What You Need to Know On Friday, December 14, 2018 a judge in the Northern District of Texas issued an opinion that the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act… Read more >
January 7, 2019 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Compliance, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Regulatory 0 Read more >
We’ve heard some employers received 226-J notices from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) saying they could owe potential “play or pay” Affordable Care Act (ACA) penalties for 2015. Some of… Read more >
April 5, 2018 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Compliance, Employee Benefits 0 Read more >
You wouldn’t think running wellness programs would be all that scary for employers, but Macy’s Inc., along with its subsidiaries Anthem and Cigna, are likely screaming in horror at a… Read more >
October 31, 2017 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Compliance, Employee Benefits, HIPAA, Wellness 0 Read more >
The future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains uncertain, but employee benefit plan sponsors should be alert for compliance issues that aren’t going away. Scott Segal addressed common compliance… Read more >
February 13, 2017 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Compliance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insurance, Regulatory 0 Read more >
Naturally, we love to talk benefits here at the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. So when a couple of our resident benefits gurus started presenting a monthly benefits update… Read more >
February 10, 2017 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Cadillac Tax, Compliance, Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Health Care, Insurance, Legislative, Multiemployer, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
President Trump’s January 20 executive order directed his administration to take steps to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Because ACA is law, the executive action itself cannot repeal the… Read more >
January 26, 2017 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Compliance, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Regulatory 0 Read more >
As tree leaves start to turn colors in October here in the Midwest at the International Foundation headquarters, our minds are turning to other changes in the air for some… Read more >
September 20, 2016 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Compliance, Health Care, Regulatory 2 Read more >
Note: The DOL announced on September 20, 2016, that the deadline for submitting comments has been extended to December 5, 2016. Last week I had the opportunity, along with a… Read more >
September 16, 2016 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Compliance, DOL, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Health Care 0 Read more >
You’re feeling pretty secure in your relationship with the beloved ACA 1095 forms. You made it through the apprehensive early days of getting to know the requirements and submitted all of your… Read more >
August 22, 2016 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Compliance, Employee Benefits, Regulatory 0 Read more >
Unless a person’s job depends on knowing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) privacy and security rules, the topic is what my family calls a MEGO (“my eyes glaze over”)…. Read more >
November 10, 2015 Compliance, Health Care, HIPAA, Regulatory 0 Read more >