Explaining Health Care Reform to Employees

It is finally here. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), along with all the “stuff” that has been following it is really happening. Of course, with any major change there are bumps along the way.

UBA Blog – Oct. 18. 2013

Results from the United Benefit Advisors (UBA) 2013 Health Plan Survey, the nation’s largest health plan benchmarking survey, show drastic differences in employee health benefits cost and plan design across multiple regions of the United States.

What’s My State Doing with Exchanges and Medicaid?

States have two major decisions to make with respect to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) – whether they will run the health exchange themselves, and whether they will expand Medicaid to cover most individuals whose income is below…

COBRA Post-PPACA

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

IRS and DOL Issue Guidance on HRAs and Employer Payment Plans

The Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) jointly issued guidance on Sept. 13, 2013, that addresses health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) and premium reimbursement arrangements. These releases are extremely technical, cove…

Guidance on HRAs and Premium Reimbursement Arrangements

On Sept. 13, 2013, the IRS issued Notice 2013-54, which includes details on permissible health reim-bursement arrangements (HRAs), provides some clarification on minimum essential, minimum value and affordable coverage, and addresses payment of individ…

Taxing Wellness Incentives

It is becoming more and more common for employers to offer wellness incentives to their employees as motivation for employees to improve their overall health and well-being. Management has started to buy in to the fact that there is a correlation betw…

 

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