Know Your Compliance Obligations Minimize Your Risks Why Do Employers Need Compliancedashboard ? Are You Prepared For ERISA Compliance and Health Care.

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Know Your Compliance Obligations Minimize Your Risks Why Do Employers Need Compliancedashboard ? Are You Prepared For ERISA Compliance and Health Care Reform? It is crucial that you begin preparing now to be in full compliance with the new requirements and employer obligations. Time to develop or retool your compliance strategy!

Know Your Compliance Obligations Minimize Your Risks Why Do Employers Need Compliancedashboard ? Did you know… The DOL has estimated that three out of four plans they audit have had an ERISA violation?

Know Your Compliance Obligations Minimize Your Risks Why Do Employers Need Compliancedashboard ? Did you know… The DOL plans to substantially increase the number of ERISA compliance audits it conducts each year?

Know Your Compliance Obligations Minimize Your Risks Why Do Employers Need Compliancedashboard ? You need to know… As a plan sponsor, you are an ERISA Fiduciary and held to one of the highest standards under the law. The plan sponsor is also typically the ERISA Plan Administrator with direct responsibility for most items of legal compliance. Fiduciary = Liability

Know Your Compliance Obligations Minimize Your Risks Why Do Employers Need Compliancedashboard ? You need to know… The cost of ERISA compliance in 2013 will continue to increase as Health Care Reform comes into full swing.

Why Do Employers Need Compliancedashboard ? Plan Admin/Fiduciary Liability Prepare/Distribute Notices Summary of Benefits and Coverage Summary Annual Report Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act Notice Children’s Health Insurance Program Notice HIPAA Preexisting Condition Exclusion Notice HIPAA Certificates of Creditable Coverage HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices HIPAA Preexisting Condition Exclusion Notice HIPAA Special Enrollment Notice Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Notice Notice of the Health Benefit Exchange Patient Protections Disclosure USERRA Rights Notice Reporting & Disclosure COBRA Administration and monitoring Participant tracking Eligibility compliance Send/document notices Research and Education Working Families Tax Relief Act FMLA Continuation of Coverage On-Site Clinic ERISA Compliance ERISA Safe Harbor Delivery Methods Employee and Dependent Eligibility Requirements Nondiscrimination Rules (beyond HIPAA) Maintaining Grandfathered Plan Status Disclosure HIPAA Privacy & Security Implement/Review policies and procedures Risk assessment/breach notification procedures Implement/Review administrative, technical and physical safeguards Audit plan documentation Workforce training Prepare Disclosure Language/Materials Qualified Medical Child Support Orders Newborns’ Protection Act HIPAA Nondiscrimination Grandfathered Plan Status Compliance Obligations in 2013 Audit Plan Provisions Recordkeeping Requirements Mental Health Parity Act Subrogation Claim Procedures Prohibition of preexisting condition exclusions for enrollee’s under 19 Prohibition of annual and lifetime dollar limits Prepare Forms/Report to Government Form 5500 Creditable Coverage to CMS W-2 Reporting Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee Quality of Care Reporting Prepare/Distribute Plan Documents Plan Summary Plan Description Summary of Material Modifications Notice of Plan Modifications Cafeteria Plan Bonding Requirements Every person who handles plan assets

Know Your Compliance Obligations Minimize Your Risks Why Do Employers Need Compliancedashboard ? You need to know… The DOL is expected to make aggressive enforcement a part of its compliance reform. Health Care Reform will be a special focus of the DOL audit staff Ignorance ≠ Accepted Excuse

Know Your Compliance Obligations Minimize Your Risks Why Do Employers Need Compliancedashboard ? You need to know… What the fines look like: Failure to file a Form 5500 = up to $1,100/day/plan Willful failure to timely provide an SPD = up to $1,000 General ERISA & PHSA Penalties, charges amount to up to $110/day/occurrence Excise taxes must be paid for many compliance failures

Know Your Compliance Obligations Minimize Your Risks Why Do Employers Need Compliancedashboard ? You need to know… Participants, beneficiaries, and fiduciaries can file lawsuits to enforce ERISA. Lawsuits arising from benefit denials often hinge on compliance obligations.

Know Your Compliance Obligations Minimize Your Risks Why Do Employers Need Compliancedashboard ? You need to know… While third-party administrators and insurance companies often help with compliance, it is not comprehensive and gaps inevitably result. The plan sponsor remains liable when obligations are not satisfied, no matter who performs them.

Compliancedashboard can help. Compliancedashboard is the leading web-based solution for helping employers comply with the federal laws that govern health & welfare plans. We make it simple.

Compliancedashboard can help. We stand ready to incorporate all new regulations that arise from Health Care Reform into this user-friendly web technology that is currently used by thousands of employers to fulfill their compliance obligations. We make it simple.

Compliancedashboard can help. Compliancedashboard solves the four most common problems employers face when managing compliance: Where do I find the information I need? What do I do and when do I do it? Who will make sure it gets done? How do I document our compliance efforts? We make it simple.

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Compliancedashboard benefits. On-time reminder system to ensure nothing is overlooked

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Compliancedashboard benefits. Concise requirement descriptions written in plain English

Compliancedashboard benefits. Sample notices and distribution guidelines

Compliancedashboard benefits. Educational review of important topics

Compliancedashboard benefits. Managerial oversight of compliance tasks to minimize risks

Compliancedashboard benefits. On-demand audit reports provide necessary documentation

Compliancedashboard can help. Simply Put, We Help You Simplify Compliance We make it simple. Compliancedashboard will take work off your desk, improve your compliance processes and help relieve anxiety over Health Care Reform. Let us show you how we make it simple.