Wellness Program Checkup

A Clean Bill of Health for 2010

Available immediately

Wellness programs play a central role in the effort to control employee health care costs and occupy an important place in proposals for health care reform. With brand-new GINA regulations taking effect and employers finalizing program details for 2010, now is the perfect time to re-evaluate the compliance and design issues presented. In this 90-minute web seminar, we’ll describe current marketplace offerings and explain compliance considerations to help employers, providers, and advisors design and operate effective wellness programs.

Originally presented on October 29, 2009.

Note: Please be aware that some static can be heard from one of our speakers’ telephone lines during portions of the recording; however, all seminar content is clearly audible.

Seminar Level


Intermediate Difficulty

Topics Covered

Here’s some of what was covered:

  • What types of wellness programs are being provided and what types of incentives offered to encourage participation (reduced employee premiums, employer contributions to health FSAs or HRAs, cash, or other rewards)?
  • What is the impact of the nondiscrimination rules under the ADA, GINA and HIPAA, including the just-issued GINA regulations? When can health risk assessments be used and what information can and cannot be collected? What types and amounts of rewards can be offered?
  • What are the tax implications of wellness programs? What issues are raised for cafeteria plans, health FSAs, health savings accounts, or health reimbursement accounts?
  • What types of wellness programs may be subject to additional compliance rules under ERISA or even COBRA?
  • How might the wellness proposals being considered by Congress affect the design of employer wellness programs in the future?

Details

Speakers: Sharon R. Cohen and Melanie N. Aska. Ms. Cohen is an attorney, Health Care Counsel for Watson Wyatt Worldwide in Washington, D.C., and a Contributing Author of EBIA’s Cafeteria Plans manual. Ms. Aska is an attorney, Senior Editor at EBIA, and the Editor and a Contributing Author of EBIA’s Consumer-Driven Health Care manual.

Handouts: A handout of the seminar slides and other information is provided through download.

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