Health savings accounts have quietly become one of the sharpest tools workers have to control their own healthcare costs and build real financial security over time. Now, fresh legislative changes are about to make HSAs available to a much wider group of Americans, handing employers and HR departments both an opportunity and an obligation: get out there and explain this to people before they miss it. For years, HSAs were largely locked behind high-deductible health plans. T

Whether you’re currently a Benelogic client or not, we can make meeting the Affordable Care Act federal reporting requirements a snap. Contact Benelogic today to find out how.   There is no arguing that the last few years have been like a daytime soap opera for the Affordable Care Act. Extended filing deadlines, uncertain penalties, late finalization of file requirements - add to that the challenges of a global pandemic and you may find that you are less than prepared for t

Whether you’re currently a Benelogic client or not, we can make meeting the Affordable Care Act federal reporting requirements a breeze.

Outsourcing COBRA is a simple way to allow your company to do more with fewer employees in these unprecedented times. Administering COBRA is a function many companies choose to do in-house. It’s a time-consuming task and must be done in accordance with government regulations, which include strict timelines for sending and tracking qualified beneficiary notifications. As more and more of your employees may be becoming eligible for COBRA due to the impact COVID-19, you may fi

An NPR article recently came across our news feed that we found interesting. It stated that in the last eight years, more than $5 billion dollars has been raised on GoFundMe to help individuals pay for costs associated medical care. Five billion dollars. That’s a staggering amount of money. We’re in the throes of helping our clients meet the federal reporting requirements of the Affordable Care Act so the topic of healthcare reform is top of mind. The article made us thi

Once again the IRS issued an ACA reporting extension. This year it impacts WHEN an employer is required to furnish the forms to employees. The deadline has been extended from January 31, 2019 to March 4, 2019. But here’s the kicker – employers filing paper forms with the IRS are still required to file them February 28th. In our experience, providing the forms to employees in advance of filing with the IRS, reduces the number of errors and corrections. ACA reporting can f

There are many important considerations to sift through when picking an ACA support vendor. Making sure your employees receive the completed IRS forms in a timely fashion is surely on your list, but probably isn’t towards the top. It should be higher up than you think. Everyone is concerned about knitting the various data sources together to ensure IRS compliance. Few have thought through the importance of what happens to data when it is ready to be reported on. The HIPAA Pri

Industry trade magazines are referencing ACA deadlines with increasing frequency. Many ACA support vendors have announced they are no longer accepting new business for 2015. Yet, many organizations are still fumbling to find a solution. If your company is still looking for a vendor to assist with ACA Forms Completion, don’t lose any more sleep. We are still accepting new clients for 2015. Slots are filling up quickly. Before another door shuts, contact us. We would love to u

On Friday, June 26th, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on same-sex marriage, making them recognized in all 50 states. The ripple effect of this decision is broad reaching. Our first thought was, how will this impact our clients? When states started expanding the definition of marriage and coverage, our clients turned to us to solve their administration challenges. Fortunately our flexible proprietary platform accommodated these changes with ease. Now that same sex

The path to Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance is complex. The range of available ACA services is confusing, disjointed, and still largely undefined. So where do you start? To help you understand some of the options available for your organization and to make the selection process a little easier, we’ve broken down the different service types. Option 1: Manually Manage ACA In-House If your organization’s workforce is almost exclusively full-time employees (FTE), is stabl

Long before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA) was ever conceived, many of the tools now necessary to assist employers with managing the complex provisions of the Healthcare Reform were fundamental features of their Benelogic Manage™ and Benelogic Control™ products. Since the inception of the ACA, we've been working directly with our clients to understand what additional services they need to comply with the significant IRS filing requirements. But

We've added retiree billing to the list of additional services available to our benefits management and COBRA clients. We manage the benefits eligibility for the retiree population for many of our clients. The more time consuming and labor intensive part for our clients is the billing, collection and remittance of premiums. We have the infrastructure in place to help. In a tight economy, companies are looking for more efficient ways to handle time-intensive, lower-value tas

With the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings yesterday, declaring Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional and dismissing California’s Proposition 8, many people are wondering about how this decision impacts them. The associated tax implications have a ripple effect on benefit administration for individuals and employers alike. Clients of Benelogic need not worry. The DOMA and Proposition 8 rulings have no impact on our business model. As always, we are rea