03/15/2006 Thesconnection

• IMPORTANT: New Medicare Part D Reporting Requirement for Employers
  
  
• United Healthcare & Oxford Health Plans Announce New Out-of-Network Claim Payment Policy
  
  
• Form 5500 Revisions – To File Or Not To File?
  
  
• Test Your Benefits Knowledge
  
  
• Health Savings Accounts/Health Reimbursement Accounts
  
  

• Medicare Part D Medicare Modernization Act (MMA)
  
  
• What is Medicare Part D?
  
  
• Part D Benefits
  
  
• Medicare Part D: An Employer's Role
  
  
  1. Re-evaluate Post-Retirement Prescription Drug Coverage
  2. Provide Notices of Creditable/Non-Creditable Coverage
  3. Be Prepared To Communicate with Retirees and Employees
  
  
• What Next?
  
  

• Flexible Spending Account Changes – Continued…
  
  
• Medicare Part D: What an Employer Should Know
  
  
• Form 5500: Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program
  
  
• State Disability Overview Part Two: New Jersey
  
  
• Quick Fact Corner
  
  
• Test Your Benefits Knowledge
  
  

• Major Change Announced for Flexible Spending Accounts
  
  
• FMLA Changes On The Horizon?
  
  
• Department of Labor Posts Model COBRA Notices in Spanish
  
  
• State Disability Overview Part One: New York
  
  
• Quick Fact Corner
  
  
• Test Your Benefits Knowledge
  
  

• Employers Educate Employees About the Earned Income Tax Credit
  
  
• Absence Management Survey Helps Employers Benchmark
  
  
• Oxford Health Plans/United Healthcare Merger Update
  
  
• Quick Fact Corner
  
  
• Test Your Benefits Knowledge
  
  

• IRS Releases 2005 Employer’s Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits
  
  
• Identity Theft Insurance Available As An Employee Benefit
  
  
• American Dental Association Publishes New Dental Coding Procedures for 2005
  
  
• Quick Fact Corner
  
  
• Test Your Benefits Knowledge
  
  

• COBRA - Is Your Company in Compliance?
  
  
• Setback for Flexible Spending Accounts
  
  
• Oxford/UnitedHealthcare Consolidation
  
  
• Quick Fact Corner
  
  
• Test Your Benefits Knowledge
  
  

• 12/14/2004 Mental Health Parity Act Extended
  
  
• 12/14/2004 2005 401(k) Limits
  
  
• 12/14/2004 Military Reservists and Benefits
  
  

• 12/8/2004 Health Insurance Premiums Continue To Rise
  
  
• 12/8/2004 IRS Announces New 2005 Limits For FSA Transportation Benefits
  
  
• 12/8/2004 Unum Provident Settlement