Coordination of Benefits Handbook

The Coordination of Benefits Handbook is the ONLY up-to-date, comprehensive guide on dual health coverage. The Handbook will steer you clear of double recoveries and unnecessary payouts.

With the Coordination of Benefits Handbook, you can:

• Save money with tips to effectively control and administer your insurance plan
• Stay in compliance with details on COB regulations on both state and federal levels
• Keep ahead of the game with up-to-date information COBRA, HIPAA and TRICARE 
• Save time with real-life examples so you have proven policies to put in place
• Call the editor with unanswered questions — a special resource for subscribers
  
  

Major Topics Covered

The only up-to-date, comprehensive guide on dual health coverage.

The Coordination of Benefits Handbook helps to maximize your health plan’s cost savings. Plus, the Handbook helps you steer clear of double recoveries and unnecessary payouts.

Here are just a few topics covered in the Coordination of Benefits Handbook:

• State Subrogation/Reimbursement Laws and ERISA Plans 
• Managed Care Plans 
• State COB Laws 
• Benefit Determination in Dual or Triple Coverage Situations 
• Medicare Secondary Payer Rules 
• COBRA coverage, HIPAA and CHAMPUS/TRICARE
  
  

Format and Frequency

• Two volume Manual
• Quarterly Updates
• Quarterly Newsletters

Authors and Editors

Roy F. Harmon III is a principal in Harmon & Major, P.A. in Greenville, S.C., and serves as vice president and general counsel of Cost Recovery Systems, Inc. He is a graduate of the University of Mississippi (B.A. English, summa cum laude), the University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D.) and the University of Florida Levin College of Law (LL.M.). He is a member of the Texas, Virginia and South Carolina bar associations. He is the contributing editor of Thompson's Coordination of Benefits Handbook.

Editorial Advisory Board for the Coordination of Benefits Handbook

Kathryn Bakich, Esq.
The Segal Company
Washington, D.C.

Rich Glass, J.D.
Mercer Health & Benefits LLC
Dallas

Paul M. Hamburger, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Washington, D.C.

Jack B. Helitzer, Esq.
Fairfax, Va.

Joanne Hustead, Esq.
The Segal Company
Washington, D.C.

Michael Laffey, Esq.
Laffey & Associates, P.C.
Carnegie, Pa.

Mark E. Lutes, Esq.
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Washington, D.C.

Peter J. Marathas, Jr., Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Boston

James R. Napoli
Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP
Fairfax, Va.

Jon A. Neiditz, Esq.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Atlanta

Adam V. Russo, Esq.
The Phia Group, LLC
Boston

Mark L. Stember, Esq.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Washington, D.C.