Retirement plan sponsors tend to be reactive rather than pro-active. They would rather not spend money to undergo a plan review and assume everything is fine until they run into a big compliance issue or mistakes are discovered on a government audit. Like a good medical checkup, a plan review can discover and root out plan problems before they become bigger and costlier. This article is why plan sponsors should get an independent plan review from an ERISA attorney (cough, cough) or a retirement plan consultant.