Compliance | July 11th, 2013 IRS Asks for Voluntary Compliance with Delayed ACA Provisions July 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a formal notice about the delay in implementation of...
Benefits | July 9th, 2013 Health Care Reform Has Most Impact on Workplace July 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Respondents to a survey chose health care reform as the regulatory issue expected to have...
Deals and People | July 9th, 2013 Law Firm Names Head of Welfare Benefits Department July 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Roberta Casper Watson will join The Wagner Law Group as head of its Welfare Benefits...
Deals and People | July 8th, 2013 Lockton Opens Milwaukee Office July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Insurance and employee benefits adviser Lockton has opened a new office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Benefits | July 8th, 2013 Employers Continue Preparing for PPACA Compliance July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The delay of noncompliance penalties for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has...
Benefits | July 3rd, 2013 House Concerned Vt. Exchange May Violate ACA July 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A health care exchange in Vermont may violate the Affordable Care Act (ACA), said an...
Opinions | July 3rd, 2013 SECOND OPINIONS: Proposed Regulations on 90-Day Waiting Period Limitation July 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Treasury, DOL and HHS recently published proposed regulations (78...
Compliance | July 2nd, 2013 Regulators Delay ACA Employer Reporting, Payment Deadlines July 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Obama administration has delayed for one year the deadline for employer reporting and shared...
Deals and People | July 2nd, 2013 Mercer Appoints Health & Benefits Leader in Ohio July 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Consulting firm Mercer has appointed James Bernstein as leader of its Health & Benefits business...
Compliance | July 1st, 2013 IRS Provides Relief for ACA Individual Mandate July 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced transitional relief from the shared responsibility requirement of...
Benefits | June 27th, 2013 HDHP Enrollees Offered Education, Support Tools June 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employers are increasingly offering high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) to...
Benefits | June 26th, 2013 Younger, Low-Wage Employees Face Health Care Challenges June 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Younger generations and lower-wage employees face the greatest health care challenges in terms of eligibility...
Products | June 21st, 2013 Paychex Enhances Mobile Benefits App June 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Paychex, Inc. enhanced the Paychex Mobile smartphone application for iPhone and Android to include health...
Products | June 20th, 2013 Aon Hewitt Launches Health Exchanges Resource June 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Aon Hewitt has launched “Your Coverage Resources,” an interactive and educational website about available public...
Benefits | June 20th, 2013 ACA Leading to More Self-Insured Health Plans June 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are self-insuring medical benefits more now than before passage of the Affordable Care Act...
Benefits | June 20th, 2013 HHS Expresses Confidence Exchanges Will Be Ready June 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – State exchanges and federally facilitated exchanges (FFE) for 34 states that will not operate a...
Benefits | June 19th, 2013 Even with Insurance, Many Not Getting Health Care June 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many individuals with employer-sponsored health insurance are delaying or avoiding getting health care due to...
Benefits | June 19th, 2013 CDHPs Grew in 2012 June 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) were the only type of health insurance that grew in 2012,...
Products | June 19th, 2013 Guardian Website Allows Benefits Plan Changes June 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Guardian Life Insurance Company of America now permits benefits brokers and employers to request health...
Benefits | June 18th, 2013 Canadian Boomers Concerned About Health Care in Retirement June 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As they approach retirement, Canada's younger Boomers (ages 50 to 59) are focusing on health...