Expertise and Resources to Streamline Administration and Simplify Benefits
You can rely on a local partner to lift the administrative burden and navigate the complexities of changing regulations as your business grows. Alera Group offers:
- Tools and technology to simplify online benefits enrollment, employee communications and eligibility management
- Services to help streamline onboarding and offboarding employees
- Solutions to help you maintain regulatory compliance and reporting, including 5500 and ACA Reporting
- Expertise to help you offer and administer payment account solutions
- Billing reconciliation tools
- COBRA and retirement plan services.
Alera Group clients have access to a comprehensive suite of services designed to provide administrative relief and compliance support, including:
- 5500 Services
- Affordable Care Act (ACA) Reporting Services
- Personalized Benefits Technology
- Payment Solutions.
Benefits Administration Services that Grow with Your Organization
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EXPERT EDUCATION
Events and Webinars
Employee Benefits
Setting Your Strategy for the New Year: Alera Group's 2025 Employee Benefits Market Outlook
Our experts will highlight key results from Alera Group’s "2025 Employee Benefits Market Outlook" and explain how these trends can impact your benefits program this year.
January 16, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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Employee Benefits
The Value of Voluntary Benefits
In this session, our experts will showcase the value of voluntary benefits, from financial savings to improved retention to addressing the specific needs of their employees.
March 20, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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Employee Benefits
Balancing Cost and Care: Could Captive Insurance Be the Solution?
In this session, our experts will discuss how Captive Insurance works and what you need to consider for your own group’s needs.
April 17, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Insights
Employee Benefits
Don’t Forget About Your Gag Clause Attestations
When the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) was enacted on December 27, 2020, it included a provision that prohibits group health plans and health insurance carriers from entering into certain agreements that, either directly or indirectly, restrict the release of certain information related to provider networks and de-identified encounter data, among other things. Such restrictions are commonly referred to as “gag clauses.” The CAA also requires plans and carriers to attest annually that their agreements do not include such impermissible gag clauses.
November 20, 2024
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Employee Benefits
Avoiding an Employee Lawsuit Over a Tobacco Surcharge Claim
Tobacco surcharges on health insurance premiums for employees who use tobacco products are attractive options for employers looking to keep their workforce healthy while lowering their organization’s healthcare costs. But surcharges can go too far, and many employers may be unaware of the limitations. Alera Group's new whitepaper on tobacco surcharges is designed to assist employers in complying with federal regulations.
November 19, 2024
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Webinar Preview: A User-Friendly Open Enrollment
Join Alera Group on Thursday, August 15, for “Driving Communications and Engagement: Open Enrollment,” an Engage series webinar on effective, year-round benefits communications — beginning with the all-important run-up to Open Enrollment.
August 2, 2024
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Legal Alert: IRS Issues Affordability Percentage Adjustment for 2024
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Rev. Proc. 2023-29, which contains the inflation adjusted amounts for 2024 used to determine whether employer-sponsored coverage is “affordable.”
August 24, 2023
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