It is important for employees to receive confirmation that they have successfully enrolled in benefits. BAS and MyEnroll.com offer two options for providing benefit ...

U.S. Cyber Protection Campaign

BAS
26.10.2017

The Department of Homeland Security has launched a public awareness campaign to increase understanding of cyber threats and to empower people to be safer online. The ...

Question of the Week

BAS
26.10.2017
COBRA

Q.- We have a COBRA continuant who is thinking about enrolling in individual coverage through the health care exchange. If she doesn’t like the coverage, do we have to ...

ACA Open Enrollment for Individual Coverage

BAS
26.10.2017
Health Care Reform (ACA)

The open enrollment period to elect coverage under an individual plan in the Health Care Exchange Marketplace runs from November 1, 2017 through December 15, 2017. ...

IRS Releases 2018 Inflation Adjustments to Tax Provisions

BAS
23.10.2017
HR & Benefits Compliance

The Internal Revenue Service released the annual inflation adjustments that will apply to certain benefit plan tax provisions in 2018. Revenue Procedure 2017-58, which ...

Question of the Week

BAS
19.10.2017
COBRA

Q- Under our plan, an individual on COBRA coverage must pay by the first of the month for that month of coverage. Do we have to accept late payments?

Executive Order Addresses HRAs

BAS
19.10.2017
Health Reimbursement Accounts

President Trump issued an Executive Order on October 12, 2017 entitled Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States. The Order addresses three ...

Individual Mandate and Income Tax Returns

BAS
19.10.2017
Health Care Reform (ACA)

The individual mandate provisions of the Affordable Care Act require every taxpayer to (a) have qualifying health coverage; (b) qualify for an exemption from having ...

Hospital Sued for Disclosing HIV Status

BAS
19.10.2017

A New York based hospital center focusing on services for individuals living with HIV, AIDs and other chronic diseases is being sued even after entering into a HIPAA ...

BAS Service Committee Helps the Local Community

BAS
19.10.2017

As part of Benefit Allocation System’s focus on community service, BAS participated in the Guest Chef Program at the Philadelphia-area Front and Erie Ronald McDonald ...

Methods for Submitting FSA Claims

BAS
12.10.2017
Healthcare FSA

BAS offers three easy ways for employees to submit FSA claims for review and reimbursement.

Medicare Part D Notices Due

BAS
12.10.2017
Medicare

Employers must distribute Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Notices to Medicare-eligible individuals by October 15.

Opt-Out Payments Under ACA

BAS
12.10.2017
Health Care Reform (ACA)

With calendar-year plan open enrollment season approaching, employers should consider how they treat payments made for opting out of health coverage.

Question of the Week

BAS
12.10.2017
COBRA

Q.- An employee on leave wants to cancel her health coverage. Is this a COBRA event?

BAS Encrypted Emails

BAS
12.10.2017
MyEnroll360 Security

BAS’ email encryption process is one of the many security features BAS has in place to protect sensitive information. Any email messages sent from a @basusa.com email ...

BAS Implements New E-Mail Encryption Service

BAS
05.10.2017

Beginning Tuesday, October 10, 2017, BAS will use Zixcorp as its e-mail encryption service.

Administrators Assigned Unique User IDs and Passwords

BAS
05.10.2017

MyEnroll.com allows as many people as needed to have access to a particular employer account as an administrator. Each individual identified as an employer administrator ...

Question of the Week

BAS
05.10.2017
Healthcare FSA

Q.- An employee is sending his daughter to ballet classes after school. He wants to know if the cost of the classes can be reimbursed from his health FSA. Can they?

Required Notice Distribution

BAS
05.10.2017
HR & Benefits Compliance

As we are getting into the fall months, employers with calendar year plans begin to prepare for the annual open enrollment period. Part of these preparations should ...

Full Time for ALE vs. Full Time for Benefits

BAS
05.10.2017
Health Care Reform (ACA)

The Affordable Care Act requires applicable large employers (ALEs) to offer health coverage to full time employees and their dependents. A “full-time employee” is ...

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