Firms Weigh Costs Of Health Care
Here’s something that probably will astonish small business owners battered by years of steep health insurance premium increases: The majority of companies that provide…
Key Points That Employers Should Address With This Year’s Open Enrollment Period
Wrestling with the implications of the upcoming open enrollment period could be one of the most challenging in memory for employers due to the…
Medical Loss Ratio Rebates
Employers only have 90 days to complete distributions of Medical Loss Ratio Rebates. In August of this year, some employers with fully insured employee…
The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers: ERISA Section 510 and Limiting Employee Hours
It is asserted that the strategy of capping the annual hours of new “variable hour employees” as a way to limit exposure under the…
IRS Bars Employers From Dumping Workers Into Health Exchanges
Many employers had thought they could shift health costs to the government by sending their employees to a health insurance exchange with a tax-free…
Preparedness For The ACA On An Upswing, But Small Business Lags
With the first round of employer mandates required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) set to begin in 2015, a new survey finds that…
Updated COBRA Notices and Proposed Guidance Issued Model notices highlight ACA’s Marketplace coverage as a COBRA alternative
The Obama administration announced updates to model notices that employers must provide to employees, informing workers of their eligibility to continue health care coverage…
Flexible Spending Account “Use-it-or-lose-it” Rule Changes for 2014
Just in time for the fall open enrollment periods, the Treasury Department is changing the rules on flexible health spending accounts (FSA) to allow…
Health Exchange Notification Requirements
As you may be aware, part of the new regulations for the Affordable Care Act require that employers notify employees of the upcoming Health…
The Form W-2 Reporting Provision of Health Care Reform
The Form W-2 reporting provision of Health Care Reform is intended to help employees better understand their employer-provided benefits and the true cost to…