Employee Benefits
Spotlight: 2025 Changes to Medicare Part D
Effective January 1, 2025, Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits will be changing.
August 6, 2024
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Key Considerations for Employers of all Sizes: Leave of Absence Policies
Many employers recognize the importance of offering extended leave options to their employees, but there are many things to consider when creating these policies.
August 6, 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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Employee Wellbeing Fair: A Day Dedicated to a Healthier Future You
You and your employees are welcome to join us for the virtual fair, a series of eight online sessions that will take place from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 26. With session topics including metabolism, sleep, “sandwich generation” challenges, social media, menopause, foot health and nutrition, the program offers something for everyone.
July 30, 2024
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Benefits Benchmarking Webinar: What To Do With the Data
If you’re designing your company’s employee benefits program, you want to know what your peers and competitors are offering. Employee retention and talent acquisition are largely dependent on whether you offer a benefits package that meets or exceeds the standards of your industry, location and company size while managing costs in an increasingly expensive market for healthcare and pharmaceuticals. That’s why Alera Group places a high priority on using benchmarking data and analysis to inform and otherwise serve our clients.
July 1, 2024
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How To Lower Healthcare Costs While Improving Benefit Offerings
Join us on June 20 for a one-hour webinar designed to help you eliminate wasteful healthcare spending while providing your employees with benefits that attract and retain talent. We’ll take you through our three-step solution.
June 11, 2024
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Legal Alert: PCORI Fees Due by July 31, 2024
Employers that sponsor self-insured group health plans, including health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) should keep in mind the upcoming July 31, 2024, deadline for paying fees that fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) via Form 720, which was recently updated and released by the IRS.
June 7, 2024
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Legal Alert: CMS Redesigns the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program Beginning in 2025
As a result of the changes to Medicare Part D under §11201 of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, on April 1, 2024, CMS released Final Redesign Program Instructions (“Final Program Instructions”) for the Medicare Part D prescription drug program, which are effective starting in 2025.
May 30, 2024
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Legal Alert: HIPAA Privacy Rules Amended to Require Protection of Reproductive Healthcare Information
On April 26, 2024, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a Final Rule amending the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
May 15, 2024
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