Qualified Medical Child Support Orders (QMSCOs)
September 21, 2023
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Earlier in 2023, the agencies released a new template for the National Medical Support Notice (NMSN), which state agencies are required to begin using by November 2023. When employers receive such notices requiring coverage to be made available to an employee’s child, the employer needs to follow Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMCSO) procedures, but many employers are unfamiliar with these requirements. This webinar will provide an overview of QMCSO requirements, answer some of employers’ most frequently asked questions, and also walk-through the changes and clarifications in the latest NMSN template.
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Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
October 19, 2023
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In honor of October’s HSA awareness month, this month we will focus on HSAs. As more and more employers offer at least one high deductible health plan (HDHP) option, employers play a role in educating their employees about HSAs. The goal of the webinar will be to provide employers with some tricks and tips to help employees navigate HSA-eligibility, HSA contribution limits, and HSA reimbursements.
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Employer 1094/1095 Reporting & Gag Clause Attestations
November 16, 2023
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As we near the end of 2023, we’ll focus on two reporting requirements that apply to most employers offering group health plan coverage. A new requirement, gag clause attestations indicating that contracts do not contain prohibited gag clauses, are due for the first time by December 31, 2023. We’ll walk through the attestation requirements and how employers attest if needed. We’ll spend the rest of the webinar providing a refresher and discussing some of the changes for reporting offer of coverage and enrollment information early in 2024 on Forms 1094 and 1095.
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Year-End Benefits Review & Wrap-Up
December 14, 2023
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In 2023, human resource and employee benefits professionals were required to continue implementing various transparency requirements as well as keep up with the growing list of other benefit compliance requirements. This webinar will review important employee benefits compliance issues from 2023 and look forward to developments coming in 2024 that will impact your benefit plans.
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Series Presenters:
Bob Radecki, President, Benefit Comply, LLC
Bob has more than 30 years’ experience in the HR and employee benefits industry helping employers deal with difficult benefit and compliance matters. He has served as the principal HIPAA consultant to a number of health insurance companies and is recognized as an expert on a variety of benefit compliance issues including COBRA, FMLA and health reform. Bob has been the featured speaker at numerous industry events and conferences, and has published many articles on various compliance issues.
Regan Blomme, J.D., Senior Consultant, Benefit Comply, LLC
Regan Blomme has experience working as an attorney for a major Fortune 500 company and for a PEO providing benefits and HR services to small employers. She has also worked as a legal researcher for Thomson Reuters. Prior to obtaining her law degree, Regan worked as an account manager in a leading insurance agency in the Minneapolis area, so she understands the issues and challenges facing employee benefit consulting firms and agencies. Regan received her law degree from William Mitchell College of Law, an MBA from The University of St. Thomas and is a member of the Minnesota Bar Association.
Fritz Hewelt, Senior Consultant, Benefit Comply, LLC
Fred W. (“Fritz”) Hewelt brings more than 30 years of experience to his clients, assisting them with a broad range of issues related to the evaluation and remediation of employee benefit and human resource compliance challenges. Fritz has also assisted numerous clients with welfare benefit plan due diligence in merger and acquisition situations. Fritz holds a BS in business administration from Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois. He also has earned designation as a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) and a Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI).
Mark Hoaglund, HIPAA Privacy and Securiy Specialist, Benefit Comply, LLC
Mark Hoaglund has helped more than 200 companies with their HIPAA compliance needs. Before becoming a compliance specialist, Mark worked for Fortune 500 companies including Pillsbury and Honeywell as a senior manager and project manager. He has extensive experience with data security and security management. Mark held lead positions in application development, application support, and computer operations. Mark received a computer programming certificate from Brown Institute, Minneapolis, MN and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota.
Mark Major, J.D., Senior Consultant, Benefit Comply, LLC
Mark Major has more than 30 years' experience with employee benefit plan legal compliance as in-house ERISA counsel, as a lead U.S. compliance attorney for Mercer Consulting. Mark's practice specializes in health, welfare and retirement benefits law supporting small and large employers. Mark is a member of the Denver and Colorado Bar Associations.
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Obesity is becoming a pandemic for the United States and other countries worldwide. Serious and costly health care conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, cancer, and mental illness can be directly tied to obesity. Losing weight can be very challenging. More and more people are seeking prescription drugs for help. There are a number of prescriptions employees consider for weight loss – some approved by the FDA specifically for it while others not approved. The attached article provides a detailed overview the prescriptions approved and not approved as well as other things you should know about weight loss.
