Date:  Thursday, February 19

Time 1:00 - 3:00 pm EST

Length:  Approximately 2 hours

Cost:  $199.99 for the live webinar and the recorded podcast for future listening

Description

The webinar will identify and address the "Top 10" compliance issues affecting self-funded health plans.

Speaker: Ashley Gillihan, Alston & Bird, the author of the SPBA Instruction Manual on Pay or Play.

Learning Objectives

1. Can a health plan with no networks exclude "balance billing" from the out of pocket maximum?

2.  Are health plans that provide no hospitalization or physician services "illegal" in light of Notice 2014-49 and the recent regulations?

3.  What is an essential health benefit?

4.  Are health plans required to offer coverage to same sex spouses?

5.  How does the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act impact a plan’s coverage (or lack thereof) of residential treatment facilities and/or other specialty providers?

6.  Will a plan lose grandfather plan status if it imposes a smoker’s surcharge?

7.  Can employer’s give employees a choice between higher pay and no benefits or lower pay with benefits?

8.  What happens when a non-variable employee employed by an applicable large employer switches to a part-time position?

9.  How are the affordability standards applied to someone on an unpaid leave of absence?

10.  Must employers who receive a notice from one of the Exchanges that an employee has qualified for a subsidy in the Exchange appeal the Exchange’s determination?

Cost

The cost will be $199.99 per location for the live webinar and the podcast.  You may have as many people as can fit in a room, hear a conference call and see a computer screen for the live webinar.

Transmission Prohibition  

Please note:  Any transmission or re-transmission of this event to additional sites/rooms by any means including but not limited to the use of a telephone conference bridge whether or not owned by the registrant is strictly prohibited.            

Technical Notes

Technical Warning One - Once you have registered you will need to tell your technical people to set your firewalls to accept email from two different email addresses:  support@peachnewmedia.com and epilgrim@peachnewmedia.com.  Confirmation emails and reminders will be sent from these two different emails.

Technical Warning Two – Freestone is the platform used to stream the webinar.  In the event that polling questions are incorporated into the webinar, please ensure that your pop-up blocker is turned off or adjusted so that they are able to appear.

Webinar Recorded for Future Listening

In addition to this live webinar, this webinar will be recorded and offered in a streaming mode (Internet connection required) and a podcast only format (permitting you to download the recording and use it disconnected from the Internet).  The podcast is an MP3 format, audio-only file, that you can “save as” to your computer hard drive and then move to any MP3 compatible device. The podcast will not provide the corresponding PPT video since it is an audio-only file.  However, you can download the PPT from the SPBA website.