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How I Used My FSA to Save $20,000 on Child Care

Staff

01 Dec 201501 Dec 2015

The first week of December—Time to deck the halls, shop for gifts, bake cookies . . . and, for many, time to make Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA) elections for next year. You can almost hear employees across the country groaning as they […]

True Tales of HIPAA

Chris Vogel, CEBS

10 Nov 201510 Nov 2015

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”). So I was surprised when I attended “HIPAA Tune-Up for Your Health Plans,” […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employee Benefits Health Care Regulatory

Do You Have Covered Employees Collecting an ACA Subsidy?

Lois Gleason, CEBS

05 Nov 2015

Many employers offer affordable health coverage that meets or exceeds the minimum value requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). However, if one or more of their full-time employees claim they were not offered affordable, minimum value health coverage, the employees could […]

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

HIPAA Certification Final Rules Are Late to the Party

Lois Gleason, CEBS

29 Oct 201529 Oct 2015

Section 1104 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires health plans to certify compliance with HIPAA administrative simplification standards and operating rules for electronic transactions. On January 2, 2014 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed rule giving plans […]

Canada Employee Benefits Pensions Regulatory Retirement

What the New Liberal Government Means for Canadian Pension and Benefit Plan Sponsors

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

23 Oct 201502 Mar 2016

Three panelists offered their views during a recent International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans webcast, “Post-Election Pensions and Benefits Outlook: What to Expect.” Panelists said Justin Trudeau, prime minister-designate, and the new majority party will move forward on many campaign promises, including […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employee Benefits Regulatory

ACA Reporting—Who’s Filing What Forms and How?

Julie Stich, CEBS

06 Oct 2015

As we’ve pointed out in blog posts over the past few months, ACA reporting is (1) challenging and (2) approaching. We recently asked our members to tell us how well they understand the requirements and how they plan to move forward. What […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Cadillac Tax Employee Benefits Health Care Multiemployer Regulatory

ACA Cadillac Tax Insomniacs Unite

Julie Stich, CEBS

01 Oct 201517 Dec 2015

If you’re starting to lose sleep over the impending Cadillac tax, you’re not alone. Here at the International Foundation, we’ve been hearing our members discuss how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) excise tax will impact their health plans. We wanted to learn more, […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employee Benefits Health Care Regulatory

The Forms are Here! 5 Ways to Cope with 1094 and 1095

Staff

21 Sep 201507 Jan 2016

After months of working on Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting, using draft forms and instructions, benefit practitioners now have the real deal. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final 1094-B, 1095-B, 1094-C, 1095-C forms and instructions that employers, plan sponsors and group […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) ERISA Regulatory

SPD, Meet ACA: Time to Update Written Eligibility Provisions

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

17 Sep 2015

You’ve mastered the complex guidelines on how to identify which employees must be treated as full-time and offered health insurance coverage to avoid the Affordable Care Act (ACA) employer shared responsibility penalties. Now there is an ERISA requirement to communicate the guidelines […]

Regulatory

How I Used My FSA to Save $20,000 on Child Care

True Tales of HIPAA

Do You Have Covered Employees Collecting an ACA Subsidy?

HIPAA Certification Final Rules Are Late to the Party

What the New Liberal Government Means for Canadian Pension and Benefit Plan Sponsors

Got the Social Security Numbers for ACA Reporting Yet?

ACA Reporting—Who’s Filing What Forms and How?

ACA Cadillac Tax Insomniacs Unite

The Forms are Here! 5 Ways to Cope with 1094 and 1095

SPD, Meet ACA: Time to Update Written Eligibility Provisions