ACA Extensions—1095-C Employee Form Deadline and Good Faith Effort
There are often updates when it comes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Recently the IRS announced two new extensions that will give employers more...
11 Reasons Not to Use Your HRIS or Payroll Software for ACA Reporting
When it comes to preparing for the Large Employer Mandate in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), many companies rely on either their payroll software ve...
Top 9 Reasons Your Organization Might Receive an ACA Penalty
As employers enter their fourth year issuing 1095-C forms to employees and submitting 1094-C and 1095-C forms to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
How to Create an Employee Benefits Communication Strategy for Short Attention Spans
An effective employee benefits communication strategy strikes the right balance between providing ample information and keeping employees engaged. ...
Communicating Benefits to Employees…Without Spamming Their Inboxes
Communicating benefits to employees requires staying in touch with your workers—frequently. That’s because, as the language-learning app Linguajet ...
Communicating Benefits: 9 Important Emails You Should Send
When you’re communicating benefits and open enrollment details to your employees, it’s important to use a variety of communication channels. From ...
Sections 6055 and 6056: IRS Reporting Compliance
Originally published April 20, 2015: content updated below for 2018. What is IRS 6055 and 6056 Reporting? The Affordable Care Act (ACA) identifies ...
3 Reasons Why the Risk of Receiving an ACA Penalty is Increasing
Employers have now completed three years of ACA reporting to the IRS and to employees. And compliance-minded employers are already preparing for th...
Tips to Help Your Employees Navigate Vision Plan Options
Name a vision exam, and I’ve probably been through it. I wore glasses or contacts from age 3 to age 26. I had an astigmatism, wore an eye patch, wa...
Top Risks Associated with using ACA Monthly Measurement Period instead of the ACA Look Back Measurement Period to Stay Compliant
Many of our customers ask what are the pro’s and con’s around Monthly Measurement Periods versus Lookback Measurement Periods. ACA Monthly Measurem...
Is Software Enough for ACA Reporting and Compliance?
Don’t get us wrong, we believe that ACA reporting software is important. Really important. Our solution is built on the best. But is it enough? We’...
Twelve Terms Every Health Benefits Professional Should Know
Maybe you’re new to the Employee Health Benefits world, or maybe you’re a long-time HR professional with general knowledge, but could use a few tra...
Understanding your HSA Qualified Expenses
Your Health Savings Account, or HSA, is an incredible benefit and resource for you to use, and is quite simple to utilize. First, however, you need...
A Message to CFO’s – the ACA isn’t just an HR Problem
I recently returned from an industry conference for Financial Leadership, GFOA http://gfoa.org/conference), and I was surprised to hear that most ...
Benefits Communications Path to Change—Webinar Q&A
I really enjoyed facilitating our May webinars with EBN and SHRM and introducing our attendees to the Benefits Communications Path to Change. We ta...
A Common ACA Compliance Challenge—SSN Mismatch Errors
SSN Mismatch Errors Those who are in any way familiar with ACA forms 1095-C and 1094-C electronic submissions to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...