Question: If my memory serves me correctly, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allowed for HIPAA special enrollment periods to be extended due to the pandemic. Is that still in effect? I don’t recall where
Question: We have an employee who recently separated from his wife. She is covered on his health, dental and vision insurance, but he is asking to remove her. Can he do so due to the
Question: One of our employees is asking about what changes she can make to her benefits elections mid-year due to her husband’s change in jobs. The husband will be electing COBRA for himself for the
Q: When employees are on leave due to work-related injuries, how long are they entitled to stay on our health plan? Are we required to pay for their health benefits while they are out? We
Q: We have a complicated situation involving the health insurance we offer to the employees of two different companies that have the same owners. For the last three years, each company has offered a separate
Q: A new employee and his wife are each covered under a different policy and carrier through the Health Insurance Marketplace. The wife is pregnant and due in a few months. The employee is trying
Q: Our company offers a Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA), which is designed to help employees pay a good portion of medical expenses that they would otherwise have to pay out-of-pocket. Several years ago, we learned
Q: My company moved to a new FSA administrator at the beginning of 2021. When the transition happened, several employees still had money left in their FSAs from their 2020 elections, which they should have
Q: We have a former servicemember with “service-connected disabilities” who wants to enroll in our high deductible health plan (HDHP). He has questions about his eligibility to contribute to an HSA because he receives free
Q: I understand the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) applies to employers with 50 or more employees for at least 20 consecutive weeks in a calendar year. Our company has not had 50 employees