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Employee Benefits

A Cautionary Tale: Self-Funded Plan Administrators Must Meaningfully and Effectively Communicate With Plan Participants and Their Providers on Appeal

This alert is of interest to employers who sponsor self-funded health plans.

January 9, 2024

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Employee Benefits

Legal Alert: Agencies Provide Updated County Data for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services and Guidance

On November 28, 2023, the Department of Labor (DOL), Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Health and Human Services (HHS), collectively known as the Tri-Agencies, issued Part 63 of their FAQ series regarding implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.

December 18, 2023

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Employee Benefits

Legal Alert: IRS Releases PCORI Fee For Plan Years Ending Before October 1, 2024

This alert is of interest to all employers that sponsor self-insured group health plans, including Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs). Note that the PCORI fee does not apply to most health FSAs.

December 14, 2023

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Legal Alert: The Crucial Role of Comparative Analyses Under the Mental Health Parity Proposed Rule and Technical Guidance

This alert is of interest to most employers who sponsor group medical plans, as there are very limited exceptions from these requirements.

December 14, 2023

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Legal Alert: PCORI Fees Due By July 31, 2023

Employers that sponsor self-insured group health plans, including health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) should keep in mind the upcoming July 31, 2023 deadline...

November 14, 2023

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Employee Benefits

Legal Alert: IRS Adjusts Health Flexible Spending Account and Other Benefit Limits for 2024

On November 9, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2023-34, which increases the health flexible spending account (FSA) salary reduction contribution limit to $3,200

November 10, 2023

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Employee Benefits

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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Employee Benefits

Webinar Guidance on Effective Open Enrollment Communications

Open Enrollment, the fourth-quarter period when employees enroll in employer-sponsored group benefit programs, is “crunch time” for human resource managers and their staff.

August 8, 2023

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Employee Benefits

A Wellbeing Event to Show Your Employees You Care

At the peak of the pandemic in 2020, Alera Group recognized an urgent need among its business clients: a way to assist employees who were struggling with the physical, financial and mental health challenges COVID-19 had created.

August 2, 2023

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