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How to Get 50% Utilization of Telemedicine Benefit
Whether it’s a web portal, wellness program, or telemedicine, utilization is key! Utilization is what determines ROI and measures the success of your program. The third-party wellness and telemedicine programs offered in our web portal are the same programs BMA …

What BMA Employees Say About Our Online Wellness Programs
BMA sees the value of wellness programs so much that we provide these benefits to our own employees! Here are some personal testimonials from our employees about their experience with these programs: “When I was traveling for work, I got sick …

Products to Enhance Your Benefits Offering
Looking for best-in-breed benefit programs? Need a fast solution to an urgent client need? No problem! From wellness, to telemedicine, to compliance, BMA offers access to key programs plus communication materials for promoting them. These programs are seamlessly integrated into …

Level-Funding: Going from Point F (Fully Insured) to Point S (Self-Insured)
Level-Funding offers several strategic advantages for small to mid-size employers. It combines the simplicity of a fully insured plan with the cost savings and flexibility of self-funding. But for groups currently in a fully insured arrangement, the path to self-funded …

Introduction to Self-Funding
Switching from a fully-insured plan to a self-funded plan has the potential to create huge savings for an employer. Here are some basics facts about self-funding to help you determine whether you should give self-funding a try. Question: What is …

What is Level Funding?
Level Funding (Bridge Product) BMA Offers the ultimate product for employers seeking a simple way to move from a fully insured group health plan to the benefits of a traditional self-funded medical expense benefit plan. Level funding, also known as …

Self-Funding 101
Self-funding is best known as a funding vehicle for employee benefit plans, especially health coverage. Self-funding is also broadly used for such things as Workers Compensation and Property & Casualty coverage, but the governing laws & focus are so different …

Risk and Rewards of Self-funding
Self-Funding: Worth the plunge? Understanding the Risk and Rewards of Self-funding To make the decision to switch over to self-funding, you need to understand the basics so that you can then seek out more specific answers for your company in …

How do MEC and Minimum Value Plans work within the ACA?
How do MEC and Minimum Value Plans work within the ACA? As employers evaluate benefits to offer in light of the ACA, there are several factors to consider, including penalties, value of coverage, and the costs of coverage. This blog …

Repealing ACA & Self-Funded Plans
Trump’s proposal to repeal the ACA has left brokers, agents, insurance companies, hospitals, and beneficiaries concerned. At this time is more important than ever to understand the concerns and the possible repercussions, as well as the alternative options. BMA offers …

Have you considered Self-Funding Medical Insurance?
For employers, big or small, it is becoming more and more costly to provide health care to employees and their families. Self-funding is a great solution that can help your clients. Here are a few of the things to consider …

Do you want to be on the leading edge of Healthcare?
How Reference Based Pricing (RBP) can be the next solution for Employer Based Health Plans. With rising cost of healthcare plans, employer groups are looking at new health tactics that provide cost-shifting to their employees. A successful RBP program requires …

BMA’s TPA Services Stand Out in Texas Marketplace
Unlike BUCA’s BMA is a TPA that has an exemplary in-house customer service team, dedicated account managers and experts in every department. Not enough? We also have a custom web portal that boasts many convenient feature to include readily available …

Self-Funded Dental: A Win for Everyone
Self-funding dental can create winners for everyone- employers, brokers and consultants. For employers, it can provide much needed cash savings for other projects, hiring additional employees or an offset to the continuously rising medical costs. For brokers and consultants, it …

Hello Brokers!
Hello Brokers, We have some exciting news to share! As some of you may know, Benefit Management Administrators, Inc. (BMA) has been undergoing a transformation, updating our Web Site, Changing Pricing structures, adding new Stop-Loss Carriers and new products to …