by JC Cole | Oct 24, 2017 | Compliance, Employee Benefits, Plan Design
IRS Increases Health FSA Contribution Limit for 2018, Adjusts Other Benefit Limits On October 20, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2017-58, which raises the health Flexible Spending Account (FSA) salary reduction contribution limit...
by JC Cole | Mar 8, 2017 | ACA, Employee Benefits
Legislative Brief: The American Health Care Act Click the image to Download our overview of the proposed GOP Replacement plan released March 7, 2017 A quick refresher on the journey it takes for a Bill to become Law. JC Cole, Jr. Senior Partner About the author: JC...
by JC Cole | Sep 6, 2016 | 30 for 30, Data Analytics
Pay Attention to the Diagnosis and Prognosis Data When looking at the your claims data, you need to make sure you go deeper than just the numbers and the dates. In every data set you review, you need to go identify the story behind the numbers and put the...
by JC Cole | Aug 26, 2016 | ACA, ACA Reporting, Compliance, Employee Benefits, Health Insurance
Bad habits are easy to form (1095c). When the authorities that be (in this case the IRS) give us extensions or delay their own rules, we fall prey to our own human nature. We form bad habits before we ever get a chance to form a good habit. This is the case with the...
by JC Cole | Sep 8, 2015 | ACA, ACA Reporting, Compliance, Dept of Labor, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Health Insurance, Labor Law
Here are some tips to help employers develop a compliance strategy and be made aware of upcoming requirements for employee group health plans for the upcoming 2016 year. Plan Design Changes If changes were made to grandfathered plans, they may go beyond permitted...