike” Golf Tournament
for Autism to be held Monday August 30th View
Sponsorship Brochure
- Mike McKenna, President of PBG, has been elected
to the Board of Directors of the Consumer Directed Benefits Association
(CDBA). The CDBA is a group of dedicated benefits professionals made up of dentists,
actuaries, TPA’s , insurers and insurance consultants with the common goal
of applying Best Practices and creative cost containment options for employers
and consumers.
Mike McKenna will be speaking at the Massachusetts
Credit Union League annual convention on Washington DC on June 24 and 25th.
Topic: Using “Needs Based” strategies when purchasing group health and
dental plans.
MARCH 2010 - Assessing
the Impact of Federal Health Care Reform on Employers and Employer-Sponsored Group
Health Plans. Read the article
- 2010
Federal Health Care Reform: The Impact on Employers and Group Health Plans. View
PBG's powerpoint presentation.
FEBRUARY
2010 Mike McKenna, President of PBG, attended
the Consumer Directed Benefits Association (CDBA) annual meeting in Orlando. Topics
of meetings included the use of Direct Reimbursement (DR) and Direct Assignment
(DA) dental programs for small to large employers, Actuarial assumptions applied
to current Direct Reimbursement and Direct Assignment (DA) models were also discussed. The
CDBA is a group of dedicated benefits professionals made up of dentists, actuaries,
TPA’s , insurers and insurance consultants with the common goal of applying
Best Practices and creative cost containment options for employers and consumers.
JANUARY
2010 - NORWELL BASED PARTNERS BENEFIT GROUP SELECTED
AS STRATEGIC PARTNER BY MEMBERS INSURANCE AGENCY
Will
Take Lead On Employee Benefit Plans For Hundreds of New England Based Credit Unions
- PBG's Mike McKenna is interviewed in Employee Benefit News. Read
the article.
NOVEMBER 2009 Mark
Rezendes participated in Massachusetts Division of Insurance Special Sessions
on Group Purchasing Cooperatives.
Governor Deval Patrick directed the Division
of Insurance to conduct meetings on this topic. The sessions were chaired by Kevin
Beagan, Deputy Commissioner of the Health Care Access Bureau. The Massachusetts
Association of Health Underwriters Legislative Committee asked Rezendes to participate.
He provided input in the areas of Guarantee Issue; Product Design; Rating Rules
and Marketing.
OCTOBER 2009 Mike
McKenna, President of PBG, has been invited to be a guest Speaker at the annual
Sage Summit in Atlanta November 9-12. More than 2,000 employers will attend
this summit. Topic of presentation will be: “Strategically Controlling Health
Care Costs using high deductible medical and Direct Reimbursement Dental Plans.”
AUGUST
2009 - METROWEST DAILY NEWS does exclusive
piece in Business Section on Partners Benefit Group
- PBG to host the
“The Mike” Golf tournament
for Autism
JULY
2009 - Mike McKenna, President of Partners Benefit
Group, has been invited to the American Dental Association
(ADA) National Dental Benefits Conference
- Mark Rezendes met with
several members of Congress in Washington DC to discuss Health Care Reform bills.
The
meetings were held on July 14th and 15th and were scheduled in conjunction with
the National Association of Health Underwriters and several other agent organizations.
Input was provided in the following areas: Market Reform; Individual Mandate;
National Exchange; Government-Run Public Option; Subsidies & Premium Assistance
Programs; Employer Mandate; Wellness Programs & Cost Containment; Long-Term
Care; The Role of the Agent; and Financing.
JUNE
2009 - Mike McKenna of Partners Benefit Group interviewed
by CNN Radio. Click here for a sound bite
from the interview
- Boston Business Journal: Employers
step up fight against health costs
- An article quoting Mike McKenna
on the SHRM
(Society of Human Resources Management) web page.
- Q&A
with Mike McKenna
MAY 2009 Mark
Rezendes of Partners Benefit Group testified before the Massachusetts
Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
MARCH
2009 Please join us for a seminar on the
new COBRA provisions under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act with keynote
speaker Alden Bianchi of Mintz Levin. We are strongly urging all invitees to attend.
Please RSVP as soon as possible as seating is limited!
COBRA Provisions under the American Recovery & Reinvestment
Act DATE: March 20, 2009
TIME: 8-8:30 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast; 8:30-10 a.m.
Seminar Presentation
LOCATION: The Lantana, 43 Scanlon Drive, Randolph,
MA
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Alden Bianchi RSVP: Please
RSVP with your company name, # of attendees, and names of attendees to Maria Eramo
(meramo@partnersbenefitgroup.com)
by Friday, March 13th. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Alden
J. Bianchi is the practice group leader of the firm's Employee Benefits and Executive
Compensation practice and a member in the Employment, Labor and Benefits Section. He
advises corporate, not-for-profit, governmental and individual clients on a broad
range of executive compensation and employee benefits issues, including qualified
and non-qualified retirement plans, stock and stock-based compensation arrangements,
ERISA fiduciary and prohibited transaction issues, benefit-related aspects of
mergers and acquisitions, and health and welfare plans. He has also testified
before the Senate Finance Committee on the subject of health care reform. Alden
is a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the Suffolk University and
Georgetown University law schools, and he holds an LL.M. in taxation from Boston
University School of Law. He is listed in Woodward & White's The Best Lawyers
in America, and Marquis' Who's Who in American Law, and he is a Fellow of the
American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. Our expectation
in hosting the seminar towards the end of March is that there will be additional
guidance on topics that are not addressed or not clear under the Act presently. We
look forward to seeing you there. | 
