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GASB Expresses Preliminary Views on How to Improve Its Pension Standards

 In June 2010, the GASB issued a Preliminary Views entitled Pension Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers that contains a preliminary set of views about how to improve the effectiveness of the existing pension standards for state and local governments.Read More

PBGH Annual Health Care Symposium - Thursday, September 9, 2010

Heath care Futures: Cost, Care, Communications and CHANGE Symposium. What's in store for healthcare and benefits? Read more

July 2010 Newsletter

Cowden Associates, Inc. is Dedicated to Providing the Most Up-to-date Information for Health Care Reform Through our Health Care Insurance Reform Alert Series Read more

Pre-existing Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions and Patient Protections

The Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor (DOL) and Treasury issued interim final regulations on June 22, 2010 to implement pre-existing condition exclusions, lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits, restrictions on recessions and patient protections.  Read more

 

IAS 19 Employee Benefits

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) today published for public comment an exposure draft of proposed amendments to IAS 19 Employee BenefitsRead More