Sarah Borders

Principal, Benefits Compliance Solutions. Sarah has spent the last 15 years in the employee benefits industry, has numerous designations and serves on NAHU’s Employer Working Group Subcommittee and is an active board member of Austin AHU. She recently stepped down as Vice President of Benefits Compliance at one of the nation's largest brokerage firms to start her own compliance consulting practice. Her designations include an active license with the Texas Department of Insurance, CEBS (Certified Employee Benefits Specialist), Certified Health Care Reform Professional, HIPAA certification and Health Care Service Associate. She holds an MBA from Texas A&M Corpus Christi and a BA from University of Incarnate Word. Her consulting firm, Benefits Compliance Solutions, partners with employers to identify unknown risks and avoid hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and lawsuits from failure to comply with their healthplan obligations.

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Sarah Borders
June 2, 2025 10 min read

PCORI Fees Due by July 31, 2025

Each year by July 31, employers sponsoring certain self-funded health plans must file and ...

Sarah Borders
June 2, 2025 5 min read

New Bill Includes Several Enhancements to Employee Benefits

On May 13, 2025, the House Ways and Means Committee introduced the One, Big, Beautiful ...

Sarah Borders
May 22, 2025 8 min read

Departments Announce Non-Enforcement Policy of the September 2024 Mental Health Parity Final Rule

As the January 2025 effective date commenced, The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) brought ...

Sarah Borders
May 2, 2025 11 min read

What Compliance Obligations Apply to Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs)?

Introduced in 2018 during President Trump’s first term, ICHRAs have gained in popularity ...

Sarah Borders
May 2, 2025 3 min read

CMS Updates Medicare Part D Benefit Parameters and Simplified Creditability Determination for 2026

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published 2026 updates to Medicare’s ...

Sarah Borders
April 2, 2025 4 min read

Recent Fiduciary Breach Lawsuits

Large employers like JP Morgan Chase, Johnson & Johnson, Wells Fargo, and others have ...

Sarah Borders
March 6, 2025 5 min read

What is a Controlled Group for Determining Applicable Large Employer (ALE) Status?

Many benefits-related regulations apply the controlled group test, including for the ...

Sarah Borders
March 6, 2025 2 min read

Executive Order to Expand Access to In Vitro Fertilization

On February 18, 2025, President Trump issued executive order 14216 directing the ...

Sarah Borders
March 6, 2025 2 min read

HHS OCR Rescinds March 2, 2022 Gender Affirming Care Guidance

On February 20, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil ...

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