Compliance | February 21st, 2014 ACA Employer Responsibility Relief Calls for Planning February 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Final regulations implementing the employer responsibility provisions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
Benefits | February 13th, 2014 How Do Globally Mobile Employees Affect ACA Rules? February 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) imposes new requirements and related penalties for...
Compliance | February 11th, 2014 Treasury Modifies Rules for ACA Employer Mandate February 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations...
Opinions | February 5th, 2014 SECOND OPINIONS: ACA Employer Reporting Requirements – Part I February 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In this column and a later column, experts from Groom Law Group answer some of...
Compliance | February 4th, 2014 Lawsuit Doesn’t Free Employers from ACA Mandate February 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has decided an argument which could have possibly exempted employers in certain...
Opinions | January 8th, 2014 SECOND OPINIONS: Agencies Issue New HIPAA Excepted Benefits Proposed Rules January 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Christmas Eve, the Departments of Labor (DOL) and Health and Human Services (HHS), and...
Compliance | December 23rd, 2013 IRS Clarifies Same-Gender Marriage Rules for FSAs, HSAs December 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided guidance about the application of the rules for...
Opinions | December 23rd, 2013 Making Sense of the FSA Rule Change December 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recently the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a notice introducing a rule change regarding flexible...
Opinions | December 4th, 2013 SECOND OPINIONS: Carryovers of Unused Health FSA Balances December 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On October 31, the IRS and Treasury issued Notice 2013-71 which permits employers to allow...
Benefits | December 2nd, 2013 Employers Hesitant to Make Health Care Changes December 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many employers are still on the fence when it comes to radical changes to their...
Compliance | November 27th, 2013 Supreme Court to Hear Cases on Contraceptive Coverage November 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases relating to the Patient Protection and Affordable...
Products | November 21st, 2013 ADP Enhances ACA Compliance Service November 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ADP has enhanced its TotalSource service, which helps small and midsized businesses comply with the...
Benefits | November 20th, 2013 FSA Administrators Expect Large Rollover Adoption November 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Polled flexible spending account (FSA) administrators predict a significant number of employers will adopt an...
Benefits | November 20th, 2013 Employers Anticipate Cost Pressures From Health Reform November 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While the average cost per employee for health benefits slowed this year, employers do not...
Compliance | November 11th, 2013 Regulators Issue Final Mental Health Parity Rule November 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Federal regulators have issued a final rule implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental...
Opinions | November 6th, 2013 SECOND OPINIONS: ACA Checklist: 2014 Plan Amendments November 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the past few years, we have put together an annual list of ACA plan...
Benefits | November 5th, 2013 Retirees: Less ACA Rhetoric, Please November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirees want more unbiased information—and less political grandstanding—on the Affordable Care Act (ACA),...
Compliance | November 1st, 2013 Treasury Permits Carryover of FSA Amounts November 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a new rule for flexible...
Benefits | November 1st, 2013 Cost of Benefits Top Concern Among Midsized Employers November 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The cost of health coverage and other employee benefits is the top concern of midsized...
Benefits | October 28th, 2013 PPACA May Create Need for New Kind of Adviser October 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health benefits costs will continue to increase despite the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...