by Market Cheetah | Feb 10, 2021 | Health Care Benefits, Human Resources
With the COVID-19 pandemic, worksite health clinics are offering new services ranging from coronavirus testing to more telehealth options, which are helping to decrease health care costs and reduce absenteeism.
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by Market Cheetah | Feb 3, 2021 | Health Care Benefits, Human Resources
Providing financial and logistical support to living organ donors can help to save organ-recipients’ lives while reducing future health care costs.
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by Market Cheetah | Jan 23, 2021 | Benefits Compliance, Health Care Benefits, Human Resources, Retirement Benefits
The Biden administration is reviewing Trump administration final regulations with an eye toward replacing many that address employer-sponsored health and retirement plans, and has frozen all proposed regulations pending their review.
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by Market Cheetah | Jan 6, 2021 | Benefits Strategy and Planning, Compensation, Health Care Benefits, Human Resources, Leave Benefits, Retirement Benefits
The COVID-19 pandemic, social unrest and technological advancements have amplified and accelerated employee benefits trends that were already underway. Here, benefits and pay specialists share their predictions for 2021.
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by Market Cheetah | Dec 11, 2020 | Benefits and Taxation, Benefits Compliance, Health Care Benefits, Human Resources
The IRS is raising the fee that health insurers or self-insured health plan sponsors will pay in 2021 to fund the federal Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) trust fund. The annual fee, calculated based on the number of plan enrollees during the preceding year, is due to the IRS by July 31.
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by Market Cheetah | Dec 5, 2020 | Health Care Benefits, Human Resources, Reporting and Disclosure, Retirement Benefits
Advance copies of Form 5500 information returns, used to report on plan year 2020 benefits, reflect an increase in maximum civil penalties, among other adjustments. It’s uncertain if the Biden administration will revive an Obama-era proposed overhaul to Form 5500 that could expand reporting requirements for future years.
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