Instructional Designer at the International Foundation
Favorite Foundation Product: Employee Benefits Survey (conducted every two years; it is very comprehensive).
Benefits-Related Topic Top Picks: The changing landscape of America’s costly health care system, ERISA compliance, retirement decumulation strategies.
Favorite Things About Working at the Foundation: My co-workers and how much they care about the quality of their work product. I also love, love, love all the windows in our office with their beautiful views of trees and sky.
Personal Insight: I am constantly reading. I can relate to the flaws, strengths, and silly inconsistencies found in the characters of classic novels like Middlemarch, North and South, and A Tale of Two Cities. I also read the daily newspapers every morning at breakfast–and yes, I still get the paper versions. Because it’s no big deal if a little coffee spills on them.
This post has was updated January 15, 2020 at: 7 Questions Employees Are Asking in 2020 About ACA 1095s For the third year in a row, the Affordable Care Act… Read more >
January 18, 2018 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Regulatory Read more >
The U.S. Senate and House have passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. President Trump is expected to sign the tax reform bill into law soon. How would employee benefits… Read more >
December 21, 2017 401(k) Plans, Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, FMLA, Health Care, Paid Leave, Parental Leave Read more >
Sometimes your employees make mistakes. Obtaining a premium tax credit on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange could be one they’ve already made. Why does this matter? If the employer… Read more >
December 20, 2017 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insurance Read more >
The IRS started sending 226J notices of potential “play or pay” Affordable Care Act (ACA) penalties to employers. What should you do if you get one? Well . . …. Read more >
November 15, 2017 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits Read more >
Employee benefits professionals scoured the House Republicans’ proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with some trepidation after its release on November 2, 2017. While many were relieved to find no… Read more >
November 9, 2017 401(k) Plans, Employee Benefits, Legislative, Pensions, Regulatory Read more >
President Trump issued Executive Order 13813 on October 12, 2017, directing the Secretaries of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the Secretaries) to consider proposing regulations or revising guidance… Read more >
October 20, 2017 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Apprenticeship Programs, Employee Benefits, Health Care Read more >
Are your employees upset and confused about Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual marketplace headlines? In the past month they may have heard about large increases in ACA individual exchange premiums,… Read more >
October 17, 2017 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Communication, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insurance Read more >
Employees are increasingly aware of their rights to mental health and substance abuse treatment through employer-sponsored health plans. Are you aware of what your plan needs to do? Below are… Read more >
July 5, 2017 DOL, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Mental Health, Prescription Drugs, Wellness Read more >
In states where medical marijuana is legal, employee benefits administrators sometimes wonder: Must our plan cover it? Can we legally cover it? Should we cover it? Most states have legalized… Read more >
June 29, 2017 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Prescription Drugs Read more >
The U.S. Department of Labor is actively investigating large defined benefit plans to make sure they are searching for and paying missing pension participants who’ve reached their required beginning date…. Read more >
December 19, 2016 Employee Benefits, Pensions, Regulatory Read more >