HIPAA Breach after Theft of Laptop and Smartphone
Senior Health Partners, a New York health care provider, sent breach notification letters to over 2,500 members after it learned about the theft of a laptop and ...
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Employee and Retiree Verification Services
Benefit Allocation Systems, Inc. offers an Employee & Retiree Verification (“ERV”) service that helps employers prevent identity fraud in their group health plans.
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FMLA Changed to Recognize Same-Sex Marriages
The U.S. Department of Labor changed the Family and Medical Leave Act to recognize legal same-sex marriages. The new rule updates the definition of “spouse” under the ...
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Guidance on Cadillac Tax
Earlier this week, the IRS issued guidance on the “Cadillac tax” under health care reform. Beginning in 2018, the Affordable Care Act will impose an excise tax equal to ...
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Renewed Focus on Cyber Security
President Obama has announced initiatives focused on cyber security. In the State of the Union Address, the President directed Congress to pass legislation to prevent ...
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Question of the Week
Q.- An employee is divorced. His ex-wife claims his son as her tax dependent on her tax return. Can the employee still be reimbursed for medical expenses of his son ...
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Setting Limits on Administrator Access to MyEnroll.com
One of the benefits of MyEnroll to participant employees is that MyEnroll.com is available 24/7 from any Internet connection. At any time, employees can log into ...
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COBRA Class Action Settlement
A federal district court in Texas recently approved a $1M settlement in a class action lawsuit for COBRA violations. In Slipchenko v. Brunel Energy, Inc., former ...
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IRS Explains Employer Health Care Reform Requirements
- BAS
- 19.02.2015
- Health Care Reform (ACA)
The IRS released new guidance, Publication 5196, explaining employer reporting requirements of the health care law. A copy of the publication can be found here.
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Question of the Week
Q.- We have an employee who is participating in the Dependent Care FSA Plan. His son turns 13 in February. He wants to be reimbursed for expenses for his son in March. ...
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