Employers who use Cobra Control Services (“CCS”) for low-cost COBRA administration must remember to update plans and rates. The rates in MyEnroll360 are communicated to ...

When is a COBRA Notice Mailed?

BAS
03.12.2020
COBRA

The timing and receipt of COBRA notices and payments have long operated under the “mailbox rule.” This rule provides that an item’s postmark date is its deemed delivery ...

Question of the Week

BAS
19.11.2020
COBRA

Q.- A former employee is on our COBRA coverage. He wants to have secondary coverage and enroll in his wife’s plan at her open enrollment. Is this allowed?

Question of the Week

BAS
05.11.2020
COBRA

Q.- A COBRA participant is asking for his spouse to be added to his COBRA coverage since she exhausted her own COBRA coverage. Doesn’t his request have to be made within ...

Question of the Week

BAS
22.10.2020
COBRA

Q.- I know the deadlines for paying for COBRA coverage have been extended during the COVID-19 national emergency. Are we allowed to collect money from people who have ...

Question of the Week

BAS
15.10.2020
COBRA

Q.- I know there are special primary/secondary payer rules for someone who is on Medicare due to end stage renal disease. If a COBRA continuant enrolls in Medicare due ...

Question of the Week

BAS
08.10.2020
COBRA

Q- Does COBRA have to be offered for a health flexible spending account plan?

Question of the Week

BAS
27.08.2020
COBRA

Q.- Did the IRS’ COVID-19 guidance extend the maximum COBRA duration period? I know it gives continuants a longer time to pay and elect coverage.

Question of the Week

BAS
13.08.2020
COBRA

Q.- An employee who was terminated in April missed his 60-day COBRA election period. He wants to elect coverage now. Do we have to allow him to enroll in our plan under ...

What is the difference between a furlough and a layoff and how does ...

BAS
26.03.2020
COBRA

A “furlough” is generally an employer-forced temporary leave of absence after which an employee is expected to return to active employment. The individual is still ...

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