S03E09: The Sleeper Law Explained by Tony Sorrentino

Cristy Gupton and Tony Sorrentino discuss Health Plan Fiduciary Compliance, LLC. and how an “activated fiduciary” is set up to lower healthcare costs by establishing and embracing their fiduciary process.

Show Notes

Health Plan Fiduciary Compliance, LLC will save you time and money on Consolidated Appropriations Act compliance.

Tony Sorrentino is the President of Health Plan Fiduciary Compliance, LLC. He has served within the business community providing professional services in accounting, law, and employee benefits consulting to hundreds of Nebraska based businesses for over 40 years. That accounting, law, and benefits expert trifecta is a winning combination that’ll help employers all over America. Sorrentino wants to save employers time and money through fostering fiduciaries in their efforts to document their fiduciary process. As employers walk through this process, they’ll begin to see where the hidden costs are lurking in every layer of healthcare complexity. They’ll be able to start innovating in their health plans like their competitors haven’t realized yet. This will give them a unique advantage that solves more problems than just high healthcare costs. Issues like turnover and low employee engagement will dissipate, leading to a culture of health, savvy healthcare consumers and more connected relationships with their healthcare providers.

Healthcare professional and host, Cristy Gupton, interviews Tony Sorrentino about his company, Health Plan Fiduciary Compliance, LLC. They discuss the ERISA and CAA compliance, along with how to save employers money. This couldn’t be happening at a better time because employers have an upcoming deadline. That’s right, mark December 31, 2023 on your calendar if you’re an employer who sponsors a health plan. HPfid, LLC will help you prepare and execute your duties by this deadline.

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Timecodes

[00:00:00] Intro

[00:01:30] Tony's History

[00:10:00] The Sleeper Law

[00:12:30] All About the Fiduciary Process

[00:25:25] 2008 and the Health Industry

[00:33:40] The Process of the Broker

[00:37:56] The Elements of CAA

[00:42:00] ERISA

[00:43:24] What's in the Future?

[00:51:04] Closing


Anthony J. Sorrentino

Our Guest

Born in Omaha, NE in 1954, Sorrentino would go on to graduate from Archbishop Rummel High School in 1972. From there, he majored in accounting at Creighton University, before going on to study law as a Juris Doctor.

Sorrentino is a Certified Public Accountant, Attorney at Law, Certified employee Benefits Specialist, and Certified Life Underwriter/Chartered Financial Consultant. He worked within the business community providing professional services in accounting, law, and employee benefits for over four decades before retiring. During his retirement, he founded Health Plan Fiduciary Compliance LLC, and now serves as the President.

Sorrentino specializes in federal compliance with all laws governing employer sponsored health care plans, Medicare/Medicaid, Medical Malpractice, and Health Plan Sponsor Fiduciary Mandates.

In his spare time, Sorrentino spends time with his wife, Kate, along with his 4 children and 6 grandchildren. He’s completed 63 marathons, and over 300+ half marathons. He also serves as a volunteer coach for Creighton University Cross Country and Track & Field.

Cristy Gupton

Your Host

Cristy Gupton is an employee benefits advisor and President of Custom Benefits Solutions. Cristy has been part of the employee benefits industry since 1998 and has been named to Employee Benefits Advisor Magazine’s Top 20 Women in Benefits Advising in both 2018 and 2020. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Health from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in Health Benefits Design and Health Informatics from University of Lynchburg. She holds the designation of Global Financial Steward from Wake Forest University’s Center for Board Certified Fiduciaries and seeks to help employers be the best fiduciaries they can be.

Cristy belongs to an elite group of benefits advisors called the Health Rosetta and another similar group called Mitigate Partners. Health Rosetta advisors commit to transparency in all their business endeavors, guiding and teaching employers and employees about health plan design and accessing the highest quality healthcare at the lowest possible cost. Cristy is a sought-after speaker on healthcare cost/quality issues and is a national thought-leader and expert on Direct Primary Care; specifically, how DPC doctors’ memberships can be embedded into employer-sponsored health plans, lowering costs, and improving the patient experience. Cristy has written articles for BenefitsPro Magazine and Physician Outlook Magazine. She leads the NC/SC Chapter of the Free Market Medical Association and the DisruptHR Asheville and Wilmington Chapters. Giving back to her community is important and she leads a den of Cub Scouts in Pack 199 and serves the Foothills District of the Boy Scouts of America as their membership chair.


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