Lois Gleason, CEBS, Author at Word on Benefits

ACA Cadillac Tax Takes Shape . . . “One Piece at a Time”

Lois Gleason, CEBS

09 Apr 201517 Dec 2015

Wayne Kemp wrote a great old song for Johnny Cash called “One Piece at a Time.” In it, Johnny sings of slowly piecing together his very own Cadillac using parts pilfered from his Detroit employer over a period of decades. The end […]

Defined Benefit (DB) Plans DOL Employee Benefits ERISA Multiemployer Pensions Regulatory

Your Annual Funding Notice May Need Tweaking

Lois Gleason, CEBS

19 Mar 2015

Defined benefit pension plan administrators: You might need to change your annual funding notice. The Department of Labor published a final rule in the Federal Register on February 2, 2015 clarifying the requirements under ERISA 101(f) that administrators of defined benefit plans, […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employee Benefits Health Care Regulatory

Wait… I thought ACA reporting didn’t start until next year!

Lois Gleason, CEBS

03 Mar 2015

Are your employees asking you for documentation of their employer-sponsored health coverage in 2014? Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) employers may voluntarily, but are not required to, provide this information for 2014. For the 2014 tax year, the IRS does not […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employee Benefits Health Care Regulatory

Cromnibus Keeps ACA in the Spotlight

Lois Gleason, CEBS

22 Jan 201522 Jan 2015

If the Affordable Care Act were a celebrity, it would be that really big star you either love or hate—or maybe love to hate. Since 2010, ACA has commanded the U.S. employee benefits spotlight. However, not even the most famous celebrity can hold […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employee Benefits Health Care

ACA: Will You Play and Pay in 2015?

Lois Gleason, CEBS

23 Dec 201417 Jan 2015

By: Lois Mathis-Gleason, CEBS In 2015, Affordable Care Act (ACA) transition relief allows applicable large employers (ALE) to avoid one of the ACA penalties (the one that could cost employers $2,000 per full-time employee per year), as long as the employer offers coverage to […]

Employee Benefits Health Care Human Resources (HR) Mental Health

Ready for the Other Health Act?

Lois Gleason, CEBS

18 Nov 201417 Jan 2015

By: Lois Mathis-Gleason, CEBS The Affordable Care Act is big … and complicated … but there is another complicated act, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), that health administrators must act on very soon. John Barlament, partner at Quarles & Brady […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employee Benefits Health Care Regulatory

Two November ACA Deadlines Loom

Lois Gleason, CEBS

21 Oct 201417 Jan 2015

By: Lois Mathis-Gleason, CEBS Updates: On November 14, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services announced it was extending the deadline for submitting 2014 enrollment counts for the transitional reinsurance contributions until 11:59 p.m. on December 5, 2014. the deadline was originally […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employee Benefits Health Care Regulatory

Social Security Numbers for ACA Compliance—The Search Is On

Lois Gleason, CEBS

09 Sep 201418 Sep 2015

By: Lois Mathis-Gleason, CEBS Whose Social Security numbers must we report under the Affordable Care Act, and what if we don’t have all the numbers we need? Beginning in 2016, the ACA requires employers and plan sponsors to send annual reports to […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employee Benefits Health Care HIPAA Regulatory

One Less Thing to Do: HIPAA Certificates of Creditable Coverage

Lois Gleason, CEBS

13 Aug 201417 Jan 2015

By: Lois Mathis-Gleason, CEBS The Affordable Care Act (ACA) gave health plans an extraordinary amount of new reporting and disclosure requirements. However, one preexisting requirement (pun intended) will disappear beginning January 1, 2015: The HIPAA Certificate of Creditable Coverage. Health plans had […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employee Benefits Health Care

Sorting Out the Minimums and Essentials of ACA

Lois Gleason, CEBS

20 Jun 201411 Apr 2017

By: Lois Mathis-Gleason, CEBS The Affordable Care Act changed our language as well as our health care system. Some of ACA’s key terms and phrases sound remarkably similar but have different meanings. Confused? We’ll help you sort out minimum essential coverage, minimum value, and […]