Economic conditions may provoke more businesses to employ eligibility audits to weed out ex-spouses, adult children and non-family members from their health plans, a non-profit benefit plan group says.
The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans said its recent survey found that at present only 26 percent of U.S. employers conduct eligibility audits for their health care plans.
Julie Stich, senior information/research specialist with the foundation said, "When the audit is conducted, employers often discover many people–former spouses, adult children, non-immediate family members–who are covered under the health plan even though they do not qualify as a dependent."
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