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Question of the Week

Q.- A terminated employee’s spouse (not the former employee) is electing to continue health FSA coverage through COBRA. Can the former employee’s eligible expenses be ...
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Payment Coupons for COBRA

As a courtesy to continuants, Cobra Control Services (CCS) provides monthly payment coupons for continuants to use to remit payment for coverage. These coupons are not ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- An employee dropped our health coverage and enrolled in his wife’s plan. Her company had an April plan year and our plan year started in January. Do we need to send ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- We provide group term life insurance to our employees. The carrier allows employees to ‘buy up’ for an increased benefit. Do we include the life insurance plan in ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- Our health FSA plan has a carryover feature. When determining if a COBRA election has to be given to a terminated employee, do we include the carryover amount as ...
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COBRA and Affordable Care Act Reporting

Employers should remember their COBRA continuants when reviewing ACA reporting. All individuals with health coverage, including COBRA continuants, should receive ...
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COBRA Report for ACA

Cobra Control Services offers employers a self-service reporting tool that may help with Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance. Using the MyEnroll360 reporting tool, ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- An employee had a court order requiring him to cover his son under our health plan. The employee showed us a new court order that says he is no longer required to ...
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Quality COBRA Service from BAS/CCS

Benefit Allocation Systems, LLC (“BAS”) has been providing COBRA administrative services for many years. In 2004, BAS established Cobra Control Services, LLC (“CCS”) as ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- An employee who was enrolled in our health coverage quit. Do we have to give him the right to continue his medical coverage under COBRA or does a COBRA election have ...
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