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Month: March 2015

UBA Compliance Recap March 2015

Coming off a busy February, regulatory agencies were noticeably quiet during the month of March.

I’m Sorry… Really

There are some people who have no problem saying that they’re sorry. There are some people who rarely, or flat-out refuse, to say they’re sorry. And then there are people who apologize at the drop of a hat and profusely without truly being sorry.

What Plan Sponsors of Group Plans Need To Know About ERISA

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was signed in 1974. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is the agency responsible for administering and enforcing this law. For many years, most of ERISA’s requirements applied to pension plans.

Getting the Most out of Your Vision Benefit

Did you happen to miss this webinar that was hosted on March 5, 2015? Are you interested in learning more about maximizing your vision benefit?

Cost Sharing Limits Changing for 2016

In the Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016 Final Rule issued in February of 2015, federal agencies included a clarification that annual cost-sharing limitations for self-only coverage apply to all individuals, regardless of whether the individual i…

They Say It’s Your Birthday

Who doesn’t like cake? Who doesn’t like a party? Who doesn’t like to get recognized? Potentially, HR managers don’t like these because they can often go awry. Birthday celebrations can be a legal and possibly morale-killing land mine.

Benefit and Payment Parameters

On February 20, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Health and Human Services issued a Final Rule with standards for insurers and Marketplaces in 2016, covering topics such as transparency in health insurance rate incre…