24 Mar Growing Pains: Why Adolescence Is About To Get That Much Harder

Posted at 14:21h in ACA, ClearPath blog, PPACA

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Employers that are growing up, and are in the awkward teenage years, are about to get a big surprise, and not the good kind. Read more here...

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11 Jun PPACA and COBRA Updates

Posted at 20:16h in Compliance News, Health Care Reform, PPACA Report

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The regulatory agencies have recently issued two sets of guidance that affect an employer’s Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) obligations and opportunities under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)....

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02 Jun Compliance Recap for May 2014

Posted at 16:14h in Compliance News, Health Care Reform

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A number of notices were released during the month of May that address a wide range of open items that affect group health plans....

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14 Apr Fear of the DOL health plan audit

Posted at 20:08h in Default

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Perhaps you have heard that the DOL expressed its goal to audit all employee benefit plans by the end of 2015. A daunting task, yes, but most agree the task is logistically impossible. Are you prepared for a DOL audit? Are you prepared for the...

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11 Apr DOL Begins Auditing Group Health Plans

Posted at 20:26h in Default

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Employers should consider taking a serious look at their group health plans, not only for compliance with the PPACA, but also with the long standing mandates for group health plans - ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA and others laws....

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31 Dec Compliance Recap for December 2013

Posted at 16:30h in Compliance News, Health Care Reform, PPACA Report

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December usually brings a number of releases from the regulatory agencies and 2013 has carried on that tradition. Read more on recent notices, W-2 reporting, marketplace extensions, and projected figures for 2015....

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11 Oct COBRA – Post PPACA

Posted at 18:38h in Health Care Reform, PPACA Report

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With the advent of the health marketplaces, why do we still have COBRA? Read more...

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06 Sep A COSTLY MISTAKE: FAILING TO TIMELY OFFER COBRA COVERAGE

Posted at 16:28h in Default

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Sponsors of self-funded health plans often fail to offer COBRA coverage on a timely basis to employees who are placed on a leave of absence. This mistake can lead to a most unpleasant result the denial of stop-loss coverage. ...

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31 Aug Q3 Newsletter: Benefits and Employment Briefing

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A quarterly Newsletter about Employee Benefits and Current Issues...

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30 Jul Benefit Aspects of Employee Leaves of Absence

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Employee leaves of absence raise a number of difficult questions under federal employment laws. ...

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