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Employee Benefits

Driving Communications and Engagement: Open Enrollment

Our experts will walk you through a strategic planning process to make sure you’re sharing in a way that not only drives employee awareness and engagement but also reaches your workforce across platforms with what they need to know about choosing the right benefits for them and their families. 

August 15, 2024 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual

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Q3 Compliance Update

Alera Group's quarterly employee benefits compliance roundup will help you stay current on the latest national regulatory developments impacting employers.

September 3, 2024 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual

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Employee Benefits

Collaborative Conversations: 2025 - What to Expect and What You Need to Know

Save the date for a conversation in September where we will discuss the impending PLO changes by BOLI and the Employment Department, their impacts, and other critical considerations.

September 12, 2024 at 08:30 am PT | Virtual

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Employee Benefits

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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