Ohio’s Nonprofit Mutual Insurance Company: InHealth Mutual
At C&A Benefits Group, we work hard to introduce new opportunities to you. Beginning January 1, 2014, all Americans will be required to have health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To help meet this requirement, the federal government included a...
Health Care Reform: Impact on Health Reimbursement Arrangements
Large employers who have to offer health insurance under the employer mandate have been asking if they can offer full-time workers a stand-alone HRA with no major medical coverage and still meet the requirement to provide affordable, minimum value coverage. In...
Enrollment in FF-SHOP delayed for small businesses
Enrollment in the federally-facilitated health insurance marketplace for small businesses, called Small Business Health Options Program (FF-SHOP), has been delayed a year. FF-SHOP will let small business owners go online to compare health plans for their employees,...
Administration pushes back ACA enrollment deadline
After getting many complaints about website problems with HealthCare.gov, Obama administration officials Friday announced that they will give consumers extra eight days to sign up for health coverage that takes effect Jan. 1. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Health Care Reform – C&A Benefits Group is here to help!
Understanding the many ways that Affordable Care Act (ACA) could impact your business can be a full-time job in itself. However, as your trusted business partner, C&A is here to help. Whether it be general background information to help you understand the details...
Many Americans Reporting ACA “Sticker Shock.”
Monday night, NBC Nightly News reported on “sticker shock” resulting from the ACA, as many Americans learned this week that “they must buy new policies that cover more but cost more as well.” NBC’s Peter Alexander explained that “one of President Obama’s key selling...
ACA Enrollment Period Extended By Six Weeks
The Obama Administration “granted a six-week extension until March 31 for Americans to sign up for coverage next year and avoid new tax penalties under the” Affordable Care Act. The AP notes that the move was anticipated, and “comes as technical problems continue to...
PPACA going live – with glitches
A government shutdown could dampen the rollout Tuesday as insurance markets open around the country. But it won't stop the main components of "Obamacare" from going live as scheduled, glitches and all. The biggest expansion of society's safety net since Medicare will...
FLSA Exchange Notices and What You Need to Know
Your employees MUST receive these notices by October 1. Do you know what to do? WHO MUST RECEIVE THE NOTICE? “Employers that are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Regardless of size, funding type or if they offer health coverage today or not, must provide a...
September HR Lunch and Learn Series: Health Care Reform – It’s here! Are you ready?
You have heard the basics of the Affordable Care Act by now. Join us September 17 as we discuss THE DETAILS of how health insurance is changing and what it means to your company. Does an early renewal strategy make sense? Or are you better off under “Adjusted...
Limit on Consumer Costs is Delayed in Health Care Law
August 13 2013 WASHINGTON - In another setback for President Obama's health care initiative, the administration has delayed until 2015 a significant consumer protection in the law that limits how much people may have to spend on their own health care. The limit on...
August HR Lunch and Learn Series – Compensation Plans
HR Lunch and Learn Series Compensation Plans Does your compensation plan drive the right behaviors with employees? Do you know what the market is paying for the skill sets your employees have? Is your plan scalable for long term placements? Compensation plans should...
Health care reform’s employer mandate delayed until 2015
The Obama administration is delaying health care reform's employer mandate until 2015 to give businesses another year to prepare for this requirement. Mark Mazur, assistant Treasury secretary for tax policy, made this news official in a blog on the Treasury...
JULY HR WORKSHOP SERIES: LEGAL TERMINATIONS
HR Lunch and Learn Series Legal Terminations Are you holding on to an employee that isn’t working for you because you are nervous about the termination process? Do you understand how and what to do when terminating an employee? Do you have to pay unemployment? What do...
ODI RELEASES PLANS SEEKING TO PARTICIPATE IN EXCHANGE IN OHIO
The Ohio Department of Insurance released the names of health plans seeking to participate in the PPACA Exchange operated in Ohio. The names below are those that could be released publicly at this time: Individual Market Aetna, AultCare, Community (Anthem),...
BWC Board Approves $1 Billion Rebate, Reduction in Private Employer Rates
The rate reduction brings employers’ three-year premium savings to an estimated $224 million On May 30, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) set actions in motion for the distribution of $1 billion in cash rebates to Ohio employers, many of which can now...
May HR Lunch and Learn Class – Conflict Resolution
People, teams, groups.... there is bound to be conflict. We all have opinions, process information differently, but ultimately just want to be heard, understood and acknowledged. Join us for our May workshop to learn how to meet in the middle, negotiate resolution...
Small Firms’ Offer of Plan Choices Under Health Law Delayed
WASHINGTON — Unable to meet tight deadlines in the new health care law, the Obama administration is delaying parts of a program intended to provide affordable health insurance to small businesses and their employees — a major selling point for the health care...
