Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter
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'Mini-Med' Health Plan Waivers Top 700, Says HHS
"As of Wednesday, HHS said it had approved a total of 733 waivers, up from 222 waivers that had been approved as of Dec. 3, 2010, the most recent prior date that information was available."
(Business Insurance)
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[Guidance Overview]
Defendant's Counterclaim Dismissed In Provider Reimbursement Dispute
"In this litigation between BCBS and a group of health care providers, the defendant BCBS filed a counterclaims seeking alleged overpayments. The alleged overpayments were claimed due under the terms of collateral subscriber agreements."
(Roy Harmon III via Health Plan Law)
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[Guidance Overview]
Employer Not Liable for COBRA Notice Failure
"The court rejected the employee's claim that the employer had a duty to oversee the plan administrator or follow up with the plan administrator to ensure receipt."
(PLANSPONSOR.COM)
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Insurers' Efforts to Prevent Health Care Fraud (PDF)
"This report presents updated information based on AHIP's 2010 study of fraud and abuse claims, detection strategies, and reported savings attributable to anti-fraud efforts from 2006 to 2008. The study included both quantitative data collection and open-ended questions that allowed anti-fraud professionals to describe their views and challenges."
(America's Health Insurance Plans)
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Employer Liability for the Regular Commute (PDF)
"The 'going and coming' rule is not absolute, though. For example, it does not apply when the employee is involved in a trip that creates an incidental benefit to the employer."
(The Daily Recorder via Shaw Valenza LLP)
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Benefits in General; Executive Compensation
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[Guidance Overview]
Final SEC Rules on Say-on-Pay, Say-on-Frequency and Say-on-Parachutes
"The final rules require disclosure of golden parachute compensation arrangements under Item 402(t) for any transaction at which shareholders are asked to approve an acquisition, merger, consolidation or a proposed sale or other disposition of all or substantially all assets of the company, including Rule 13e-3 'going private' transactions and third-party tender offers."
(McDermott Will & Emery)
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[Guidance Overview]
SEC's Final Rules on Shareholder Say on Golden Parachute Pay
"Most important, the Final Rules clarify that the advisory vote 'Golden Parachute' payments will not be effective until proxy statements are initially filed on or after April 25, 2011 (unlike the SSOP and Frequency votes, which went into effect on January 21, 2011)."
(Michael S. Melbinger via Winston & Strawn LLP)
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[Guidance Overview]
Supreme Court Holds Chevron Deference Applicable to 'Interpretive' Regulations (PDF)
"The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Mayo Found. for Medical Education and Research v. United States . . . on the standard of deference for judicial review of 'interpretive' tax regulations, will inform both the future regulation-writing process for and challenges to employee benefit and executive compensation tax regulations."
(Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP)
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Press Releases
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Employee Benefits Jobs
Senior Client Relationship Manager in FL
The Newport Group
DC Administrator in OH
Third Party Pension Administration and Consulting Firm
Employee Benefits Associate in DC, IL
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
ERISA Attorney in NY
New York City Law Firm
Employee Benefits Associate in VA
Willcox & Savage, P.C.
401k Sales Hunter !!!! in AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, IL, KY, MA, MI, MN, NY, OR, WA
ADP Retirement Services
401(k) Relationship Manager/Customer Service Representative in CO
ePlan Services, Inc.
Director, Risk Management in NJ
Prudential
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Webcasts and Conferences
2011 First Quarter Update
Nationwide on February 9, 2011
McKay Hochman Co., Inc.
2011 First Quarter Update
Nationwide on February 9, 2011
McKay Hochman Co., Inc.
2011 First Quarter Update eSeminar
Nationwide on February 9, 2011
McKay Hochman Co., Inc.
2011 Spring Back-to-Basics Series
Nationwide on March 31, 2011
McKay Hochman Co., Inc.
Automatic Contribution Arrangements
Nationwide on April 14, 2011
McKay Hochman Co., Inc.
Complex RMD Issues
Nationwide on March 17, 2011
McKay Hochman Co., Inc.
Ethics for the Retirement Plan Professional
Nationwide on June 15, 2011
McKay Hochman Co., Inc.
Forces of Change: New Strategies for the Evolving Health Care Marketplace
in Massachusetts on September 12, 2011
Harvard School of Public Health Center for Continuing Professional Education
Form 5500 Update
Nationwide on March 22, 2011
McKay Hochman Co., Inc.
Participant Loans
Nationwide on June 21, 2011
McKay Hochman Co., Inc.
Qualified Default Investment Alternative
Nationwide on May 20, 2011
McKay Hochman Co., Inc.
Schedule C (Form 5500): The Second Time Around
Nationwide on March 29, 2011
McKay Hochman Co., Inc.
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