A first look at 2024 SHBP rate renewals
Health Benefits Report Well, here we go again.… July 12, 2023, started the process in determining rates for the SHBP in 2024, and while the outlook is not as dismal…
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Analysis of the SHBP mid-year rate renewal reports
Health Benefits Report Unlike last year, the mid-year rate renewal reports were presented to the State Health Benefits Commission in March (the 8th, to be exact). For reference, this report…
Read MorePolicing Training Commission adopts licensing rules
PTC Update Since S2742/A4194 was signed into law last July, there has been a great deal of rumor and conjecture on how licensure will affect our profession, and while the…
Read MoreNo Deal on Health Benefits
Health Benefits Report By Kevin Lyons As I write this, it is Jan. 13, exactly six months since the division presented the rate renewal reports, and we are exactly where…
Read MoreWhat the PBA is doing about the State Health Benefits Plan rate increase
Health Benefits Report As I write this article to update you on the unnecessary and unwarranted rate increase for members of the State Health Benefits Plan, I grow more and…
Read MoreWeathering the storm
Health Benefits Report While we continue to work on the unconscionable rate increase with anyone who will listen including legislators, other labor unions, the League of Municipalities, the Association of…
Read MoreThe battle over healthcare costs
I don’t often ask our members for help on issues. I have always taken the position that my role is to solve problems for our members. But we are in…
Read MoreWhat you need to know about the proposed SHBP increases
Health Benefits Report Well, we knew that there would be a post-COVID bump in the rates this year, but no one saw 24 percent coming. The Division released the mid-year…
Read MoreLicensing for law enforcement officers
Police Training Commission Report Let me start by saying that I am not a fan of moving to a licensing model for New Jersey law enforcement. As I have said…
Read MoreImportant info about the FRPHC opening
Health Benefits Report By Kevin Lyons After five years of discussion, planning and collaborating, Integrity Health opened the doors to what we hope is the first of many First Responder…
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