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- DOL: State PEO Law Does Not Determine Status as a MEWA and Stop-Loss Coverage Does Not Make a MEWA Fully Insured
- From the August 30, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- Plans meeting ERISA’s definition of a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) are subject to special ERISA preemption rules (MEWAs are subject to more state regulation than are single employer plans). In Advisory Opinion 2007-05A, the DOL has ...
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- CMS Issues Updated Guidance on Disclosure Notices to Part D Eligible Individuals for Use After February 15, 2007
- From the March 22, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- CMS has posted on its website updated guidance on disclosure notices to Part D eligible individuals, including revised model creditable, non-creditable, and personalized disclosure notices. The February 2007 guidance incorporates most of the changes that were proposed in September ...
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- DOL Releases ERISA Benefit Plan Enforcement Statistics for Fiscal Year 2006
- From the January 25, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has released a Fact Sheet reflecting its fiscal year (FY) 2006 enforcement statistics. EBSA is the agency within the DOL that enforces Title I of ERISA and “is responsible for ...
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- 2006 Form M-1 Substantively Unchanged; Includes Self-Compliance Tool for HIPAA and Other Health Care-Related Provisions
- From the December 07, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- The 2006 Form M-1 and Instructions have been issued by the DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration. The Form M-1 is the report for multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) that provide health benefits and, for a limited ...
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- New DOL Guidance on HSAs and ERISA Clarifies 2004 Guidance and Answers Practical Questions From the HSA Marketplace
- From the November 02, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- In 2004, the DOL issued guidance concluding that HSAs generally would not be subject to ERISA, so long as the establishment of the HSAs was “completely voluntary” on the part of the employees and the employer’s ...
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- New Interactive Website Uses Q&A Format to Help Employers Comply With Health Plan Requirements
- From the October 19, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the arm of the DOL charged with enforcing ERISA, has made available an interactive website designed to help employers understand and comply with the legal requirements for health benefits plans. The website covers COBRA, ...
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- Electronic Filing of Form 5500 Required for 2008 Plan Year; Changes to Form, Schedules, Instructions, and Regs Proposed
- From the July 27, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has issued a final rule requiring all Form 5500s to be filed electronically for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2008. In response to public comment, the DOL has delayed the electronic filing requirement, which was ...
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- Advance Form 5500 Released for Reporting on 2006 Plan Year
- From the July 20, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL, IRS, and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation have released advance copies of the Form 5500, Schedules, and Instructions to be used by employee benefits plans reporting on 2006 plan years (generally, those are plan years beginning during 2006 for ...
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- PEO's Health Plan Is a MEWA, Subject to State Regulation
- From the July 20, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- The Nevada Division of Insurance ordered a professional employer organization (PEO) to cease and desist offering an employee health plan to the PEO’s clients. The Nevada authorities took the position that the health plan constituted unlicensed insurance offered ...
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- DOL Offers Informal Views on Inadvertent MEWAs, Competing Beneficiary Claims, and Subrogation and COB Decisions
- From the July 13, 2006 EBIA Weekly
- The American Bar Association’s Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) has posted the report of its annual question and answer session with DOL officials. Here are some highlights of the ERISA compliance issues from the 2006 session. Inadvertent ...
