Play or Pay Plan Design Issues
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This webinar will serve as the companion to January’s webinar on the Play or Play rules. For those who missed the January webinar, this webinar can also stand on its own as the Play or Pay rules will be reviewed in relation to plan design issues.
Learning Objectives
Below are some of the issues that will be addressed:
- Can an employer reduce hours of some full-time employees to avoid penalties in 2014? If so, when does the reduction in 2013 need to occur?
- How should employers approach plan design in terms of employee contributions to avoid the No-Offer-to-All-Full-Time Employee Penalty? Should employee contributions for employee-only coverage be based on the lowest paid employee?
- Should employers consider offering a plan but making it “unaffordable” for a portion of the workforce?
- Will employers be required to show proof that employees have coverage, either through the employer-sponsored plan or a spouse’s employer-sponsored plan to avoid a penalty?
- If an employee declines coverage due to coverage under a spouse’s plan, will a penalty apply to the employer?
- Can an employer carve out coverage for a certain class of employees and only be subject to penalties on the class not being offered coverage?
- Will employers contributing to a Taft-Hartley plan be considered to be providing an “affordable” plan?
- Is balance billing included in the determination of minimum value as it relates to the affordability provisions?
- Is a standalone HRA subject to all ACA provisions (i.e., EHB, annual limits, etc.)?
Who Should Attend
Direct employees of SPBA member TPA firms and Stop-Loss Partners should attend.
Cost
The cost will be $175 per location. You may have as many people as can fit in a room, hear a conference call and see a computer screen. 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.
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 - Freestone is the platform used to stream the webinar. We will no longer be utilizing the Live Meeting Console. 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.
Date Presented:
March 11, 2013 1:00 PM Eastern
Length:
2 hours
Streaming - Recording
SPBA Price:$175.00