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Enrollment and Termination Controls May Be Customized in MyEnroll.com

MyEnroll.com may be customized to accommodate an employer’s unique eligibility and termination rules. These controls allow easy administration for employers who apply ...
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Puerto Rico Insurance Company Subject to Huge Fines for Privacy ...

A Puerto Rico based insurance company, Triple-S Salud, was found to have exposed protected health information in Medicare-eligible individuals’ medical records. The ...
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Puerto Rico Insurance Company Subject to Huge Fines for Privacy ...

A Puerto Rico based insurance company, Triple-S Salud, was found to have exposed protected health information in Medicare-eligible individuals’ medical records. The ...
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Final Regulations on Waiting Periods and Certificates of Creditable ...

The U.S. Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services issued another round of regulations on health care reform requirements. These regulations address ...
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Grace Period Deadline Approaching for Calendar Year FSAs

Some Flexible Spending Account Plans (FSAs) may include a grace period after the end of a plan year during which participants may incur claims to be reimbursed from ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 27.02.2014
Q.- We are a small employer with 25 employees. One of our employees has a substance abuse problem. She is reducing her hours to work 10 hours a week so she can attend ...
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Dependent Verification and Approval Services

BAS’ dependent verification service through MyEnroll.com offers employers the ability to reduce health care costs by confirming that only eligible dependents are covered ...
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Dependent Verification and Approval Services

BAS’ dependent verification service through MyEnroll.com offers employers the ability to reduce health care costs by confirming that only eligible dependents are covered ...
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New Government Cybersecurity Framework Issued

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a new cybersecurity framework describing best practices for organizations to develop their information ...
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New Government Cybersecurity Framework Issued

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a new cybersecurity framework describing best practices for organizations to develop their information ...
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IRS Revises Individual Penalties for Lack of Health Coverage

Health care reform requires virtually all individuals to have minimum essential health coverage or pay a penalty on their tax return. This health care reform requirement ...
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Trip to Vegas Qualifies as FMLA Leave

The Family and Medical Leave Act provides eligible employees of covered employers with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave with continuation of group health ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 20.02.2014
Q.- We processed a COBRA qualifying event letter with Cobra Control Services a month ago. We just now realize that when the employee terminated employment, he gave us a ...
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User IDs and Passwords for Administrator

MyEnroll.com allows as many people as needed to have access to a particular employer account as an administrator. Each individual identified as an employer administrator ...
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User IDs and Passwords for Administrator

MyEnroll.com allows as many people as needed to have access to a particular employer account as an administrator. Each individual identified as an employer administrator ...
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Another Health System Security Breach

A Texas healthcare system was the target of a recent security breach in which hackers accessed protected health information of around 405,000 individuals.
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Another Health System Security Breach

A Texas healthcare system was the target of a recent security breach in which hackers accessed protected health information of around 405,000 individuals.
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Employer Mandate to Provide Health Coverage Delayed Again

Regulations issued this week once again delay, for some employers, the requirement to offer health coverage to all full-time employees.
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Business.USA.gov Offers Resources for Small Businesses

Business.USA.gov is a website intended to provide business resources for small employers. The website offers an interactive module for help with Starting a Business, ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 13.02.2014
Q.- An employee is sending her daughter to camp for the summer. Can she be reimbursed from her FSA from the cost of the camp?
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Reminders for Employers Who Offer Debit Card with FSA

Employers who offer the Benny Card pre-paid debit card in connection with their health flexible spending account plan administered by BAS will find the following ...
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Reminders for Employers Who Offer Debit Card with FSA

Employers who offer the Benny Card pre-paid debit card in connection with their health flexible spending account plan administered by BAS will find the following ...
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Unencrypted Hard Drive Stolen from Pharmacy School

A health insurance company based in Wisconsin notified over 41,000 participants of a possible HIPAA breach.
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Unencrypted Hard Drive Stolen from Pharmacy School

A health insurance company based in Wisconsin notified over 41,000 participants of a possible HIPAA breach.
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Excepted Benefits Expanded under Health Care Reform

The Affordable Care Act applies to health plans, excluding plans that provide “excepted benefits.” The government recently proposed rules expanding what coverage ...
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Cafeteria Plans

Many employers sponsor cafeteria plans under section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code to allow their employees to pay for benefits with pre-tax dollars. Since all ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 06.02.2014
Q.- Our business is closing up shop. We are terminating employment for all employees and cancelling health coverage. What happens with people who are on COBRA?
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