UBA's Compliance Advisor titled "HSAs: What You Need to Know" has been updated with information about COVID-19 testing and treatment and the email has been sent to all Partners.

The co-branded Compliance Recap for February has been sent to all Partners and is available for download from AdEase, along with updated Compliance Advisors

The Compliance Team has updated several Advisors, which are available for download from AdEase.

The Compliance Team has published the January Compliance Recap, a new Advisor, and updated three Advisors to reflect recent changes in regulations. All Advisors are available for download from AdEase.

The Compliance Team has updated three Advisors to reflect recent changes in regulations. All Advisors are available for download from AdEase.

The Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Labor issued regulations last week that made changes to the civil monetary penalty amounts for compliance violations. We have updated several Advisors to reflect the adjusted penalty amounts

On December 20, 2019, the President signed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020,which included an extension of the PCORI fee and repeal of the "Cadillac" tax. We have updated another of our Compliance Advisors to reflect this change.

On December 20, 2019, the President signed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 to keep the federal government running through September 2020. The Act included a one-year extension to the federal tax credit available to employers who provide paid family and medical leave.

On December 20, 2019, the President signed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 to keep the federal government running through September 2020. The Act also affects several fees and taxes under the ACA. A co-branded version of the new Advisors was sent today to all Partners. Several related Advisors have also been updated.

Co-branded versions of new Advisors were sent today to all Partners with a 2020 calendar of important compliance due dates and the final forms and instructions for 2019 ACA reporting. In addition, the Advisors on coverage transparency and opt-outs arrangements have been updated.

UBA has published the 2020 Annual Benefit Plan Amounts Card, a quick reference for cost of living adjustments. Also updated is the HIPAA Best Practices Guide.

The July Compliance Recap has just been published and is available on AdEase. Co-branded emails will be sent shortly to Partners. In addition, the Sample Open Enrollment Notices Packet has been updated.

To address the new final rules on health reimbursement arrangements, the Compliance team has created a new Compliance Advisor that you can send to clients.

In addition to this month's Compliance Recap, sent to Partners on Friday last week, the Compliance team has updated six other Advisors based on recent regulatory updates.

Two updated Advisors and one new Advisor are available on AdEase to help you keep your clients informed of recent developments in employee benefits legislation.

The October Compliance Recap as well as a number of updated compliance Advisors are available for download from AdEase to send to your clients.

Keep your clients up to date on all the developments in benefits compliance. The September Compliance Recap is available for download from AdEase as an email or Microsoft Word document. In addition, the Compliance Team has updated a previous Advisor on MLR rebates for private benefit plans.

August was a relatively quiet month in the employee benefits world, yet the IRS, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Labor have published information affecting employee benefit plans that will be of interest to your clients. Download the Compliance Recap from AdEase to read more.

The UBA Compliance Team has updated the previously-published Advisor titled "COBRA Notices" with a clarification regarding open enrollment materials.

The UBA Compliance Team was busy last month updating and creating a number of Compliance Advisors and the July Compliance Recap, all of which are available on AdEase.

The UBA Compliance Team has updated a previously-published Advisor with an informative FAQ for plan sponsors about ERISA. Download "What Group Plan Sponsors Need to Know about ERISA" from AdEase as either a co-branded email or Word document.

This new ACA Advisors provides a review of the latest regulations for association health plans. Download the email and Microsoft Word versions from AdEase to keep your clients up to date.

May was a relatively busy month in the employee benefits world and the UBA Compliance team has been busy with updates to existing Advisors and several new Advisors, as well as this month's Compliance Recap.

April was a busy month in the employee benefits world. Among other actions, the IRS modified the 2018 health savings account family contribution limit back to $6,900, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the 2019 parameters for the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, and the IRS released frequently asked questions on the employer credit for family paid medical leave. Download the Compliance Recap from AdEase to read more.

The March Compliance Recap is now available in AdEase for download as an email or Word document. The UBA Compliance team has also updated the Sample Open Enrollment Notices Packet to reflect recent changes in benefit limits.

In October 2017, UBA published the 2018 Annual Benefit Plan Card. The card has been updated to reflect a change in the small employer health insurance credit average wage phase-out.

Recently, you may have received a call from your client regarding a letter received from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stating that your client may owe money because it either didn't offer health coverage to enough of its full-time employees, or the health coverage that it offered wasn't affordable or minimum value.

February was a quiet month in the employee benefits world. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) updated its Questions and Answers about Information Reporting by Employers on Form 1094-C and Form 1095-C, its Questions and Answers on Information Reporting by Health Coverage Providers, and its Questions and Answers on Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions Under the Affordable Care Act. The IRS released its adjusted penalty amounts under the employer shared responsibility provisions for the 2018 calendar year. The IRS also released its Information Letter on COBRA HRA premium calculation. The IRS, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed rule on short-term, limited-duration insurance.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued regulations that relate to the handling of claims and appeals of disability determinations under benefit plans governed by ERISA. UBA has an advisor to help you determine if this rule applies to your employer-sponsored disability plan, and if it does, provides the eight things you need to know.