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Upcoming Compliance Deadlines - March 2025
Employers must comply with numerous reporting and disclosure requirements in connection with their group health plans. Please note the following...
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DOL Announces 2025 Annual Adjustments to Penalty Amounts
March 5, 2025 Stephanie Hall, Associate Director, Benefits Compliance The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has announced the 2025 annual adjustments...
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California Corner: New Compliance Obligations and Key Changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
March 5, 2025 Dominique Town, Associate Director, Benefits Compliance With the new year already underway, benefits managers and other plan...
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Exploring Dependent Care Assistance Programs
March 5, 2025 Caitlin Hillenbrand, Associate Director, Benefits Compliance Many employers understand the benefits of offering a dependent care assistance...
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Guidance for Establishing a Health and Welfare Plan Fiduciary Committee
March 5, 2025 Jason N. Sheffield, J.D., National Director of Compliance, & Dominique Town, Associate Director, Benefits Compliance Part One:...
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Nondiscrimination In Action Part VI: Dependent Care Assistance Programs
March 5, 2025 Jason N. Sheffield, J.D., National Director of Compliance Part I: Nondiscrimination for Dependent Care Assistance Programs Discrimination...
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Frequently Asked Question (“FAQ”) of the Month - March 2025
TOPIC: ACA REPORTING/EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION Question: Is an applicable large employer (ALE) required to continue to offer medical coverage to an...
Compliance Alert
BRCC COMPLIANCE ALERT - February 19, 2025
CREDITABLE/NON-CREDITABLE COVERAGE (MEDICARE PART D) ONLINE DISCLOSURE DUE MARCH 1ST This Alert applies to plan sponsors of calendar year plans...
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Upcoming Compliance Deadlines - February 2025
Employers must comply with numerous reporting and disclosure requirements in connection with their group health plans. Please note the following...
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2025 Federal Poverty Guidelines Released by HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has published the U.S. Federal poverty guidelines for 2025. Many employers use...
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California Corner: Employers Barred from Mandating Vacation Use Before Paid Family Leave
California is paving the way for better access to Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) benefits with the enactment of Assembly Bill...
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New Laws Simplify ACA Reporting and Cut Employer Paperwork Obligations
Two newly enacted laws, the Employer Reporting Improvement Act (“H.R. 3801”) and the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act (“H.R. 3797”), are...
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HHS Imposes $1.19M in Civil Penalties for Failure to Terminate Business Associate’s Access to ePHI
On December 3, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a $1.19...
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Rulemaking and Implementation on Advanced Explanation of Benefits
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (“CAA”) of 2021 mandated that health plans and issuers provide participants, beneficiaries, or enrollees with an...
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Nondiscrimination In Action Part V: Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Associations (“VEBAs”)
Part I: Nondiscrimination for VEBAs VEBA as a Tax-exempt Entity. A VEBA is a tax-exempt entity (usually a trust) as...
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Understanding Regulatory Change
How Will a Second Trump Administration Achieve Its Policy Goals Despite Prolific Federal Agency Rulemaking by the Outgoing Biden Administration?...