by admin | Aug 18, 2014 | Educate, Educating Employees
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law a comprehensive health care reform bill, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA includes numerous reforms aimed at improving the U.S. health care delivery system, controlling health care costs and expanding health...
by admin | Aug 14, 2014 | Educate
Reforms Already in Effect Insurers cannot impose pre-existing condition exclusions for children, remove coverage when a member becomes ill (except in cases of fraud or intentional misrepresentation) or impose lifetime coverage limits. Non-grandfathered health plans...
by admin | Aug 14, 2014 | Comply, Educate, Uncategorized
Whether you need health coverage or have it already, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) offers new rights and protections that make coverage fairer and easier to understand. Some rights and protections apply to plans in the Marketplace or other individual insurance, some...
by admin | Apr 12, 2014 | Educating Employees, Grandfathered Plans, Information Reporting Requirements, SBCs, State Exchange, W-2 Reporting Requirements
A 2013 employee benefits study found that 75% of employees think their employer will educate them about changes to their health care coverage as a result of healthcare reform. These ACA topics include employer compliance provisions that involve employee...
by admin | Mar 17, 2014 | Employer Mandate, Play-or-Pay, PT to FTE Calculation
Possibly. The HCI Team performed our first Play-or-Pay analysis in June 2013 for a franchise with three locations and 153 employees, including 19 full-timers. We spent 32 hours collecting and organizing the information we needed from the business, and then “running the...
