The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), signed into law on March 11, 2021, contains new COBRA provisions, including a subsidy for the full monthly COBRA premium from April… Read more >
Anne Newhouse, CEBS
May 17, 2021
Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S.COBRA, flexible spending accounts, FSA, health reimbursement arrangement, health savings account, HRA, HSA
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As we wrap up the year, we’re taking a look back at our Word on Benefits top posts of 2019. A lot has happened in the employee benefits industry this… Read more >
International Foundation Staff
December 26, 2019
Employee Benefits#vacation, ACA, age 26 madate, COBRA, Form 1095, HRA, multiemployer pension plans, self-funded health plans, spousal carve out
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On June 13, 2019, the Departments of Labor, the Treasury, and Health and Human Services jointly issued a final rule to expand the flexibility and use of health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs)…. Read more >
Rose Plewa, CEBS
October 28, 2019
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Careemployer mandate, health reimbursement arrangements, HRA, ICHRA, individual coverage HRA
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On June 13, 2019, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the Departments) jointly issued a final rule to expand the flexibility and use of health reimbursement… Read more >
Rose Plewa, CEBS
June 28, 2019
Employee Benefits, Health Carehealth reimbursement arrangement, HRA, ICHRA, individual coverage HRA
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On June 13, 2019, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the Departments) jointly issued a final rule to expand the flexibility and use of health reimbursement… Read more >
Rose Plewa, CEBS
June 27, 2019
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Carehealth reimbursement arrangement, HRA, ICHRA, individual coverage HRA
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On October 29, 2018, the Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services (the Departments) together issued a proposed rule that could in the future allow employers to use… Read more >
Lois Gleason, CEBS
November 8, 2018
Employee Benefits, Health CareHRA
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Gone are the days of dial-up Internet (that sound of AOL connecting still haunts my dreams), floppy disks and boom boxes. Technology has come a long way over the past… Read more >
Anne Patterson
March 19, 2018
Employee Benefits, Health Care, Wellnessemployee wellness, health risk assessment, HRA, wellness, workplace wellness
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The thought of facing a health risk assessment is unnerving for many. “What if I eat the wrong thing and throw my numbers off? What if my health care costs… Read more >
Neil Mrkvicka
August 25, 2015
Disease Management, Employee Benefits, Wellnesshealth risk assessment, HRA
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As a new employee at the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, one of the first things I noticed was a big, beautiful yard in front of my new building… Read more >
Anne Patterson
February 17, 2015
Education, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Mental Health, Vacation, Wellnesscommunity service, EAP, health risk assessment, HRA, mental health, stress management, wellness, workplace
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According to Workplace Wellness Trends: 2015 Survey Results, a new survey that will be released by the International Foundation in the coming weeks, more than half (55%) of all organizations… Read more >
Bryan Zoran, CEBS
January 29, 2015
Canada, Disease Management, Employee Benefits, Financial Wellness, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Mental Health, Wellnessabsenteeism, engagement, HRA, mental health, wellness, workplace
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