Latest HealthCare Updates

January 2019 Monthly Newsletter Jan 1, 2019 Health FSA Limit to Increase in 2019 The ACA imposes a dollar limit on employees’ salary reduction contributions to health flexible spending arrangements (health FSAs) offered under cafeteria plans. This dollar limit is…

August Monthly Newsletter Aug 1, 2018 Top 5 New Hire Forms An employee’s first day on the job can be very stressful for both the employee and employer. While trying to set up the employee with his or her parking pass, email account, and other necessities, employers…

3 Key ACA Terms Employers Need to Know Feb 6, 2018 Health Care Reform Updates Definitions Essential to Understanding ‘Pay or Play’ Compliance In general, under the employer shared responsibility (“pay or play”) provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), applicable…

‘Cadillac Tax’ Delayed Until 2022 Jan 23, 2018 Health Care Reform Updates Tax Previously Set to Become Effective in 2020 President Trump has signed the Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, which (among other things) delays implementation of the “Cadillac Tax,”…

Reminder: 2018 ‘Pay or Play’ Affordability Percentage is 9.56% Jan 19, 2018 Health Care Reform Updates Percentage Down from 2017 Under the employer shared responsibility (“pay or play”) provisions of the Affordable Care Act, applicable large employers—generally those…

Reminder: Individual Mandate Remains in Effect for 2018 Jan 12, 2018 Health Care Reform Updates Requirement is Effectively Repealed Beginning in 2019 Individuals are reminded that the section of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which effectively repealed the individual…