Webinar: What Employers Need to Know About Retiree Coverage - Bim Group

Webinar: What Employers Need to Know About Retiree Coverage

Tuesday, April 14, 2020
2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT

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This webinar will help plan sponsors to understand the compliance issues surrounding retiree health plan coverage.

This webinar will:

  • Discuss which health care reform mandates and HIPAA portability rules retiree-only coverage is exempted from
  • Discuss whether retirees that are included in a health plan covering active employees can be treated differently than active employees (such as different contributions and benefits) and the nondiscrimination rules that should be taken into account
  • Discuss the effect of offering retiree coverage on an employer’s COBRA obligations
  • Discuss how the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) rules and Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) apply to retirees in contrast with individuals with current employment status
  • Provide a broad overview of the retiree drug subsidy program

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This intermediate-level webinar will help employers understand the compliance issues surrounding retiree health plan coverage.

Register today while seating is still available.

NOTE: If you would like to view the webinar but are not able to attend, we encourage you to still register as you normally would. All registrants will receive a replay and copy of the presentation afterwards. 

If you are a Bim Group client and missed the client-specific invitation, please email info@bimgroup.us with the CLIENT NAME in the subject line to have the preferred employer code emailed to you.

 


PRESENTER

Lorie Maring is a partner in the Atlanta office of Fisher Phillips and a member of the Employee Benefits Practice Group. She has extensive experience in all areas of employee benefits, including health and welfare programs, qualified and non-qualified retirement plans and executive compensation. She routinely advises employers, including non-profit and government employers, trade associations and employee benefit insurance and risk management consultants on the complex compliance and day-to-day issues arising under ERISA and other state and federal laws governing employee benefit plans and programs.

 

This series is brought to you by your Partner Firm of United Benefit Advisors — the nation’s leading independent employee benefits advisory organization with more than 200 Partner offices in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

 

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