<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> How Do We Prepare a Plan Document for Our Self-Insured Health Plan?
Q: We are changing our company’s group health plan from insured to self-insured. Do we need to create a plan document, or can we use […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> HSA Contribution Limits for 2015
HSA Contribution Limits: HSA (health savings account) cost-of-living contribution and coverage adjustments for 2015 have just been issued in Revenue Procedure 2014-30. The new limits for calendar […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Employer ACA Reporting Rules
Your Compliancedashboard has been updated with Code Sections 6055 and 6056 final regulations outlining the requirements under health care reform for informational returns and individual […]
<span style="color: rgb(120, 92, 165); font-family: arial;"><b>401(k):</b></span> IRS Provides Further Windsor Guidance for Qualified Retirement Plans
From Thomson Reuters The IRS has provided further guidance in Notice 2014-19 regarding the effect of the Supreme Court’s Windsor decision (requiring federal recognition of […]
<span style="color: rgb(120, 92, 165); font-family: arial;"><b>401(k):</b></span> Preapproved Plans Restatement Period Begins May 1st
Time flies by, and although it may seem as though your preapproved plan was just updated, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has just announced that […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Non-Grandfathered Health Plan Deductible Limits Repealed
Deductible Limits Repealed: Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), non-grandfathered, fully insured health plans in the small group market had to restrict deductibles to no […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Health FSA Carryovers and HSAs
The IRS addressed potential problems with HSA eligibility when an employee retains a general purpose health FSA from the prior plan year as a result […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Transitional Reinsurance Program Fee
Transitional Reinsurance Program Fee: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) establishes a transitional Reinsurance Program to help stabilize premiums for coverage in the individual market during […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Same-Sex Spouse Coverage
Same-Sex Spouse Coverage: Beginning with the 2015 plan year, a health insurance issuer offering non-grandfathered health coverage must offer legally married same-sex spouse coverage, if they […]