Question of the Week
Q.- A participant in our health flexible spending account plan needed to visit a doctor when on vacation in Mexico. He only has his credit card receipt from the visit ...
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HIPAA Breach after Theft of Laptop and Smartphone
Senior Health Partners, a New York health care provider, sent breach notification letters to over 2,500 members after it learned about the theft of a laptop and ...
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Employee and Retiree Verification Services
Benefit Allocation Systems, Inc. offers an Employee & Retiree Verification (“ERV”) service that helps employers prevent identity fraud in their group health plans.
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FMLA Changed to Recognize Same-Sex Marriages
The U.S. Department of Labor changed the Family and Medical Leave Act to recognize legal same-sex marriages. The new rule updates the definition of “spouse” under the ...
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Guidance on Cadillac Tax
Earlier this week, the IRS issued guidance on the “Cadillac tax” under health care reform. Beginning in 2018, the Affordable Care Act will impose an excise tax equal to ...
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Renewed Focus on Cyber Security
President Obama has announced initiatives focused on cyber security. In the State of the Union Address, the President directed Congress to pass legislation to prevent ...
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Question of the Week
Q.- An employee is divorced. His ex-wife claims his son as her tax dependent on her tax return. Can the employee still be reimbursed for medical expenses of his son ...
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Setting Limits 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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COBRA Class Action Settlement
A federal district court in Texas recently approved a $1M settlement in a class action lawsuit for COBRA violations. In Slipchenko v. Brunel Energy, Inc., former ...
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IRS Explains Employer Health Care Reform Requirements
- BAS
- 19.02.2015
- Health Care Reform (ACA)
The IRS released new guidance, Publication 5196, explaining employer reporting requirements of the health care law. A copy of the publication can be found here.
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Question of the Week
Q.- We have an employee who is participating in the Dependent Care FSA Plan. His son turns 13 in February. He wants to be reimbursed for expenses for his son in March. ...
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White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection
Tomorrow, the White House will host a summit on Cyber Security and Consumer Protection at Stanford University.
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Statutory Damages and Failure to Provide COBRA Notice
In a recent case in the Eighth Circuit, a court did not award statutory damages when an employer failed to properly provide a COBRA notice. In Cole v. Trinity Health ...
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IRS Releases Final Health Care Reform Reporting and Transmittal Forms
- BAS
- 12.02.2015
- Health Care Reform (ACA)
The IRS released final Forms and Instructions for the 6055/6056 reporting required under health care reform. IRS forms 1094-C, 1095-C, 1094-B and 1095-B, along with ...
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Question of the Week
Q.- An employee enrolled in family coverage under our High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account. She is now telling us that her husband has an FSA at his ...
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Anthem Data Breach
Anthem, one of the largest health insurers in the country, announced yesterday that it experienced a large data breach. According to Anthem’s website, they were the ...
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Identifying Eligible FSA Expenses
BAS offers a resource that identifies expenses eligible for reimbursement from a flexible spending account plan. In order to maintain its tax-favored status, a health ...
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Massachusetts Parental Leave Act
Male employees in Massachusetts will be entitled to parental leave beginning April 7, 2015.
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Plan Not Meeting Health Care Reform Requirements Could Be Taxed
- BAS
- 05.02.2015
- Health Care Reform (ACA)
Employers should confirm with their insurers and TPAs that their group health plan provides coverage consistent with health care reform.
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