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Twitter Changes Its Authentication Process

Soon after several Twitter accounts were hacked, with the hackers releasing unauthorized tweets, Twitter has stepped up its account login verification process.
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Minimum Value Calculation Still Vexes Employers

The U.S. Department of Treasury released proposed regulations addressing how an employer can determine if its health plan offers minimum value. Health care reform ...
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Updates to Employer Identification Numbers Required

The IRS issued final regulations which require any person assigned an employer identification number (EIN) to provide updated information to the IRS. The regulations are ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 13.06.2013
Q.- Does the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) required under health care reform have to be provided to COBRA continuants?
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MyEnroll.com Session Timeout Paramaters

An important feature for information systems containing personally identifiable information and other sensitive data is automatic termination upon nonuse. MyEnroll.com ...
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Idaho State University Penalized for HIPAA Breach

Idaho State University recently agreed to pay penalties of $400,000 to settle a violation of the HIPAA Security Rule. At issue was the breach of unsecured electronic ...
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Wellness Program Guidance Issued

As discussed in prior News to Use articles, many employers implement wellness programs to increase worker productivity and decrease health care costs. The Departments of ...
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Distribution Options for Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC)

The new Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) required under health care reform must be distributed to employees as part of open enrollment. Employers should consider ...
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Question of the Week

  • mroshkoff@basusa.com
  • 06.06.2013
Q.- Our employee’s wife gave birth to a baby in February. Our employee would have 30 days from the baby’s birth to enroll the child in our coverage. Our employee knew of ...
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What is Email Verification?

Benefit Allocation Systems, Inc. and its MyEnroll.com uses email addresses to communicate with plan participants. In order to be certain that the email address an ...
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