Employee Benefits Blog

An Interesting Intersection: No Surprises Act Claims and the New Fee Disclosure Requirements for Group Health Plans

As reported in our January 7, 2022 SW Benefits Blog “The DOL Asks and Answers Questions About the New Welfare Plan Fee Disclosure Rules,” group health plans must now comply with the ERISA Section 408(b)(2) disclosure requirements.  The CAA amended ERISA Section 408(b)(2) to extend the disclosure requirements, which have long applied to retirement plans, […]

March 9, 2022 | 3 min read | Tagged: DOL, fee disclosure, Group health plans, no surprises act, NSA, texas medical, to do list, TPA

NC

Nancy K. Campbell Of Counsel

Enjoy the End of the Decade with Some Employee Benefit Plan Checklists

Each year, we publish health and welfare, cost-of-living, qualified retirement plan, and executive compensation plan checklists to help individuals and employers stay apprised of updates to the law of employee benefits.  We just published the last of these annual checklists.  In case you missed them, the links are below. Happy Holidays! 2019 End of Year […]

December 19, 2019 | 1 min read | Tagged: checklists, COLA, cost-of-living, ERISA, Executive Compensation, Internal Revenue Code, qualified retirement plan, to do list

MC

Matthew P. Chiarello Partner

Making a List, Checking it Twice

It’s that time of year when boys and girls start making their lists for the holidays, but we in the employee benefits world make a very different kind of list.  In the rapidly changing world of employee benefits and executive compensation law, a checklist can be particularly helpful to make sure important issues do not […]

December 6, 2016 | 1 min read | Tagged: Checklist, employee benefits, end of the year, end-year, Executive Compensation, health and welfare, qualified plan, to do list

NC

Nancy K. Campbell Of Counsel