Question of the Week
Q.- If an employer fails to offer affordable, minimum coverage to 95% of its full time employees and is subject to an employer mandate penalty, is that penalty assessed ...
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BAS Email Servers Do Not Accept Compressed Files
Benefit Allocation Systems takes the security of data very seriously. Toward that end, BAS has security controls in place to protect all client data. One of those ...
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FSA Eligible Expenses Table in MyEnroll.com
BAS makes it easy to determine if an expense is eligible for reimbursement from a flexible spending account plan. A health care FSA may only reimburse expenses for ...
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Court Ruling Prohibits Inclusion of Class Action Waivers in ...
Many employers require employees to sign documents as a condition of employment. Confidentiality agreements, employment agreements, non-compete agreements are just some ...
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IRS Warns about ACA Phishing Scam
The IRS issued an alert warning individuals about a new scam related to the Affordable Care Act. The scam involves an email reportedly from the IRS asking the recipient ...
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Location Premium Billing in MyEnroll
Employers with multiple locations use BAS to coordinate billing and collections for insurance premiums. The Location Premium Billing Service through MyEnroll.com allows ...
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Security Risk Assessment Tool
The Department of Health and Human Services developed a HIPAA risk assessment tool for covered entities to use to evaluate their HIPAA compliance posture. The tool is ...
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Medicare Part D Notices
Employers should distribute their Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Notices by October 15.
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IRS Resource Center
The IRS offers many tools for employers to help with ACA compliance. The ACA Information Center for Applicable Large Employers is a repository of helpful guidance for ...
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BAS at 2016 Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference
BAS is looking forward to attending the 2016 Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference (“DFMC”) in San Diego, California September 18-21, 2016. The DFMC provides leadership ...
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Security Breach at Massachusetts Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital encountered a HIPAA breach when an unauthorized individual gained access to a vendor’s files. The vendor was a dental supply company.
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ACA Penalties for Noncompliance
An applicable large employer (ALE) must offer affordable minimum essential coverage that provides minimum value to its full-time employees and their dependents or pay a ...
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New Notice for Wellness Programs
New rules under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) require employers to notify employees if their wellness program collects employee health information. The ...
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Question of the Week
Q.- One of our COBRA continuants told us he got divorced and we should remove his ex-wife from COBRA coverage. Does the wife have the option to continue her COBRA or do ...
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IRS Reporting Under Health Care Reform
Under ACA, ALEs and other employers with self-funded plans must report information about offers of coverage to individuals and to the IRS.
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Question of the Week
Q.- We are a new employer and didn’t exist in 2015. How do we know if we have enough employees to be subject to the employer shared responsibility provisions?
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MyEnroll Login
MyEnroll.com incorporates best-practice security protections to prevent hacking of user logon credentials.
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New Portfolio Application in MyEnroll
Benefit Allocation Systems, LLC is pleased to announce the new MyEnroll Portfolio Application that provides client administrators and employees with a document & ...
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SAR Distribution Due Soon
Health plans with 100 or more participants must file a Form 5500 informational return with the Department of Labor by the last day of the 7th calendar month after the ...
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Question of the Week
Q.- An employee was covered under our health plan with his children. He terminated employment. Does he have to elect COBRA coverage in order for his children to get ...
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BAS HIPAA Refresher Training
All employees of Benefit Allocation Systems have completed a refresher HIPAA and anti-fraud training course.
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COBRA and Medicare
Many employers are under the erroneous understanding that an individual cannot have both COBRA and Medicare coverage.
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Draft Instructions for Form 1094/1095-B
The IRS released draft instructions for Form 1094-B and Form 1095-B. Draft instructions for the “C” forms were issued earlier this summer. See our article here.
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