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8 Ways to Become an Open Enrollment Pro

Anne Patterson

13 Oct 202013 Oct 2020

Every year around this time, the pressure is on! Employees are asked to make important health care coverage selections during open enrollment, and these decisions are a big deal. Employees, their families and their wallets are impacted for the entire year ahead. […]

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Communication Is Key to Open Enrollment During COVID-19

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

01 Oct 202030 Sep 2020

This year’s annual benefits enrollment process presents new challenges for benefits professionals as they find themselves in the middle of a pandemic with workers nervous about their financial security as well as their health and safety. In her article “Communication Is Key […]

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Open Enrollment 2020: Employers Explore New Ways to Communicate Benefits

Anne Patterson

22 Sep 202022 Sep 2020

As if open enrollment wasn’t already challenging, 2020 is throwing employers and employees for a loop. The latest International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans survey report, Trends in Benefit Open Enrollment and Communication, asked U.S. employers about pandemic-related changes impacting staff communication […]

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Impact of the COBRA Extension Interim Final Rule

Anne Newhouse

14 Sep 202010 Sep 2020

On January 31, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initially declared a federal public health emergency due to the coronavirus. The declaration has now been extended twice, including the latest extension on July 23, 2020. Unless the declaration is terminated […]

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Open Enrollment Strategies in the Time of COVID-19

Anne Patterson

09 Sep 202022 Sep 2020

The International Foundation recently surveyed employers and plan sponsors about benefit communication for an upcoming report (watch for it soon—called Trends in Benefit Open Enrollment and Communication), and tons of responses came in about going virtual for open enrollment this year in […]

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Four Employee Benefits to Pack for College

Staff

03 Sep 202022 Sep 2020

College move-in is more challenging this year than ever before. Health concerns have risen to the top of the list of worries for parents taking kids to campus this fall in the midst of a pandemic. Now is the time to expand […]

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Medicare and COBRA Coordination During COVID-19

Anne Newhouse

04 Aug 202004 Aug 2020

Maintaining access to health insurance is a huge priority for both employers and employees right now. With some employers having to make hard decisions about layoffs, furloughs and terminations, one of the situations plan sponsors should be mindful of is the integration […]

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Latest COVID-19 Survey Shows Heightened Interest in Virtual Care

Alyssa Hodder

23 Jul 202022 Jul 2020

With the pandemic limiting Canadians’ ability to access much-needed healthcare services, many organizations are looking for alternatives. The Impact of COVID-19 on Pensions and Benefits in Canada survey, conducted in June by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, finds increased uptake […]

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Section 1557 and the SCOTUS Decision—Implications for Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans

Amanda Wilke

08 Jul 202008 Jul 2020

Employers’ minds are swirling with what to do following recent developments in changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Section 1557 and the recent United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision. On June 12, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights […]

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Pros and Cons of Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Staff

25 Jun 202025 Jun 2020

A flexible spending account (FSA) is an individual account that can reimburse an employee for qualified medical expenses and work-related dependent care expenses. Is offering an FSA plan worthwhile? Let’s look at some of the pros and cons for both employers and […]