HIPAA Guidance Material
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
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
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
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
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 ...
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Employers should distribute their Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Notices by October 15.
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Counting Hours of Service
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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