The Medicare Form CMS-L564 for Employers
Newfront's Brian Gilmore explores employers' roles with respect to the Medicare Form CMS-L564.
March 21st 2023
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Brian Gilmore is the Lead Benefits Counsel at Newfront. He assists clients on a wide variety of employee benefits compliance issues. The primary areas of his practice include ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, Section 125 Cafeteria Plans, and 401(k) plans. Brian also presents regularly at trade events and in webinars on current hot topics in employee benefits law. Connect with Brian on LinkedIn.
Health Coverage for Temps and Interns
This post covers when employers are required to offer health coverage to full-time temps and interns to avoid potential ACA employer mandate penalties and associated strategies.
March 15th 2023
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Addressing Employee Health Plan Exception Requests: Part IX
Reviewing the main employer considerations when responding to employee requests to override a self-insured health plan third-party administrator's adverse benefit determination.
February 1st 2023
Continue readingHealth Benefits by Class
Designing health plans with different strategies for certain classes of employees.
January 25th 2023
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The Dependent Care FSA 55% Average Benefits Test
How should employers address the many challenges associated with the 55% average benefits test component of the dependent care FSA nondiscrimination testing?
November 30th 2022
Continue readingAddressing Employee Health Plan Exception Requests: Part VIII
Reviewing the main employer considerations when responding to employee requests to make an election change after the end of the employer’s open enrollment deadline but before the start of the plan year.
November 15th 2022
Continue readingMedicare Part D Notice of Creditable Coverage Due
With the October 15 start of the Medicare Part D annual election period looming comes the reminder that the Part D Notice of Creditable Coverage and/or Non-Creditable Coverage (collectively, the “Notice”) is due to employees prior to that October 15 start date. The purpose of the Notice is to inform employees whether their employer-sponsored group health plan’s prescription drug coverage is at least as rich as a Medicare Part D plan.
September 27th 2022
Continue readingThe ACA Integration Rules for Specialty HRAs
Employees and dependents covered by the specialty HRA must also be enrolled in an employer-sponsored group major medical plan through either the employer offering the HRA or through another employer, such as the spouse’s medical plan.
September 22nd 2022
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