by Ed Fensholt | April 11, 2022 | Affordable Care Act, Compliance Services, Health Reform / ACA
The Biden administration has proposed regulations under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to make more employees’ family members eligible for subsidized coverage through ACA marketplaces, or insurance exchanges. The move will not affect employers’ obligations under the...
by Ed Fensholt | January 31, 2022 | Compliance Services, Health Savings Accounts, State and Local Issues
When I was a boy, my dad used to tell me, “If you don’t know what you’re doing, just ask. Better to ask, son, than to have to come back later to fix something you messed up.” It’s a mantra that state legislators should take to heart. Oklahoma is the latest state to...
by Ed Fensholt and Ruhe Wadud | October 5, 2021 | Benefits Administration, Compliance Services, HIPAA, The Coronavirus
Federal authorities, in two new announcements, have validated employers’ use of healthcare plan-related wellness programs to incent employees to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine and confirmed that the HIPAA privacy rules do not prevent employers from asking employees or...
by Ed Fensholt | August 3, 2021 | Benefits Administration, Compliance Services, Health Reform, Reporting and Disclosure
Start lining up a payroll and/or ACA reporting vendor now The IRS has proposed two significant changes to electronic filing requirements for various information returns including not just the Forms 1094-C and 1095-C filings required of many employers by the Affordable...
by Ed Fensholt | February 16, 2021 | COBRA, Compliance Services, ERISA, HIPAA, The Coronavirus
You’re driving along, your partner’s in the passenger seat playing navigator. You drive smoothly past an exit only to have said partner exclaim, “Hey! Where are you going! You missed our exit!” Your reply: “Well you’re in charge of directions! Give me a little heads...
