Employee Benefits Answer Book is designed for professionals who need quick answers regarding: whether to institute or continue medical, group term life, cafeteria plans, or other employee welfare benefit plans, how to choose the plans most suited to their needs, and how to comply with the morass of federal requirements. the question-and-answer format of Employee Benefits Answer Book, with its breadth of coverage and plain-language explanations, effectively conveys the complex and essential subject matter of employee welfare benefit plans To The professionals who need quick and authoritative answers. Citations of authority are provided as research aids for those who need to pursue particular items in greater detail. Now in its Eighth Edition, this is the definitive guide to employee welfare plan design, administration, and funding. Coverage includes the latest changes to COBRA, ERISA, FMLA, ADA, The IRC, and important topics such as employee liability for managed care. Highlights Include: New health benefit claims procedures and summary plan description requirements Final regulations from the IRS on midyear changes to cafeteria plan elections Final regulations on the nondiscrimination requirements for company health plans and much more!

"The Handbook of Employee Benefits, Sixth Edition, features the knowledge and insights of more than 50 top benefits experts. It is filled with new and updated cases and real-world examples of benefit plan successes and failures." "The Handbook of Employee Benefits gives every organization and its HR practitioners and consultants the knowledge and tools they need to create plans that benefit the greatest number of employees, while allowing employers to maintain fiscal integrity and competitive advantage."--BOOK JACKET.

Employee Benefits Answer Book provides comprehensive guidance for those involved in the design and administration of employee benefit plans. The Q&A format is ideal for probing key topics such as: Health care reform COBRA continuation coverage Retiree health care coverage Health coverage portability requirements Group long-term care insurance Dependent care assistance Adoption assistance Vacation and severance pay plans Death benefits Financing employee benefits Financial accounting for employee benefits And more! Employee Benefits Answer Book will help you: Set the best Health Care Reform strategy for your company and your clients Keep in compliance with current and coming requirements Find clear answers to hundreds of employee benefits questions Avoid costly errors related to employee benefits administration Resolve employee benefits issues quickly and effectively And much more! The Thirteenth Edition provides up-to-date coverage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including: Transition rules leading to full implementation of the employer shared responsibility requirements in 2015 Guidance on when employer-provided health coverage provides minimum value Latest figures for determining affordability of employer-provided health coverage Rules governing the interplay of orientation periods with the new limits on waiting periods for health coverage And more! Additionally Employee Benefits Answer Book has been updated to include discussions of: New guidance on stop-loss insurance The Supreme Court’s weighing in on vesting of retiree health benefits Final regulations on payment of retiree health premiums by a pension or annuity plan DOL issuance of updated COBRA continuation coverage notices that reflect the Health Exchange option And more!

Employee Benefits Answer Book provides comprehensive guidance for thoseinvolved in the design and administration of employee benefit plans.The Q&A format is ideal for probing key topics such as:Health care reformCOBRA continuation coverageRetiree health care coverageHealth coverage portability requirementsGroup long-term care insuranceDependent care assistanceAdoption assistanceVacation and severance pay plansDeath benefitsFinancing employee benefitsFinancial accounting for employee benefitsAnd more!Employee Benefits Answer Book will help you:Set the best Health Care Reform Act strategy for your company and your clientsKeep in compliance with current and coming requirementsFind clear answers to hundreds of employee benefits questionsAvoid costly errors related to employee benefits administrationResolve employee benefits issues quickly and effectivelyAnd much more!Employee Benefits Answer Book has been updated to bring you plain-languageexplanations of the latest health care reform developments, including theseimportant topics:When a plan is a "grandfathered" plan - and how to keep it that wayWhat employers need to do to satisfy "employer responsibility" requirementsunder the Health Care Reform ActHow the Health Care Reform Act restricts preexisting-condition exclusionsWhich plans and benefits are subject to new prohibitions on annual andlifetime benefit limitsWhen a plan must cover an employee's adult childHow to comply with no-cost preventive care requirementsWhat a plan must do when denying a benefit claimWhat plans must tell employees about their benefits and coverageWhen health reimbursement arrangements can and cannot pay for over-the-counterdrugsHow small employer plans can cash in on a valuable new tax creditWhy insured plans don't need to worry about tough, new nondiscrimination rulesHow plans must handle premium rebates from their insurersWhat health plan information must be reported on employees' W-2 formsAnd much more!In addition to Health Care Reform, Employee Benefits Answer Book providesemployers and benefits professionals with extensive and up-to-date guidance onother important legal and regulatory developments during the past year,including:Important new regulations under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)Cost-sharing parity requirements for mental health and addiction benefitsExpanded FMLA coverage for military family membersNew fringe benefit rules for employer-provided cell phonesKey changes to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act(USERRA)New FMLA rules for airline flight crewsNew ground rules for employer-provided adoption assistanceImportant U.S. Supreme Court rulings on employee benefitsRevised rules for counting intermittent FMLA leaveUpdated guidance on retiree prescription drug benefits

Fiscal realities and changing social priorities are requiring a dramatic shift in the way that benefits are selected and awarded to employees, especially in the public sector. This means that public administrators and policy researchers must consider new parameters and contingencies, both financial and social, when evaluating choices and making pol

As health systems divide and conquer, health care professionals are fi nding themselves in new employment situation -- working for larger org anizations or supervising new groups of employees. With this change co mes a need to take a new look at the laws that affect employee benefit s -- including ERISA, group health plans, COBRA, and more. Here's a co ncise briefing on the legal issues involved in health care employee be nefits administration, with specific references to statutes and court rulings that are relevant in the health care setting. A practical over view of a complex legal area.

THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ANSWER BOOK This go-to resource contains the most reliable information needed to answer questions about employee benefits that arise in day-to-day business. Complex and ambiguous topics are illustrated with concrete examples that can help make informed, sound decisions, and ultimately, the ability to ask better questions. Written by Rebecca Mazin an expert in human resource policies and procedures the book addresses the most commonly asked benefits questions including: How many vacation days do employees get? What's the difference between a POS and an HSA? Is offering check-ups and eye exams enough? What's involved in flexible spending accounts? What do I need to know about 401(k) and Non-Qualified Plans? Do employees expect life insurance and disability? From EAP to concierge services, what else do employees want? How does COBRA work and what else do I need to do? What can employers do to rein in benefits costs? The book also highlights specific practice examples that are "worth repeating," or "better forgotten," and includes a wide-variety of checklists and charts. The Employee Benefits Answer Book is organized by topic and arranged in a question and answer format making it easy to zero in on a particular subject. Using this important book, employers can create coherent policies based on a clear understanding of all benefits.