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[Guidance Overview]
Deadline Approaching to Amend Cafeteria Plan Documents
"Although the restrictions are already in effect — and have been since January 1, 2011 — the IRS previously announced that any implementing cafeteria plan amendments generally could be adopted by as late as June 30, 2011, as long as the amendments were effective retroactively to apply to expenses incurred on or after January 1, 2011 (or January 16, 2011, with respect to the special rules for Health FSA and HRA debit card purchases)." (Miller & Chevalier Chartered)


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Health Reform Prompts Most Employers to Begin Modifications
"The survey, Health Care Reform: Employer Actions One Year Later, reviewed actions employers have taken in the 12 months since the ACA became law and explored their plans for the upcoming year." (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business)

National Library of Medicine Launches Medlineplus Connect
"This free service allows health organizations and health information technology . . . providers to link patient portals and electronic health record . . . systems to MedlinePlus.gov, a trusted source of authoritative, up-to-date health information for patients, families and health care providers." (TheCypressTimes)

Healthcare Law Should Stabilize Employer Coverage
"The law includes some tax incentives for small employers to provide coverage and penalties for large employers with employees who receive subsidized medical coverage on state-based exchanges that will go into operation in 2014." (Thomson Reuters)

Consumers Undergo Market Research on Health Law's Plan Labels
"Starting next March, all insurers and employers will have to make it easier for consumers faced with the ordeal of picking a health plan. Under the 2010 health law, they'll have to provide health policy information that the average enrollee can understand and use to compare with other plans." (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)

Single-Payer Coverage Legislation Proposed in New York State
"The bill creates the State Health Plan, which would become an authority, drawing revenues from the State Health Trust Fund. The fund would get its money from federal and other funds already going to the state from Medicaid and other sources, plus new payroll taxes." (Physicians for a National Health Program)

Press Releases


Employee Benefits Jobs

Defined Benefit Calculation Specialist
for The Angell Pension Group, Inc. in ANY STATE

Group Employee Benefits Insurance Account Executive 3 (Senior Health and Welfare Benefits Consultant)
for Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc in CA

Retirement Plan Administrator
for Matthews Benefit Group, Inc in FL

Group Employee Benefits Insurance Account Representative (Health and Welfare Benefits Customer Service)
for Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc. in CA

Retirement Administrative Manager
for Bechtel Corporation in CA

Health Plan Writer/Communication Specialist
for UNITE HERE HEALTH in IL

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Webcasts and Conferences

"Fundamentals of 401(k) and Other Qualified Plans" - Minneapolis
in Minnesota on July 20, 2011 presented by SunGard Relius

"The New Form 8955-SSA: Who, What, When, and How" Web Seminar - An Encore Presentation
Nationwide on June 30, 2011 presented by SunGard Relius

4th National Advanced Forum on Defending & Managing ERISA Litigation
in New York on October 20, 2011 presented by American Conference Institute

All You Need to Know About the Form 8955: Webinar with Janice M. Wegesin
Nationwide on June 28, 2011 presented by ftwilliam.com

Ethics For Employee Plans Practitioners Phone Forum
Nationwide on July 29, 2011 presented by Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Rekon Road Show-San Jose
in California on July 20, 2011 presented by 401(k) Rekon

Retirement Plan Insights Seminar
in Massachusetts on August 2, 2011 presented by McKay Hochman Co., Inc.

The Basics – Fiduciary Education, DOL & IRS Correction Programs and the Affordable Care Act Workshop
in Florida on July 26, 2011 presented by U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)


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