Product Description: Employer's Guide to Health Care Reform, 2015 Edition is the premier step-by-step practical guide for employers struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of changes affecting their health benefit plans. Specifically, it will help you: Strategize about how to design your employee health plans to satisfy ACA requirements Design your workforce to minimize penalty exposure Achieve significant cost-savings Understand new notice requirements that apply in 2015 Meet deadlines and take advantage of opportunities to delay implementation And much more! Employer's Guide to Health Care Reform, 2015 Edition provides in-depth discussion and detailed explanations on a number of critical topics, including: Implementation of the individual mandate The new requirement for employers with self-funded health plans and insurers to report information to the IRS regarding minimum essential coverage New rules providing flexibility to employers subject to the employer mandate for certain classes of employees Making strategic decisions about the design of employee health plans in light of the employer mandate, the advent of "private" exchanges, and the availability of certain other techniques for delivering health benefits to employees The transitional relief and enforcement delays for the employer pay-or-play requirements How employers may integrate health reimbursement accounts (HRAs) with other health coverage to satisfy the requirement to provide "minimum essential coverage" An update to the Medicare Part D thresholds, as modified by the ACA The amount and reporting of the transitional reinsurance fee payable by insurers and employer-sponsored group health plans in 2015 And much more ...read more

Product Description: Employer's Guide to Health Care Reform, 2014 Edition is the premier step-by-step practical guide for employers struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of changes affecting their health benefit plans. Specifically, it will help you: Grasp every implication of health care reform from the employer's perspective Fully understand even the most complex rules Achieve significant cost savings Meet deadlines and take advantage of opportunities to delay implementation And much more! The 2014 Edition of Employer's Guide to Health Care Reform has been updated to include discussions of the latest health care reform developments and detailed explanations of these important topics: The U...read more

Product Description: Employer's Guide to Health Care Reform is a step-by-step practical guide for employers struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of changes affecting their health benefit plans. It will help you: Grasp every implication of Health Care Reform from the employer's perspective Meet all deadlines Achieve significant cost-savings Fully understand even the most complex new rules Employer's Guide to Health Care Reform has been updated to include coverage of the latest health care reform developments, including these important topics: Legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act When is an employer-sponsored group health plan a "grandfathered" health plan - and how to keep it that way Whether a health plan covering solely retirees is subject to the Affordable Care Act design changes, such as the requirement to cover children through age 26 What types of subsidies and tax credits are available right now to employers that provide health coverage to employees Which health plans and benefits are currently subject to new prohibitions on annual and lifetime limits, and what exemptions are available How and when the Affordable Care Act restricts preexisting-condition exclusions When must a health plan provide full coverage for preventive health services without cost-sharing What are the consequences of offering health plan coverage to children up to age 26 What are the new claims and appeals processes mandated by the Affordable Care Act for health plans What additional changes to health plan design are going to be required beginning in 2014 How will employer-sponsored health plans and employers need to communicate with employees to address the Affordable Care Act requirements What new types of reporting will be required for health plans What is the "individual mandate" to enroll in health coverage Which employers will have to pay a penalty if they do not provide adequate and affordable health plan coverage What is a health care exchange, and how will it affect the U...read more