About rjoyner

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)
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Health IT Bill Hits House

By Roy Mark 2008-02-19 Lawmakers stress privacy to build patient confidence in health systems. Hoping to bridge the gap between the call for national IT health care systems and privacy concerns, two lawmakers are promoting new legislation that would mandate user opt-in programs, encryption and breach notification. The Technologies for Restoring Users’ Security and Trust [...]

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DOL Issues Wellness Checklist

Issue What types of health promotion or disease prevention programs offered by a group health plan must comply with the Department’s final wellness program regulations and how does a plan determine whether such a program is in compliance with the regulations? http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/regs/fab2008-2.html

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Supreme Court Rules Today That Employees Can Sue Plan Administrators

The Supreme Court rules today that employees in a 401k plan CAN sue their plan administrators for not abiding by their wishes. This situation is going to open wide lawsuits especially in volatile markets like the bear (up and down) market we are in. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080220/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_pension

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Employees need this information on Alterntative Minimum Tax Forms

Issue Number: IR-2008-019 Inside This Issue IRS Successfully Processing Tax Forms Affected by AMT Legislation WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is now processing five tax forms affected by legislation involving the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). On Monday, IRS systems began to accept and process returns that include the five affected forms. After several days [...]

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