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Sarah Borders
- Feb 27
- 1 min
Plans and Issuers: No Gag Clauses Allowed!
Transparency is all the rage - and apparently it has teeth, too! In a recent FAQ issued by the CMS, clarification on the attestations...
Sarah Borders
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Wraps vs POPs (2/3): What's a POP doc, and who needs one?
The IRS Section 125 rules apply to every employer that lets employees pay for benefits with pre-tax dollars. These rules say that...
Sarah Borders
- Jan 16
- 2 min
Wraps vs POPs (1/3): What's the difference? Who needs them?
Beyond requiring that a plan “be established and maintained pursuant to a written instrument,” ERISA does not say exactly what...
Sarah Borders
- Jan 6
- 1 min
What on earth does an "omnibus bill" have to do with health insurance ?
One of the biggest rules with HSAs is "no first-dollar coverage." In other words, there's very few items that can be covered with no cost...
Sarah Borders
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Do you need to put employee health insurance cost on your W2s?
If an employer filed more than 250 W-2 forms during the prior year, the aggregate cost of coverage must be included in box 12, using Code...
Sarah Borders
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
2023 PCORI fees announced: Who pays which one?
The IRS has issued IRS Notice 2022-59 to increase the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee amount for plan years...
Sarah Borders
- Nov 11, 2022
- 0 min
Sarah Borders
- Nov 7, 2022
- 0 min
Sarah Borders
- Oct 24, 2022
- 0 min
Sarah Borders
- Oct 10, 2022
- 1 min
No Surprises Act notices: What happens if there's no public-facing website?
The requirement for the No Surprises Act notice is for group health plans to make a notice publicly available by posting to the health...
Sarah Borders
- Sep 23, 2022
- 4 min
Time to prepare your comp disclosures!
Since a large majority of group health plans renew on January 1st or December 1st, most agencies will need to prepare to distribute their...
Sarah Borders
- Sep 12, 2022
- 3 min
CAA Section 204 reporting coming due!
Section 204 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) requires group health plans and issuers to report detailed prescription drug...
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