Association Health Plans- What are they and why TPAs should understand them
Title: Association Health Plans- What are they and why TPAs should understand them
Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Time: 1-3 p.m. Eastern Time
Cost: $199.99 for live webinar and the recorded podcast for future listening
Description: This webinar will provide an Overview of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposal to expand access to healthcare through Association Health Plans (AHPs). The proposed rule, will allow employers to join together as a single group to purchase insurance in the large group market. Learn about and why every TPA should know about them.
Speaker: Ashley Gillihan, Esq., Counsel in the Atlanta office of Alston & Bird A frequent writer and speaker on employee-benefits topics including ERISA, Self-Insured Health Plans, Heath Care Reform and IRC 1094/1095 Reporting and speaks regularly at SPBA Conferences.
Learning Objectives:
- Is an association health plan (AHP) a Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement?
- Learn about the requirements of AHP entities under ERISA and State law.
- Self-funded versus fully-insured AHPs. What difference does it make?
- Learn about responsibilities to ensure your clients maintain proper plan documents.
- Learn how violations are addressed by DOL.
Who Should Attend
Direct employees of SPBA member TPA firms and Stop-Loss Partners should attend.
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.
Technical Notes
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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.
Date Presented:
January 31, 2018 1:00 PM Eastern
Length:
2 hours
Registration Fee:
$199.99
Download Only
SPBA Price:$199.99
Streaming - Recording
SPBA Price:$199.99