Important Information Regarding Diversified Group’s Eligibility Process

2024-01-22T17:07:03+00:00

Employers have so many different options available to them to utilize when sending their enrollment data to Diversified Group (i.e. payroll, HRIS systems, etc.). To make sure we are doing the best job for you, Diversified is making changes to our policies and procedures surrounding eligibility documentation to ensure that we are meeting your [...]

Important Information Regarding Diversified Group’s Eligibility Process2024-01-22T17:07:03+00:00

Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Notices Due Before Oct. 15

2023-09-06T17:17:53+00:00

Medicare Part D requires group health plan sponsors to disclose to individuals who are eligible for Medicare Part D and to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) whether the health plan’s prescription drug coverage is creditable. Plan sponsors must provide the annual disclosure notice to Medicare eligible individuals before Oct. 15, 2023 — [...]

Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Notices Due Before Oct. 152023-09-06T17:17:53+00:00

How the End of the National and Public Health Emergencies Impact Health Plans

2023-04-19T21:42:55+00:00

On January 30th 2023, President Biden announced that both the public health emergency and the national health emergency declarations due to COVID-19 would expire simultaneously on May 11, 2023. Below outlines the impact to private health insurance once the emergencies expire.  THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY (PHE) was initially declared by the Department of Health and [...]

How the End of the National and Public Health Emergencies Impact Health Plans2023-04-19T21:42:55+00:00

IRS Issues COBRA Subsidy Guidance

2021-05-24T16:44:21+00:00

In April, the DOL issued FAQs discussing the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) COBRA subsidy. The FAQs left many with questions that were not addressed in the DOL’s guidance. On May 18, 2021, the IRS issued its guidance in Notice 2021-31 and a series of 86 FAQs that solve many of the points left unanswered in the [...]

IRS Issues COBRA Subsidy Guidance2021-05-24T16:44:21+00:00

American Rescue Plan Act – COBRA Subsidies

2021-03-17T16:18:03+00:00

On March 10th, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021(ARPA) was passed by both chambers of Congress and is expected to be signed by the President this week. The Act addresses several COVID relief provisions including another round of direct stimulus payments, unemployment compensation payments continuation, COVID-19 vaccine funds, and extension of the paycheck protection [...]

American Rescue Plan Act – COBRA Subsidies2021-03-17T16:18:03+00:00

DOL Guidance on Extension of Timeline Tolling

2021-03-03T17:39:14+00:00

The Department of Labor (DOL) on February 26, 2021 issued the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) Disaster Relief Notice 2021-01 which provides guidance on the length of COVID-19 relief to be allowed under the Timeline Extension Rule. Background: On March 13, 2020, President Trump declared a national emergency related to COVID-19 and established that the [...]

DOL Guidance on Extension of Timeline Tolling2021-03-03T17:39:14+00:00

Calls for Expanded COBRA Coverage

2020-10-23T14:26:56+00:00

With nearly 40 million workers laid off or furloughed as a result of the Coronavirus, many organizations have urged Congress to expand COBRA coverage. Most of their concerns are focused on encouraging Congress to subsidize COBRA premiums for these workers so that existing health conditions will not get worse because care is delayed. To date, [...]

Calls for Expanded COBRA Coverage2020-10-23T14:26:56+00:00

COBRA Notification of Termination Deadlines

2020-07-10T14:47:03+00:00

With businesses operating remotely and personnel working from home, it’s easy to miss certain important deadlines in this COVID-19 era, such as providing your COBRA Administrator with timely termination of coverage notices so that employees who have a COBRA qualifying event, such as termination of employment or reduction of hours, receive COBRA Election notices within [...]

COBRA Notification of Termination Deadlines2020-07-10T14:47:03+00:00

Extension of Certain Plan Timeframes Due to COVID-19

2020-05-14T15:40:40+00:00

On May 4th, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), a division of the Department of Labor, and the IRS filed a joint notice which extends numerous deadlines applicable to employee benefit plans that are subject to ERISA. Health and Human Services (HHS) concurred with the notice thus extending its parameters to non-federal governmental plans as [...]

Extension of Certain Plan Timeframes Due to COVID-192020-05-14T15:40:40+00:00
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