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Quality COBRA Administration 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 - ICHRA and COBRA

Q.- We contribute to an Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Account for our employees to purchase their own health coverage. Do we have to offer COBRA for the ...
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Question of the Week - Small Employer for COBRA

Q.- We just hired 4 employees this week and now we have 23 employees. Before this week we never had more than 19 employees. One employee also quit. Do we have to offer ...
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Question of the Week - FMLA and COBRA

Q.- We have an employee going on FMLA leave. Do we give her a COBRA notice when she takes her leave?
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Question of the Week - COBRA Initial Rights Notice

Q.- When does an employer have to give a COBRA Initial Rights Notice?
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Access to COBRA Qualifying Event Letters in MyEnroll360

Are you aware that MyEnroll360 provides swift access to COBRA or Continuation of Coverage qualifying event letters? These essential documents are readily available for ...
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Question of the Week - Qualifying Event for Separation in Pennsylvania

Q.- An employee has a separation agreement with her spouse which says they must live apart for a year. She wants to drop her husband from coverage. The employee lives in ...
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Question of the Week - Notice of COBRA Rate Increase

Q.- We heard that we need to tell COBRA participants of a rate change at least 30 days before the change goes into effect. Is that correct?
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Question of the Week - COBRA Timeframes and COVID

Q.- A terminated employee who is eligible for COBRA coverage told us he had COVID-19 on the last day of his election period. Does the government require us to give him ...
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Question of the Week - COBRA and Medicare

Q.- We have a COBRA participant who also has Medicare (he was enrolled in Medicare before his COBRA qualifying event). Does our plan pay primary benefits for him or does ...
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