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Question of the Week

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  • 10.07.2014
Q.- An employee is participating in our calendar year Dependent Care FSA and elected to contribute $2,000. His wife just lost her job, and they no longer need the child ...
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Stricter Data Breach Law in Florida

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  • 10.07.2014
A new data privacy law in Florida is being described as one of the toughest in the nation. The law, which went into effect on July 1, expands the term “personal ...
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Quarterly FSA Reminder Notices from MyEnroll.com

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  • 10.07.2014
FSA participants can risk losing their contributions if they do not incur eligible expenses within a set time period. This period consists of the flexible spending ...
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Issues Facing Working Families

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  • 10.07.2014
President Obama held a summit last month to address issues facing working families. According to White House statistics,
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Contraceptive Coverage Exception Under Health Care Reform

The U.S. Supreme Court recently responded to a challenge to health care reform by holding that closely held, for-profit businesses do not have to comply with the mandate ...
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Prepare for Health Care Reform Reporting

The IRS is requiring employers to comply with new health care reform reporting requirements. To achieve compliance, employers will need to collect and consolidate vast ...
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Question of the Week

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  • 03.07.2014
Q. An employer is in bankruptcy. They originally had 1000 employees. Now they have 25 employees. They are getting a new health plan to offer to the 25 employees. What ...
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$800,000 HIPAA Settlement for Paper Medical Records Breach

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  • 03.07.2014
An Indiana community health system has agreed to an $800,000 settlement for potential HIPAA violations involving paper-based medical records. The incident serves as the ...
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Proposed Changes to FMLA Rules

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  • 03.07.2014
The U.S. Department of Labor announced proposed changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act to provide same-sex spouses the same protections as opposite-sex spouses.
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Self-Funded Plans Must Pay PCORI Fee

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  • 03.07.2014
Health care reform requires health plans to pay a fee to support clinical research. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Fee (PCORI fee) is due by July 31 of ...
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