Group Health Plans: Federal Mandates Other Than COBRA & HIPAA Authors
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Editor/Contributing Author
Carrie J. Molenda (since 2005). Ms. Molenda is a Senior Editor at Thomson Reuters/EBIA. Previously she was the Editor and a Contributing Author of EBIA’s Cafeteria Plans manual (2000-2005). Before joining Thomson Reuters/EBIA, Ms. Molenda was a partner in the Employee Benefits department of Davis Wright Tremaine in Seattle. Ms. Molenda graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1982, where she served on the law review, was awarded the Order of the Coif and was the recipient of five Am. Jur. awards. She also graduated with First Class Honors from the University of Liverpool Faculty of Law in England in 1978.
Contributing Authors
Steven P. Smith (since 2003). Mr. Smith is a member of Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm L.L.C. in Wichita, Kansas where he practices employee benefits law. Mr. Smith received his law degree with honors from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1988, where he was a member of the National Moot Court Team, the recipient of the Foulston Siefkin prize for best appellate brief and the Am. Jur. Award in Insurance Law. Following graduation, he served as research attorney for the Honorable Robert E. Davis of the Kansas Court of Appeals.
Mary Turk-Meena (since 2005). Ms. Turk-Meena is a partner in the employee benefits section of K&L Gates LLP in Charlotte, North Carolina. She has extensive experience advising companies with respect to the design, implementation and administration of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans and welfare benefit plans. In addition, Ms. Turk-Meena has significant experience working with health plans and compliance with tax, ERISA and HIPAA requirements, as well as cafeteria plans, flexible spending arrangements and health savings accounts. Ms. Turk-Meena received her law degree from Temple University in 1979 and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White 2009).
Andrew Ky Haynes (since 1998). Mr. Haynes is a Shareholder and Director of Haynes Benefits PC in Kansas City, Missouri. He practices primarily in the area of employee benefits, representing private and governmental plans, tax-exempt organizations and service providers. Mr. Haynes has served as Chairman of the Missouri Bar Employee Benefits Committee and the Missouri Department of Insurance Liaison Committee. Mr. Haynes received his law degree from Emory University School of Law in 1982, where he was Research Editor of the Emory Law Journal.
Past Contributor
Susan R. Monkmeyer (Editor/Contributing Author, 2002-2008). Ms. Monkmeyer is a Senior Editor at Thomson Reuters/EBIA and is currently Editor and a Contributing Author to EBIA’s Cafeteria Plans.
