The September Employer Webinar will provide an overview of the new final rules on health reimbursement arrangements, including the individual coverage HRA and the excepted benefit HRA. Partner Firm employees can register with their Partner Firm discount code on the Employer Webinar page on the Wisdom Network.

A co-branded email invitation has been sent to all Partners, and is available on AdEase.

Tuesday, September 17, 2019
2:00 p.m. Eastern, 11:00 a.m. Pacific

This webinar will provide an overview of the new final rules on health reimbursement arrangements by::

• Describing what a health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) is
• Describing the new types of HRAs: the individual coverage HRA and the excepted benefit HRA
• Describing the types of individual coverage that can and cannot be integrated with an HRA
• Illustrating how the integration rules apply to an individual coverage HRA that is integrated with Medicare
• Explaining how an employer would structure an individual coverage HRA, including the nondiscrimination rules, classes of employees, minimum class size, opt-out and reimbursement waiver provisions, individual coverage substantiation, and notice requirements
• Describing how the individual coverage HRA interacts with COBRA, the premium tax credit, individual market special enrollment periods, employer shared responsibility provisions, and ERISA
• Briefly describing how an employer would structure an excepted benefit HRA
• Describing best practices in offering HRAs under the final rules

This 60-minute intermediate level webinar will help employers understand individual coverage HRAs and excepted benefit HRAs.

Chelsea Deppert is an associate in the Atlanta office of Fisher Phillips. She provides practical guidance to employers on the technical aspects of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and other state and federal laws impacting the design, implementation and ongoing compliance of employee benefit plans and programs. She advises clients with respect to all aspects of employee benefits, including retirement plans, health and other welfare benefit plans.

Partners can register for the webinar with their Partner Firm discount code on the Wisdom Network Employer Webinar page. The email invitation is available for download from AdEase.

Questions about the webinar? Contact Karen Hsu, Director of Compliance, at khsu@ubabenefits.com. If you need help with AdEase, contact Meg Cipar, Editor of Digital Media, at mcipar@ubabenefits.com.