ACA reporting

Communicating effectively with employees – and being quick to correct worker data – can boost compliance efforts, says Michael Weiskirch of EmployeeTech.

Having completed nearly 2,000 1094/95 forms for clients, EmployeeTech’s Michael Weiskirch shares tips to smooth out the process.

The ACA’s waivers for small businesses are ending in 2017, so it’s time for companies to look more closely at their benefit programs, according to adviser Sue Wakamoto-Lee.

The ACA’s waivers for small businesses are ending in 2017, so it’s time for companies to look more closely at their benefit programs, according to adviser Sue Wakamoto-Lee.

Bill Kite and D&S Agency are coming up with creative ways employers can meet health care reform requirements.

A fluctuating insurance industry presents several challenges for brokers to overcome, says broker Stephanie San Antonio of SSA Insurance Services.

The decision of the NYC federal court cautions employers against reducing a full-time workers’ status to part-time in an attempt to avoid the employer mandate.

Large employers are accustomed to intricate benefit rules, including those pertaining to the shared responsibilities of related businesses, but the ACA now requires individualized rather than consolidated reporting.

Data analytics and delivery system reform are areas of focus in the private sector, says Kathleen Sebelius, former U.S. secretary of HHS.

New regulations are exceedingly complex, and the penalties for non-compliance are steep.

Delivery system reform and improved population health are two areas of the Affordable Care Act that haven’t received as much attention from employers as the Cadillac tax, said Kathleen Sebelius, former U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services this week at an NBGH conference.

Has the benefits industry made compliance more complicated than necessary?

How the IRS facilitates employer information filings required by the healthcare reform act.

Offering a plan that meets the minimum value standard and the federal poverty line safe harbor to everyone working 30 hours or more would eliminate the headaches associated with the employer mandate. So why aren’t more employers doing it?

How the IRS facilitates employer information filings required by the healthcare reform act.

Leslie Straus leads a fast-growing division of The Benefit Companies that focuses solely on helping employers tackle the problem of tracking, monitoring and analyzing employee data.

Given the growing regulatory climate, some brokerages are finding it makes financial sense to employ their own lawyers.

As employers prepare to distribute Forms 1095-C to employees by the newly extended IRS deadline of March 31, they should brace for increased questions from workers about the new forms.

Those employers truly dodged a bullet. There are a couple advantages for starting this late in the game.