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Some employers participate in a benefit plan that allows employees to pay for health and welfare benefits before tax dollars. As a condition of paying for benefits with ...

Q.- An employee is retiring at the end of the month. He is on dialysis and is 65 years old.  Do we offer COBRA coverage since he is already eligible for Medicare? 

After the breach of security of federal government employees and former employees (see our article here), the government released tips for preventing identity theft. The ...

The Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) provided a credit to certain eligible individuals and their families to pay for qualified health insurance premiums. The HCTC was ...

What is Form 1095-C? Form 1095-C is used by an employer to report information about the offers of health coverage it makes to its employees. 

Q.- We have a group that as of August 1st is putting in place a spousal carve out-If a spouse of an employee is eligible for group health insurance through his or her ...

A Florida hospital employee provided medical information about a defensive lineman for the New York Giants to an ESPN reporter. The reporter posted part of the player’s ...

BAS provides two submission options for flexible spending account (FSA) and health reimbursement account (HRA) participants. 

Properly classifying a worker as an employee or an independent contractor is an important business decision. Employers must pay Social Security, Medicare and ...

Each year, health insurers must report information about their medical loss ratio to the Department of Health and Human Services. The medical loss ratio (MLR) is the ...

Q.-  An employee’s spouse has a brain ailment and is incapable of self-care. She hires a caregiver to come to the house to take care of him, bathe him and feed him while ...

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced a cybersecurity incident that impacted its computer system. The incident, which involved a breach of electronic ...

BAS supports employers to onboard newly hired, benefits eligible employees through the MyEnroll.com New Hire Enrollment and Communications module.  

The U.S. Department of Labor issued Proposed Rules that would change the overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA sets minimum wage, ...

On June 29, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, which increases potential penalties for failing to comply with health care ...

Q.  Can an employee be reimbursed from his health FSA for financial counseling? 

The Center for Internet Security (CIS), a non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance the security readiness and response of public and private sector entities, ...

Under health care reform, the IRS is imposing complex reporting requirements on employers. To comply, you must be collecting and consolidating benefits, payroll, and ...

The United States Department of Labor announced that $1.25 million will be available for research and analysis on how paid leave programs can be implemented across the ...

The IRS released draft versions of 2015 Forms 1095 and 1094. These forms, once finalized, will be used to report information to employees and to the IRS under health ...

MyEnroll.com now offers employers the ability to identify employee premium payments and fee details during a specific time period. This new application within the ...

A former assistant clerk in the Montefiore Health System was indicted for stealing patient data and selling it to an identity theft ring. The employee had access to ...

The Colorado Supreme Court held that an employer may fire an employee who fails a drug test for using marijuana when off the job, even if the employee has a legal ...

Q.- An employee wants to be reimbursed from her 2015 Dependent Care FSA for sending her children to day camp. We think it is an eligible expense, but she paid the camp ...

As employers are preparing for their health care reform compliance filings due in early 2016, some terms may cause confusion. Minimum essential coverage, minimum value, ...