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HIPAA Guidance Material

  • BAS
  • 24.09.2015
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has developed tools to help consumers understand the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ...
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Question of the Week

  • BAS
  • 24.09.2015
Q.- An employee elected to contribute $2500 to his health FSA and $2000 to his dependent care FSA. He sees that he is not having medical expenses this year. Can he ...
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Department of Labor Offers Resources for Employers

  • BAS
  • 24.09.2015
The Department of Labor offers many helpful resources for employers, both large and small. Many of those resources are consolidated on the Department’s web page, which ...
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Final Forms 1094 and 1095 and Instructions Released

  • BAS
  • 24.09.2015
The IRS released final Forms 1094-B/C and 1095-B/C along with final instructions. Employers will use these forms to meet their 2015 health care reform reporting ...
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Question of the Week

  • BAS
  • 17.09.2015
Q.-We are using the lookback method to determine our full-time employees. Is there a set measurement period that we have to use?
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Texas University Selected as Information Sharing and Analysis ...

  • BAS
  • 17.09.2015
Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations (ISAOs) are groups that facilitate the sharing of cybersecurity information between the private sector and federal ...
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BAS at 2015 Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference

  • BAS
  • 17.09.2015
BAS is looking forward to attending the 2015 Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference (“DFMC”) in Atlanta, Georgia on September 27-30, 2015.
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Mandated Sick Leave for Employees of Federal Contractors

  • BAS
  • 17.09.2015
Last week, President Obama issued an Executive Order mandating paid sick leave for workers of federal contractors. The Order applies to federal contracts effective on or ...
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Reporting Taxpayer Identification Numbers

  • BAS
  • 17.09.2015
Under Health Care Reform, a health coverage provider, including an employer that provides self-insured health coverage, must report to the IRS certain items, including a ...
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Question of the Week

  • BAS
  • 10.09.2015
Q.- An employee was eligible for coverage under our health plan August 1. She terminated employment July 31 prior to her effective date of benefits. We enrolled her ...
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Employee Charged with Identity Theft Breached Hospital Records

  • BAS
  • 10.09.2015
An employee of a Mississippi hospital had been steeling information in patient records from February 2013 through June 2015. Law enforcement officers informed the ...
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View BAS & CCS Invoices in MyEnroll.com

  • BAS
  • 10.09.2015
MyEnroll.com now offers employers the ability to view their BAS/CCS monthly invoices online. To make it easier for employers, BAS has converted the billing process to ...
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Identity Protection Services Not Included in Income

  • BAS
  • 10.09.2015
The IRS issued an announcement holding that the value of identity protection services provided by an employer to an employee whose information has been breached does do ...
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Change in Minimum Value Rules

  • BAS
  • 10.09.2015
The IRS re-proposed and withdrew its prior guidance on determining minimum value for health care reform purposes.
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Question of the Week

  • BAS
  • 03.09.2015
Q. We offer a cafeteria plan and allow employees to pay for health coverage on a pre-tax basis. Do employees have to sign a new salary reduction agreement each year?
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BAS Employees Complete Refresher HIPAA Training

  • BAS
  • 03.09.2015
All employees of Benefit Allocation Systems, Inc. have completed a refresher HIPAA and anti-fraud training course.
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Access Eligible FSA Expenses Table in MyEnroll.com

  • BAS
  • 03.09.2015
BAS makes it easy to determine if an expense is eligible for reimbursement from a flexible spending account plan. In order to maintain its tax-favored status, a health ...
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Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Notices

  • BAS
  • 03.09.2015
Employers should distribute their Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Notices by October 15.
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Counting Hours of Service

  • BAS
  • 03.09.2015
Employers who are preparing for health care reform compliance have two options for counting their employees’ hours for determining eligibility for health coverage. ...
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