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Welcome to the Snell & Wilmer Benefits Blog. We will be posting about current employee benefits and executive compensation topics and issues. We invite you to contact the authors with your thoughts or questions.Blog Contributors
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EAPs That Meet Four Requirements May Avoid Application of Health Care Reform
Benefits provided through an employee assistance program (“EAP”) may be considered group health plan coverage, which would subject the EAP to the health care reform requirements mandated by HIPAA and the Health Care Reform Act, unless the EAP meets the … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, Health Care Reform
| Tagged EAP, employee assistance program, excepted benefits, final regulations, Health Care, health care reform, welfare plans
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Accurate Documentation of Welfare Plans May Save Employers Certain Costs and Headaches Down the Road
ERISA requires all pension and welfare benefit plans to be maintained in a written plan document. The DOL and several courts have taken a broad view of what constitutes a “written plan document,” and while pension plans are usually very … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans
| Tagged health plans, plan documents, welfare plans
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HIPAA Business Associates Agreements – Reminder of September 22 Deadline
On January 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule under HIPAA making substantial changes to the rules for vendors that provide services to HIPAA-covered plans, such as third-party administrators, pharmacy benefit managers … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans
| Tagged business associate agreements, Health Care, health plans, HHS, HIPAA, Privacy Rule, Security Rule, welfare plans
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