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July 6, 2022

## [PCORI fee deadline approaching](https://insights.bukaty.com/pcori-fee-dealine-approaching)

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July 6, 2022

## [IRS raises standard mileage rate effective July 1](https://insights.bukaty.com/irs-raises-standard-mileage-rate)

With gas prices soaring, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) increased the standard mileage rate for business travel through the rest of 2022 to 62.5 cents per mile. This change became effective July 1, 2022.

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July 6, 2022

## [Happy birthday to us - Bukaty Companies celebrates 30 years of success](https://insights.bukaty.com/bukaty-celebrates-30-years-of-success)

In 1992 Mike Bukaty founded Bukaty Companies with one mission in mind: to provide products and services to individuals and families that help build and protect their health and financial security throughout all stages of life.

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July 6, 2022

## [Using AI to screen applicants: the risks and rewards](https://insights.bukaty.com/using-ai-to-screen-applicants)

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July 6, 2022

## [OSHA turns up the heat on employers](https://insights.bukaty.com/osha-turns-up-heat-on-employers)

Summer is here, and as the temperatures rise so do the number of on-the-job illnesses and injuries related to heat. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched its [National Emphasis Program – Outdoor and Indoor Heat-Related Hazards](https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/heat-nep-factsheet-en.pdf) on April 8 to “protect workers across the nation...

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July 6, 2022

## [Lifting the veil on PBM prices](https://insights.bukaty.com/lifting-the-veil-on-pbm-prices)

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July 6, 2022

## [2023 HSA and HDHP limits](https://insights.bukaty.com/2023-hsa-and-hdhp-limites)

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July 6, 2022

## [Transparency rules to increase consumer awareness of health care costs](https://insights.bukaty.com/transparency-rules-increase-consumer-awareness)

Following a 2019 [executive order](https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/trump-administration-announces-historic-price-transparency-requirements-increase-competition-and) issued by then President Trump, three regulatory departments worked together to issue two rules designed to increase medical care pricetransparency and increase competition among hospitals and health plans.

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May 11, 2022

## [Bukaty Companies Partners with Kaw Valley Insurance](https://insights.bukaty.com/bukaty-companies-acquires-kaw-valley-insurance)

Bukaty Companies and Kaw Valley Insurance joined forces this spring to expand their reach throughout Western Kansas. Kaw Valley Insurance, based in Rossville, Kansas, is a family-owned business founded in 1994 by Karen and Randy Dick. Early in the agency's growth, the team specialized in health and...

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April 13, 2022

## [Proposed overtime rules looming](https://insights.bukaty.com/proposed-overtime-rules-looming)

On December 10, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced its agenda to review and update regulations for the overtime threshold established by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). A formal proposal of their new rules is expected within the month.

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