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Employers, Employees, COVID-19 and HIPAA

Recent guidance confirms that employers may ask if their clients, employees or customers have received a COVID-19 vaccine without violating the HIPAA rules.
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Offering Coverage to FTEs During Open Enrollment

Employers with calendar year health plans that use the look-back measurement method for determining full-time status will likely be able to make FTE determinations now. ...
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IRS Tips for Protecting Information

The IRS warns that cyber criminals have been using stolen data to file tax returns and commit impersonation crimes. The following tips from the IRS are intended to help ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- We are a large employer and I know we have to offer health coverage to our full-time employees. Do we have to give coverage the day the employee is hired? We have a ...
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COVID Tests and FSA Reimbursement

The cost of COVID-19 home testing is eligible for reimbursement under a health care flexible spending account plan. The IRS has confirmed that diagnosing COVID-19 using ...
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Powerful Benefits Enrollment Platform

BAS and its MyEnroll360 platform simplifies benefits enrollment with flexible, unified software. Employers save time and resources with the MyEnroll360 best-practices ...
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Draft 1095 Forms Released

The IRS has released draft Forms 1095-A , 1095-B and 1095-C with related instructions.
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BAS Gold Sponsor at DFMC

Benefit Allocation Systems, LLC was a gold sponsor at the Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference (DFMC) annual meeting held in Nashville, Tennessee October 3rd through ...
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Notice 2021-58 and COBRA Outbreak Extension Clarification

The IRS released Notice 2021-58 on October 6, 2021 clarifying the operation of extensions of the COBRA election, notification and premium payment timeframes issued as ...
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COVID-19 Vaccine Premium Surcharges and Health Care Reform

The U.S. Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Treasury jointly issued a series of frequently asked questions addressing items ...
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