News-to-Use

Information Reporting for Minimum Essential Coverage

  • BAS
  • 14.05.2015
Applicable large employers (employers with 50 or more full-time employees) have to be concerned with health care reform reporting requirements. In addition, insurers, ...
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Question of the Week

  • BAS
  • 07.05.2015
Q.- We had an employee who was hired in October 2014 and was involved in a car accident a few weeks later. If he had been at work the whole time, his health coverage ...
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Health System Has Another HIPAA Breach

  • BAS
  • 07.05.2015
A health system in Indianapolis, Indiana encountered its seventh HIPAA security breach in five years.
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Social Security Number Masking

  • BAS
  • 07.05.2015
The first 5-digits of an employee’s Social Security Number (SSN) is masked when the employee is logged into MyEnroll.com. An employee may confirm their complete SSN in ...
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Circuit Court Finds Telecommuting not a Reasonable Accommodation

  • BAS
  • 07.05.2015
In EEOC v. Ford Motor Company, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held that telecommuting up to four days a week was not a reasonable accommodation under the Americans ...
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Cadillac Tax Draws Criticism in Congress

  • BAS
  • 07.05.2015
Support in Congress has been growing for a repeal of the Cadillac tax under health care reform.
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Question of the Week

  • BAS
  • 30.04.2015
Q. A COBRA continuant says he is disabled and wants an additional 11 months of COBRA coverage due to disability. Does he have to show proof of his disability within any ...
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AT&T Settlement for an Overseas Call Center Data Breach

  • BAS
  • 30.04.2015
AT&T and the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reached a settlement addressing data breaches at AT&T call centers in Mexico, Columbia and the ...
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Easy Online Enrollment through MyEnroll.com

  • BAS
  • 30.04.2015
Employers with a July 1 plan year are preparing for open enrollment.
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CMS Releases Standards for Medicare Part D

  • BAS
  • 30.04.2015
Group health plans that offer prescription drug benefits to individuals who are eligible for Medicare Part D must inform those participants as to the creditability of ...
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