Hausmann Group Blog

Sarah Borders, CEBS
September 5, 2023 2 min read

Hot Topic: Can a Dependent Care Election be made in Anticipation of the Birth of a Child?

Employees may generally participate in a dependent care assistance program through salary ...
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Sarah Borders, CEBS
September 5, 2023 2 min read

MLR Rebate Reminder for Employers

Carriers are required to send out Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) payments to employers by ...
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Sarah Borders, CEBS
September 5, 2023 1 min read

Medicare Part D Notices Must Be Sent Before October 15

Employers must send Medicare Part D creditable coverage notices to all Medicare-eligible ...
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Sarah Borders, CEBS
August 30, 2023 3 min read

Affordability Percentage Decreased for Plan Years Beginning in 2024

On Aug 23, 2023, the IRS updated the affordability percentage to 8.39% (a significant ...
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Sarah Borders, CEBS
August 2, 2023 3 min read

Hot Topic: "Can we make retroactive changes to an employee’s benefit election?"

Contrary to what’s commonly done in practice, Section 125 requires that employers only ...
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Sarah Borders, CEBS
August 2, 2023 5 min read

Proposed Rules and Congressional Report Issued for Mental Health Parity

The Departments have issued proposed rules that would, if finalized, modify current ...
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Hausmann Group
July 28, 2023 3 min read

Top 10 High-cost Claim Conditions

Top 10 High-cost Claim Conditions in 2022 Stop-loss provider Sun Life released its 2022 ...
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Sarah Borders, CEBS
July 10, 2023 1 min read

IRS Guidance on Preventive Care and COVID Testing Covered under HDHPs

The IRS issued Notice 2023-37 regarding high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) that ...
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Hausmann Group
June 16, 2023 11 min read

Form 5500 Is Due by July 31, 2023 for Calendar Year Plans

Employers with employee benefit plans that operate on a calendar year basis must file ...
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