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Ontario plans to create a new portable health insurance plan for low-income workers
The province said the idea is to provide benefits to independent contractors, freelancers and young workers Ontario is looking at ways to implement comprehensive health insurance plans for low-income workers and those working in the gig economy. The province said it was seeking advice on creating a plan that would provide health, dental and vision …
DOL Releases ERISA Benefit Plan Enforcement Statistics for (Fiscal Year) 2021
The fact sheet says EBSA has enforcement authority over nearly 734,000 pension plans, 2 million health plans and 662,000 other benefit plans. These plans contain more than $12.9 trillion in assets and cover approximately 158 million workers and their dependents. The fact sheet also includes summary data on EBSA’s outreach and education efforts, including compliance …
Employee Health and Welfare Benefit Plan Limits | Seyfarth Shaw LLP
[co-author: Mary Kennedy] The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released 2022 cost of living adjustments applicable to dollar limits for health and welfare plans and employer-sponsored retirement plans. The evolution of the 2022 cost-of-living adjustments for employer-sponsored health insurance and provident schemes is summarized in the table below: Health and Wellness Plan Limits (Rev. proc. …
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Former NBA players accused of defrauding benefits and health plan
Copyright 2021 NPR. To learn more, visit https://www.npr.org. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Today, prosecutors announced charges against 19 people, all but one former NBA player, for an alleged health insurance claim scam. At least 16 of them were arrested. They are accused of defrauding the $ 4 million NBA health and welfare benefit plan. Ben Golliver …
DOL and IRS issue COVID-19 Benefit Plan Rules, COBRA Deadline Extensions and Updated Model COBRA Forms
Employers, insurers and benefit plan vendors are all impacted by new guidance issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) aimed at mitigating the disruptive effect of COVID-19. The guidance was issued on April 28, 2020. In a related step, the DOL also issued new Model COBRA notices on May …
Colorado Standardized Health Insurance Plan (HB21-1232) – State of Reform
Colorado’s elected officials made their state the third to pass legislation requiring strictly regulated health insurance offers. As was the case in Washington and Nevada, the push came from supporters of a “public option,” although the final bill (HB21-1232) takes advantage of private coverage, not private coverage. public insurance. None of the three states adopted …
Value-Based Benefit Plan Design Can Produce Better Results, If We Can Make It Happen
“With some well-known algorithms, it’s not difficult to stratify a population based on risk and get providers to spend more time with patients at higher risk,†says Dr. Stan Schwartz. (Photo: Shutterstock) Providing quality care at an affordable cost is the goal of everyone in the health system. Achieving this elusive goal, however, is a …
Ministry of Labor Releases New Cyber Security Guidelines for Benefit Plan Sponsors and Their Service Providers | Hogan Lovells
In practice, affected companies will want to review and confirm that their organizations’ actions comply with guidelines, especially with respect to how they oversee third parties hired to administer these plans. And while much of the content in the new cybersecurity guidelines is familiar to those who have worked with plans covered by the Health …
COVID-19 Employee Benefit Plan Deadline Extensions May Expire As early as February 28 | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC
Employers face uncertainty over the expiration of COVID-19 relief that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published in a joint directive on May 4, 2020. The joint directives require that employee benefit plans take or suspend certain deadlines during the “epidemic period,” which the directives define as the period …
COVID-19 Employee Benefit Plan Deadline Extension
Thursday 25 February 2021 Employers face uncertainty over the expiration of COVID-19 relief that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published in a joint directive on May 4, 2020. The joint guidelines require that employee benefit plans take or suspend certain deadlines during the “epidemic period,” which the guidelines …
Provisions relating to the transparency of the employee health insurance scheme in the Consolidated Appropriations Act
Monday, December 28, 2020 The 2021 Consolidated Finance Law (CAA), which was enacted on December 27, 2020, includes provisions to increase the transparency of employee health benefit plans in four key areas. Removal of gag clauses on price and quality information Section 201 of the CAA amends the Employees Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the …
Fixed-benefit plan helps cover costs that standard health policy does not cover
I am 39 years old and have a floating family health insurance policy that covers me and my wife. Given the recent covid-19 crisis, I am thinking of taking out health insurance specific to this disease. I want to know what coverage should I expect and the terms and conditions associated with the coverage. —Name …
Benefit Plan Deadlines Extended, Application Standards Relaxed by DOL, IRS During Pandemic | McCarter & English, srl
The United States Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration and the IRS recently issued the following coordinated guidelines providing additional relief to benefit plan sponsors, trustees, participants and beneficiaries who must overcome challenges related to employment. compliance with administrative requirements and deadlines under ERISA due to the COVID-19 outbreak and quarantine measures: EBSA Disaster …
When employees can and cannot change benefit plan contributions
updated on January 4, 2021 Update: Appropriation Act extends FSA relief The Consolidated Appropriations Act that President Trump signed in late 2020 allows employers who sponsor flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for health or dependents to allow participants to carry over any unused amounts in those accounts from 2020 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2022. …
New Rules Provide Extensions to Benefit Plan Compliance Deadlines | Husch Blackwell LLP
On April 29, 2020, the Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Department of Labor (DOL), Internal Revenue Service, and Department of Treasury (the Agencies) issued a Final Rule (Rule) regarding the extension of time limits under ERISA. and the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The rule applies to group health insurance, disability and provident schemes, pension schemes and …
CARES Act to Provide Significant Benefit Plan Relief to Plan Members and Sponsors | Baker
The CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) has a dramatic impact on employee benefit plans, providing relief to eligible plan members and plan sponsors and expanded benefits to health plan members collectives. Relief for members of eligible pension plans With regard to qualified pension plans, the CARES law: Provides for a special ‘coronavirus-related …
2126: Section 125 flexible benefit plan (optional)
Latest revision: May 1998 Employees working more than 20 hours per week may enroll in the Section 125 flexible benefit plan. Initial enrollment must occur within the first 30 days of employment or during the annual enrollment period. opened. The flexible section 125 benefit plan is based on participation for one calendar year only (January …
Increased late filing fees for DOL and IRS employee benefit plan
Related practices and jurisdictions Thursday, January 30, 2020 For 2020, legislation enacted in December 2019 significantly increases the penalties imposed by the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) for the late filing of certain notices and reports on employee benefit plans. Additionally, a final rule issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) makes inflation adjustments to …
Infinisource Benefit Services Launches Tool to Speed Up and Simplify Plan Document Creation for Brokers
COLDWATER, Mich., Feb. 7, 2017 / PRNewswire / – Infinisource Benefit Services Announces the Addition of a Cloud-Based Solution, the POP / ERISA Document Generator for Brokers and Agents. It allows brokers to create and print full and complete Premium Only Plan and ERISA documents from an online portal. This new tool helps brokers keep …
The Benefits Industry Matures
Photo: Getty Images Designing a comprehensive benefits plan today can be like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. While traditional health insurance products provide the main elements, discounted benefit plans can be a cost effective way to round out the picture. The last few years have seen a steady growth of these regimes, which historically have …