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Availability of COBRA Reports

Cobra Control Services, LLC makes administration of COBRA easy and efficient. Toward this end, CCS sends emails with reports summarizing COBRA use.
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Availability of COBRA Reports

Cobra Control Services, LLC makes administration of COBRA easy and efficient. Toward this end, CCS sends emails with reports summarizing COBRA use.
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US-Russia Cyber Security Communications

The White House has reported that the United States and the Russian Federation have agreed to communicate about cyber security issues to reduce the risk of widespread ...
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US-Russia Cyber Security Communications

The White House has reported that the United States and the Russian Federation have agreed to communicate about cyber security issues to reduce the risk of widespread ...
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Government PR for Health Care Reform

The Government has released several consumer tools to explain health care reform and the new Health Insurance Marketplaces. This public relations push coincided with the ...
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Unconstitutionality of DOMA Impacts Employee Benefits

In a landmark decision yesterday, the Supreme Court held that Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. This ruling has a widespread impact ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 27.06.2013
Q.- We have an employee taking a leave in the fall, and she has a health care flexible spending account plan. How do we make sure that she takes out from the plan only ...
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Limitation on Administrator Access to MyEnroll.com

One of the benefits of MyEnroll to participant employees is that MyEnroll.com is available 24/7 from any Internet connection. At any time, employees can log into ...
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Termination Processes Should be Reviewed

A recently terminated employee of Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation allegedly hacked into his former employer’s network, causing thousands of dollars of ...
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Termination Processes Should be Reviewed

A recently terminated employee of Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation allegedly hacked into his former employer’s network, causing thousands of dollars of ...
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Employer Role in Health Exchange Application

Employers should become familiar with the Health Insurance Exchange application, because employers will have to provide certain information as part of the Employer ...
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Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Violation

Test results in 48-hours*! Starting @ $288/yr. For pricing and more information, click here. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) makes it illegal for ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 19.06.2013
Q.- We employ 15 employees in the US, but employ an additional 40 employees in Europe. Are we subject to Federal COBRA or state mini-COBRA?
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FSA Reimbusement Management Through MyEnroll.com

Flexible Spending Accounts provide an easy way for employees to save money on taxes and make their benefit dollars go further. BAS makes FSA participation easy by ...
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Twitter Changes Its Authentication Process

Soon after several Twitter accounts were hacked, with the hackers releasing unauthorized tweets, Twitter has stepped up its account login verification process.
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Twitter Changes Its Authentication Process

Soon after several Twitter accounts were hacked, with the hackers releasing unauthorized tweets, Twitter has stepped up its account login verification process.
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Minimum Value Calculation Still Vexes Employers

The U.S. Department of Treasury released proposed regulations addressing how an employer can determine if its health plan offers minimum value. Health care reform ...
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Updates to Employer Identification Numbers Required

The IRS issued final regulations which require any person assigned an employer identification number (EIN) to provide updated information to the IRS. The regulations are ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 13.06.2013
Q.- Does the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) required under health care reform have to be provided to COBRA continuants?
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MyEnroll.com Session Timeout Paramaters

An important feature for information systems containing personally identifiable information and other sensitive data is automatic termination upon nonuse. MyEnroll.com ...
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Idaho State University Penalized for HIPAA Breach

Idaho State University recently agreed to pay penalties of $400,000 to settle a violation of the HIPAA Security Rule. At issue was the breach of unsecured electronic ...
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Wellness Program Guidance Issued

As discussed in prior News to Use articles, many employers implement wellness programs to increase worker productivity and decrease health care costs. The Departments of ...
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Distribution Options for Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC)

The new Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) required under health care reform must be distributed to employees as part of open enrollment. Employers should consider ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 06.06.2013
Q.- Our employee’s wife gave birth to a baby in February. Our employee would have 30 days from the baby’s birth to enroll the child in our coverage. Our employee knew of ...
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