Stormy Seas Ahead: How to Navigate Benefits Compliance

Recorded On: 10/29/2019

Benefits compliance has become increasingly complex and continues to evolve. Similar to geology, movements may appear to be slow but can result in seismic shifts that have the potential to escalate to a tsunami level. Always lurking beneath the surface are any number of enforcement agencies with significant penalties at their disposal under various laws like the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Mental Health Parity and the Tax Code. This session will help participants navigate through these troubled waters, them on the major group health plan legal issues facing employers today... and tomorrow. Learning Objectives: Gain insight into the major group health plan legal issues facing employers today; Understand the enforcement agencies and the significant penalties organizations face for non-compliance; Implement innovative strategies and best practices to navigate the increasingly complex regulatory changes to benefits compliance.

Rich Glass

Rich Glass, JD, principal, Mercer Employee Health & Benefits Resource Regulatory Group (RRG), a group of attorneys and other compliance professionals focused on health and welfare plan compliance issues. He provides legal, regulatory and compliance support to Mercer clients and health and benefits consultants in the Central Market, and nationwide. He also consults on issues for clients of all sizes on all matters of health and welfare compliance, including the Affordable Care Act, ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA, tax issues, and other federal laws pertaining to health and welfare plans. He also drafts plan documents and assists with compliance reviews and audits. Glass is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Dallas Bar Association Employee Benefits/Executive Compensation Section and the Health Plan Advisory Panel for Thompson Information Services, where he also serves as sole contributing editor for Thompson’s Flex Plan Handbook.

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