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 Team BIM client, you should have received an email on Thursday, October 2, 2014 with a preferred employer discount code to view the webinar for free. If you did not receive the email or have misplaced it, please contact compliance@teambim.com. Thank you!
Wellness Programs and Health Care Reform Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. EDT / 11:00 a.m. PDT Employers are increasingly turning to wellness programs as a way to control health care costs and improve employee engagement and productivity. However, a number of laws dictate what employers may, must, and may not do when designing and implementing these programs. Regulations issued last year have only added to the complexity. Employers offering or considering a wellness program need to understand the rules. In this 90-minute intermediate level webinar we will discuss:
- The types of wellness programs that must follow the HIPAA nondiscrimination rules
- The different kinds of health-contingent programs
- Limits on allowable wellness incentives and penalties, and how to calculate them
- Reasonable alternative requirements, and ways to satisfy them
- Whether you can have smoker and non-smoker rates without a formal wellness program
- How GINA and the ADA affect wellness programs
- Taxation of wellness incentives
Register here for the webinar, or use the button below. You will immediately receive email confirmation of your registration in addition to a reminder the morning of the Webinar. You will receive a link to download the presentation slides for your future reference should you desire.
Presenters Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Shareholder, Jackson Lewis P.C.Joseph J. Lazzarotti is a Shareholder in the Morristown, New Jersey, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He leads the Firm’s Privacy, Social Media and Information Management Practice. He also is a member of the Employee Benefits Counseling and Litigation Practice Group and is a member of the Firm’s Healthcare Reform Taskforce. Mr. Lazzarotti advises employers and plan sponsors regarding the establishment, administration, and operation of fully insured and self-funded health and welfare plans, which includes counseling concerning the new reform law, as well as assisting in the set-up of administrative and other arrangements with third-party administrators, claims administrators and other vendors.
Joseph J. Lynett, Shareholder, Jackson Lewis P.C.Joseph J. Lynett is a Shareholder in the White Plains, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and a member and regional coordinator of the Firm’s Disability, Leave and Health Management Practice Group. Mr. Lynett defends employers, business, and educational institutions in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, New York State Division of Human Rights, the New York City Commission on Human Rights, and the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education involving claims of disability discrimination arising under federal, state, and local law, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act, and similar state and local disability discrimination and public accommodation laws.