by Jay Kirschbaum | July 15, 2020 | Compliance Services, Employer Mandate, Reporting and Disclosure
The IRS has alarmed many employers over the last few years by sending 226-J letters assessing potential penalties for alleged violations of the employer mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While in most cases the employers have been able to dodge those...
by Jay Kirschbaum | May 28, 2020 | Benefits Communication, Compliance Services, ERISA, Reporting and Disclosure
Employers have struggled for years with how to comply with the ERISA mandates requiring “effective” communications of plan terms but wishing to communicate those messages electronically. While those goals are not necessarily mutually exclusive, the U.S. Department of...
by Ethan McWilliams | October 10, 2019 | Employee Communications, Medicare, Reporting and Disclosure
But fear not … many plan sponsors met this requirement months ago! Under federal rules, health plan sponsors are required to notify their Medicare-enrolled participants and dependents on at least an annual basis concerning the “creditable” or “noncreditable” nature of...
by Compliance Services at Lockton | January 15, 2015 | Compliance Services, Dollar Limits, Domestic Partners, Employer Mandate, ERISA, Essential Health Benefits, Form 5500s, Health Reform, Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Health Savings Accounts, HIPAA, Life Insurance, Medicare, Mental Health Parity, Misc Health Reform, Preventive Care, Reporting & Disclosure, Reporting and Disclosure, Tax Issues
Compliance deadlines for health and welfare plans continue to abound as we start 2015. In the listing below, we focus on compliance deadlines during the first half of 2015. Although Jan. 1 has passed, we have also included items having compliance deadlines related to...
by Compliance Services at Lockton | October 13, 2014 | CHIPRA, Compliance Services, Employer Mandate, ERISA, Form 5500s, Grandfathered Provisions, Health Plan Identifiers, Health Reform, Insurance Exchanges, Preventive Care, Reporting & Disclosure, Reporting and Disclosure
In the world of employee benefits, one of the sure signs that fall has arrived is a flurry of articles regarding compliance deadlines to be met before the end of the year. To help you get a jump on next year’s issues, we have also included some of the compliance...
by Mark Holloway | July 24, 2012 | Compliance Services, GINA, HIPAA, Mental Health Parity, Non-Discrimination, Reporting & Disclosure, Reporting and Disclosure, Wellness
The DOL has posted on its website a 38-page self-compliance checklist that covers several of the major laws that apply to employer group health plans. The Self-Compliance Tool is located at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/CAGAppA.pdf The checklist includes questions on...
