Benefit Insurance Marketing is pleased to extend an invitation to attend our upcoming monthly compliance Webinar. In conjunction with our alliance with United Benefit Advisors, you have the opportunity to learn more about the latest compliance trends and regulations from one of the nations leading employment and benefit law firms, Jackson Lewis LLP. Best of all, you can take advantage of the Webinar from the convenience of your office and personal computer.
If you are a Bim client or VIP, you should have received an email on Wednesday, March 16th with a discount code to view the webinar for free. If you did not receive the email or have misplaced it, please contact compliance@teambim.com with your employer’s name in the subject line. Thank you!
Special Delivery: Providing Participant Materials for Group Health Plans
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT
Group health plans have a variety of requirements relating to materials and notices that must be provided to participants. These requirements come from different places — the Department of Labor, ERISA, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), and more. Employers must not only ensure that participants are provided certain information and notices, but must ensure the timing and delivery of the information is appropriate.
This webinar will help employers understand the materials and notices they are obligated to provide, who they must give them to, how they should deliver them, and when they need to be provided.
This webinar will:
- Explain the basics of participant material and notice requirements, including the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Criteria for Medically Necessary Determination Notice, Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act (WHCRA) notices, Summary Plan Descriptions, Summary of Benefits and Coverage notice of modification, Summary of Material Modifications, grandfathered plan disclosures, and annual notices
- Discuss the requirements of paper delivery
- Explain which notices may be provided electronically, and the difference in electronic delivery requirements for employees who use computers as part of their jobs and those who do not
- Provide best practices on electronic disclosure consent, recordkeeping for the consent forms, and frequency of obtaining consent forms
- Explain how different delivery methods may be used for different groups of plan participants
- Discuss when notices or materials should be sent to both the plan participant and their covered spouse or children separately
- Explain why the Michelle’s Law Enrollment Notice is outdated, but should still be included in plan documents for the time being
- Discuss why placing notices in employer common areas or providing a kiosk for employees to use to access notices is not adequate
- Discuss which documents and notices must be provided upon request, and the amount of time an employer has to provide requested documents
This 60-minute beginner to intermediate level webinar will help employers understand the requirements of offering affordable health coverage. The presentation will be posted on the UBA website the day before the webinar.
Register here for the webinar, or use the button below.
PRESENTER
Monique Warren is a Principal in the White Plains, New York, office of Jackson Lewis, P.C. She counsels employers on employee benefits compliance and administrative matters, drafts plan documents and employee communication materials, and represents employers to government agencies.
Ms. Warren’s expertise includes health and welfare plans as well as retirement plans. She has extensive experience helping group health plan sponsors navigate COBRA, HIPAA, and other ERISA and Internal Revenue Code provisions. A significant part of her practice currently focuses on employer issues related to the 2010 health care reform law. She also has extensive experience helping retirement plan sponsors comply with ERISA fiduciary requirements and the Code’s qualification requirements and correcting plan errors under the Department of Labor’s and Internal Revenue Service’s voluntary correction programs.
In addition to authoring many articles, Ms. Warren has been interviewed by and quoted in newspapers and periodicals including The Wall Street Journal and edits the firm’s Benefits Law Advisor Blog.
Register for this webinar today while seating is still available.
This webinar event has been submitted to the Human Resource Certification Institute to qualify for 1 recertification credit hour.
This series is brought to you by your Partner Firm of United Benefit Advisors — the nation’s leading independent employee benefits advisory organization with more than 200 Partner offices in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
