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Vision Plans and COBRA

  • BAS
  • 28.03.2012
Q- Are Vision Plans subject to COBRA continuation coverage requirements?
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Vision Plans and COBRA

  • BAS
  • 28.03.2012
Q- Are Vision Plans subject to COBRA continuation coverage requirements?
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Email Verification Security

BAS can automatically distribute information to all employees with email addresses in MyEnroll. Open enrollment and other communications sent electronically can be an ...
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Email Verification Security

BAS can automatically distribute information to all employees with email addresses in MyEnroll. Open enrollment and other communications sent electronically can be an ...
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Direct Mailing Process Controls

While most communication with participants occurs through BAS' secure email system, many employers engage BAS to communicate with employees through direct mailings. Like ...
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Direct Mailing Process Controls

While most communication with participants occurs through BAS' secure email system, many employers engage BAS to communicate with employees through direct mailings. Like ...
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Medicare Section 111 Reporting Requirements

Group health plans must report to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Social Security Numbers or Medicare Insurance Claim Numbers for employees and ...
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Medicare Section 111 Reporting Requirements

Group health plans must report to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Social Security Numbers or Medicare Insurance Claim Numbers for employees and ...
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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Debate on Health Care Reform

This week the Supreme Court heard 6 hours of oral argument on the legality of health care reform. The last time the Supreme Court entertained that length of oral ...
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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Debate on Health Care Reform

This week the Supreme Court heard 6 hours of oral argument on the legality of health care reform. The last time the Supreme Court entertained that length of oral ...
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Question of the Week

  • BAS
  • 21.03.2012
With March Madness upon us, consider answers to some of your college basketball benefits questions.
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BAS is Ready Even Though HIPAA 5010 Enforcement Delayed

BAS is transmitting health plan data in HIPAA 5010 format to providers who will accept the transmission feeds with the updated data requirements. HIPAA 5010 requires ...
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BAS is Ready Even Though HIPAA 5010 Enforcement Delayed

BAS is transmitting health plan data in HIPAA 5010 format to providers who will accept the transmission feeds with the updated data requirements. HIPAA 5010 requires ...
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What to Expect for Open Enrollment

Employers with July 1 plan years are quickly approaching their annual open enrollment periods. With BAS’ MyEnroll system, open enrollment no longer has to be a dreaded, ...
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What to Expect for Open Enrollment

Employers with July 1 plan years are quickly approaching their annual open enrollment periods. With BAS’ MyEnroll system, open enrollment no longer has to be a dreaded, ...
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ERISA Plans Must Have QMCSO Procedures

Group health plans subject to ERISA must extend health coverage to the children of a parent-employee who is divorced, separated, or never married when required by a ...
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ERISA Plans Must Have QMCSO Procedures

Group health plans subject to ERISA must extend health coverage to the children of a parent-employee who is divorced, separated, or never married when required by a ...
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Consumers Helped by Elimination of Dollar Limits on Essential Health ...

The Affordable Care Act is intended to both expand access to health care and make existing health care plans more useful for consumers. One of the enhancements to health ...
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Consumers Helped by Elimination of Dollar Limits on Essential Health ...

The Affordable Care Act is intended to both expand access to health care and make existing health care plans more useful for consumers. One of the enhancements to health ...
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Question of the Week

  • BAS
  • 14.03.2012
Q- I am traveling to Ireland to kiss the Blarney Stone and celebrate St. Patrick's Day. I plan to purchase headache relief medicine to take with me. May I submit the ...
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BAS Incoming Email Blocking

In keeping with its efforts to protect client data, BAS’ email system will not accept an unencrypted email that contains a formatted social security number in either the ...
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BAS Incoming Email Blocking

In keeping with its efforts to protect client data, BAS’ email system will not accept an unencrypted email that contains a formatted social security number in either the ...
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Access to COBRA Notices

MyEnroll.com provides COBRA administrators 24/7 access to COBRA correspondence sent to employees, former employees and COBRA beneficiaries. All COBRA correspondence is ...
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Access to COBRA Notices

MyEnroll.com provides COBRA administrators 24/7 access to COBRA correspondence sent to employees, former employees and COBRA beneficiaries. All COBRA correspondence is ...
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Employer CHIP Notice Distribution Requirements

All employers with group health plans in states that provide premium assistance for the purchase of group health coverage under a Children's Health Insurance Program ...
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Employer CHIP Notice Distribution Requirements

All employers with group health plans in states that provide premium assistance for the purchase of group health coverage under a Children's Health Insurance Program ...
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Changes to Health Care FSA Contribution Limits

Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts (Health FSAs) will be subject to a limit on salary reduction contributions beginning January 1, 2013. The Affordable Care Act ...
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Changes to Health Care FSA Contribution Limits

Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts (Health FSAs) will be subject to a limit on salary reduction contributions beginning January 1, 2013. The Affordable Care Act ...
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MyEnroll Report Generator

With MyEnroll’s Report Generator, client administrators have a multitude of standard reports available to them 24/7. The standard reports, which were developed based on ...
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Question of the Week

  • BAS
  • 07.03.2012
Q- An employee pays for health coverage on a pre-tax basis through a Code section 125 cafeteria plan. The employee is enrolled in coverage for herself and her spouse. ...
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HIPAA Privacy and Security Audits

While the Privacy and Security Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) may have taken a back seat to changes required under health care ...
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HIPAA Privacy and Security Audits

While the Privacy and Security Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) may have taken a back seat to changes required under health care ...
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Essential Health Benefit Actuarial Value

The Affordable Care Act requires non-grandfathered health plans in the individual and small group markets to include an "essential health benefits package" (EHB) ...
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Essential Health Benefit Actuarial Value

The Affordable Care Act requires non-grandfathered health plans in the individual and small group markets to include an "essential health benefits package" (EHB) ...
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Outgoing Email Encryption

As part of the ongoing effort to be good stewards of our clients' data, BAS has implemented an outgoing email encryption process.
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Outgoing Email Encryption

As part of the ongoing effort to be good stewards of our clients' data, BAS has implemented an outgoing email encryption process.
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Question of the Week

  • BAS
  • 01.03.2012
Q- We are an employer located in Pennsylvania. Our employee is covered under a Pennsylvania-specific HMO, but the employee is terminating employment and moving to ...
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