Compliance ✔- Nondiscrimination: ACA Section 1557 and Title VII
Section 1557 Earlier this month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule and fact sheet under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA), which prohibits certain entities from discriminating against individuals on the basis of race,...
Compliance ✔- PCORI 2020 Form 720 Available
Employers who sponsor self-insured health plans can access the updated IRS Form 720 for second quarter filing to report and pay the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee. This submission is due by July 31, 2020 for plan years ending in 2019. As a...
Compliance ✔- PCORI Fee Due July 31
Employers who sponsor self-insured health plans must file IRS Form 720 and pay the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee by July 31, 2020 for plan years ending in 2019. As you may recall, the PCORI fee was on track to sunset in 2019 with last...
Compliance ✔- Updated Model COBRA Notices Released
The DOL updated COBRA notices with details about the interaction of Medicare. Employers must include the new information on the General/Initial Notice and the Election Notice. The Election Notice must be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the average...