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Question of the Week

  • BAS
  • 25.04.2019
Q: One of our COBRA continuants is enrolled in Medicare, can I cancel her COBRA coverage?
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Securing Electronic Media and Devices

A recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Cyber Security Newsletter identified items employers should consider to secure ...
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Mental Health Disabilities at Work

The U.S. Department of Labor released a new resource to help employers understand the impact of mental health issues in the workplace. According to the National Alliance ...
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Controlled Group Determination for ACA

Applicable Large Employers (ALE) with 50 or more full-time employees must provide affordable, minimum value coverage to full-time employees and their dependents or be ...
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Life Events for Employees

MyEnroll360 offers HR administrators the ability to review employee life event changes.
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Protecting the Network

BAS deploys and maintains industry-leading hardware-based firewalls at all points on its wide-area network providing public ingress/egress. Within these firewalls, BAS ...
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Dependent Verification Pending

BAS’ dependent eligibility verification services allows employers to easily check documentation for dependents who employees wish to enroll in health coverage. Verifying ...
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Question of the Week

  • BAS
  • 18.04.2019
Q.- I know the individual responsibility penalty has been reduced to $0 starting with 2019. For 2018, if I didn’t have health coverage for two months out of the year, ...
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EEO-1 Reporting Open

EEO-1 is an annual survey capturing demographic information about employees. The survey is an annual reporting requirement for all private employers with 100 or more ...
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Determining Full Time Employees for Offering Coverage

An applicable large employer must offer minimum essential coverage providing minimum value to its full-time employees and their dependents. A full-time employee is an ...
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Question of the Week

  • BAS
  • 11.04.2019
Q.- I purchased a year’s supply of contact lenses on December 30, 2018. My FSA runs on a calendar year. Since I am using the lenses in 2019, can I be reimbursed from my ...
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Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Planning

BAS understands the importance of planning for unexpected events.
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FSA Eligible Expense List in MyEnroll360

The FSA eligible expense table is a popular resource in MyEnroll360. A health care flexible spending account plan must reimburse only medical expenses. The MyEnroll360 ...
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Employer-Sponsored Volunteer Hours and FLSA

In a recent Opinion Letter, the Department of Labor confirmed that employers do not have to pay employees while they volunteer for charitable causes. The Opinion Letter ...
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Association Health Plan Guidance Overruled

Last year, the Department of Labor expanded the possible use of Association Health Plans (AHPs). Those AHP regulations allowed groups of employers to band together to ...
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Encryption of Data at Rest

Benefit Allocation Systems ensures proper security for all retained data. Not only does BAS encrypt data in transit, but BAS also encrypts data at rest.
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BAS Cares Helps Local Community

The BAS Cares community service team has once again stepped up to help the local community. Upon learning that the Upper Merion Area Community Cupboard (UMACC) needed ...
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Question of the Week

  • BAS
  • 04.04.2019
Q.- An individual at our company changed from an employee to an owner-operator. With the employment change, he lost his right to employee health coverage. Do we have to ...
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No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

A recent Technical Advice Memorandum (TAM) from the IRS suggests that employer-provided meals may be excluded from an employee’s income in only very limited ...
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IRS Confirms Penalty Relief

The IRS updated its Frequently Asked Questions to confirm that penalties will not be assessed for incomplete or incorrect ACA returns filed or statements provided to ...
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