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Health Flexible Spending Account Plans (FSAs) may now be structured to allow participants to carry over up to $500.00 of unused funds into the next plan year. The ...

Over 5,000 patients participating in research studies with Kaiser Permanente may have had their personal information compromised. A research computer used to store ...

Over 5,000 patients participating in research studies with Kaiser Permanente may have had their personal information compromised. A research computer used to store ...

The Affordable Care Act prohibits group health plans from imposing lifetime and annual dollar limits on what are deemed “essential health benefits.” Dollar limits may be ...

New explanatory guidance on employee background checks has been issued by the Federal Trade Commission and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This guidance takes ...

Q.- Our employee had a medical service in 2013. The insurance did not go through until just last week, so the employee did not know how much he had to pay for the ...

The Heartbleed Bug is a security risk that made headlines last week. It presents a vulnerability in the OpenSSL cryptographic software library that implicates encryption ...

The Heartbleed Bug is a security risk that made headlines last week. It presents a vulnerability in the OpenSSL cryptographic software library that implicates encryption ...

Beginning in 2015, large employers with over 50 full time employees must offer minimum essential health coverage to the dependents of full-time employees or pay a ...

Earlier this month, the President issued an executive order prohibiting employers who do business with the federal government from retaliating against employees who ...

Q.- When I paid for my $30.00 copay for my eye doctor visit, the doctor asked if I would donate $1.00 to a charity to end blindness. Is the full $31.00 eligible for ...

Cobra Control Services, LLC (“CCS”) is pleased to announce an easy method of updating premiums for age and tobacco rated medical plans. This special alert is intended to ...

Cobra Control Services, LLC (“CCS”) is pleased to announce an easy method of updating premiums for age and tobacco rated medical plans. This special alert is intended to ...

The organization HealthIT.gov has issued guidance for employers who allow employees to access information through a mobile device. This information may be helpful for ...

The organization HealthIT.gov has issued guidance for employers who allow employees to access information through a mobile device. This information may be helpful for ...

The Affordable Care Act places requirements on both employers and employees. The IRS is involved with many aspects of health care reform, including requiring employers ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new guidance on employers’ responsibilities with respect to employees’ religious rights. A revised EEOC fact ...

Q.- An employee did not tell us that her child aged out of the dental plan when the child turned age 23. The carrier automatically terminated coverage for the child. ...

MyEnroll.com can be configured to capture an employer’s specific payment deduction rules for identified events. For unpaid leave and other arrangements, MyEnroll.com can ...

The Department of Health and Human Services released an online tool to help mid-sized organizations perform a security risk assessment under HIPAA. Click here to access ...

The Department of Health and Human Services released an online tool to help mid-sized organizations perform a security risk assessment under HIPAA. Click here to access ...

Employer-provided group health plans must meet certain requirements to be compliant with health care reform. Some of the health care mandates include:

Last week the Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel, released a memorandum describing correction procedures for improper payments from a health flexible ...

Q.- An employee is transferring to a different location within our company. Do we have to offer her a COBRA election?