The Wall Street Journal (2/17, Hobson) “Health Blog” reports that the Department of Health and Human Services has announced that it will postpone the deadline for ICD-10 implementation. The Hill (2/17, Pecquet) “Healthwatch” blog reports that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said, “We have heard from many in the provider community who have concerns about the [...]
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Ric Joyner, CEBS, GBA, CFCI Customer Experience Officer Ric is a founder of eflexgroup.com a national web based TPA for Cafeteria, HRA, HSA, Transit, VEBA and COBRA plans. eflexgroup is a leader in self-service employee benefit systems. eflexgroup was the first TPA in the industry to go “online” in 1999 allowing employees to self-serve 24 hours per day. He has lead the industry with eflex by placing provable customer service statistics, live, on eflexgroup.com Ric is celebrating his 32nd year employee benefits. He helped create TPAs such as TASC and Employee Benefits Corporation in Madison WI. He was a licensed insurance agent for 29 years. The designations Mr. Joyner holds are; Certified Employee Benefits Specialist, Group Benefit Associate, Certified Flexible Compensation Instructor, board approved by ASPA to teach Cafeteria Plan regulations. Ric also has a bachelors of science in Information Technology and MBA (emphasis is project management) and graduated summa cum laude from Capella University with a 4.0. Ric helped found the National Association of Professional Benefit Administrators (NAPBA.org). NAPBA is dedicated to training administrators in best practices and grass roots lobbying. Ric has served in the past as the Wisconsin Association of Health Underwriters State President in 2003. Ric is a frequent speaker and article writer for prestigious associations such as NAHU.org, NAPBA.org, Wisconsin SHRM, Austin SHRM, PACE.org, International Foundation of Employee Benefits, Tampa Bay AHU, WI AHU, Florida AHU, Florida NAIFA and participates on the List Serves (compliance programs for Consumer Driven Products of NAHU and International Foundation of Employee Benefits)HHS, DOL and Treasury announced two important rules – final SBC regulations and additional information regarding the automatic enrollment and employer penalty requirements
From the KT Health and Welfare Team: This morning HHS, DOL and Treasury announced two important rules – final SBC regulations and additional information regarding the automatic enrollment and employer penalty requirements. Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) As noted during a prior update, the agencies have delayed the application of the final SBC rules [...]
DOL Technical Release 2012-01 FAQs on Automatic Enrollment, Shared Responsibility and Waiting Periods
Technical Release No. 2012-01 Frequently Asked Questions from Employers Regarding Automatic Enrollment, Employer Shared Responsibility, and Waiting Periods February 9, 2012 Introduction Many provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) that become effective beginning in 2014 are designed to expand access to affordable health coverage. These include provisions for [...]
IRS Clarifies HSA Eligible Individual if Receiving Indian Health Services
Technorati Tags: HSA,Health Savings Account,Health Insurance,IRS,Taxes,IHS,Indian Health Services By Ric Joyner, CEBS, GBA, CFCI The IRS clarifies verbal comments regarding those who receive Indian Health Services medical care. Similar to Veterans Administration Benefits, a person is not an eligible individual for purposes of participant in an HSA who uses VA and now IHS within the [...]
IRS Releases New Publication 969 Affects HSAs, MSAs, HRAs, FSAs
By Ric Joyner, CEBS, GBA. CFCI Technorati Tags: 969,Publication 969,IRS publication 969,IRS,Tax payers,2011 Publication 969 will assist taxpayers for 2011 tax years.
Washington Post Article Sets Stage for Religious Fight and Health Care Rules
Technorati Tags: health care reform,catholic,washington post,birth control Obama administration gives groups more time to comply with birth control rule By N.C. Aizenman, Friday, January 20, 11:51 AM The Obama administration will allow religious organizations an additional year to comply with a new rule requiring employers that offer their workers health insurance to include coverage of [...]
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