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Cafeteria Plan, Health FSA, and DCAP Mistakes: Finding, Fixing, and Preventing Nationwide on December 8, 2011 presented by Thomson Reuters / EBIA

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MLR Rebate Program Likely Will Lead to Complicated Questions
"Some fiduciaries may decide to let the plan participants split the rebate money, but others may reinvest the rebate money in the plan . . . ." (LifeHealthPro)

Findings from the 2011 EBRI/MGA Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey (PDF)
"The survey finds continued growth in consumer-driven health plans: In 2011, 7 percent of the population was enrolled in a CDHP, up from 5 percent in 2010." (Employee Benefit Research Institute)

USPS Hopes for Another Deferral on Mandatory Payment to Prefund Retirees' Health Benefits
"The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last month approved postal reform legislation that included language to restructure prefunded retirement health benefits, reducing the payment goal to 80 percent, and to require USPS to negotiate with its unions to develop a new employee health care plan." (National Journal Group, Inc.)

Texas Retirement System Changes Retirees' Health Plan to a Medicare Advantage Health-Insurance Plan
"With the change, the system's projected unfunded liability for retiree healthcare fell to $21.5 bil.lion as of September from a year earlier, according to a report to the fund's board Bloomberg reported." (PLANSPONSOR.COM)

Survey Report Highlights Several Concerns and Questions about Impact of Health Care Reform over Next Few Years (PDF)
"To better understand how employers are handling both current cost concerns and the development of a future health care strategy following the passage of [PPACA], Towers Watson conducted a survey of 368 midsize to large U.S. companies in July. The results confirm employers' commitment to health care . . . ." (Towers Watson)

Coverage of Bariatric Surgery Is Thin for Obese Kids
"As obesity among young people continues to rise, a growing number of clinicians and researchers say that weight-loss surgery may be their best chance to take off significant weight and either correct or avoid conditions like diabetes and heart disease, which often go hand-in-hand with obesity. But although health plans frequently cover bariatric surgery in adults, insurance coverage for the procedure in patients under age 18 is spotty." (The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)

GAO Report: Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Retirement Benefit and Retained Asset Account Disclosures Could Be Improved
"GAO recommends that OPM (1) improve disclosures on important FEGLI features, (2) develop and implement a more structured process for reviewing the [Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance program] program and premium rates, and document review outcomes, and (3) improve disclosures on [retained asset account] protections and regulation." (U.S. Government Accountability Office)

Sprint Expands Wellness Efforts through Social Media
"Telecom giant Sprint estimates it saved approximately $1.1 mil.lion through a social media wellness challenge it launched last summer." (Employee Benefit News)

HHS Website: HIPAA Privacy & Security Audit Program
"The audit program serves as a new part of OCR's health information privacy and security compliance program. OCR will use the audit program to assess HIPAA compliance efforts by a range of covered entities[.]" (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

Dealing with Depression Difficult in Workplace
"'Stress and depression are very hot issues with employers,' said Christine Wilson, chief executive of the Mid-America Coalition on Health Care, which in 2000 began an initiative with a couple dozen large employers to understand and deal with depression." (The Kansas City Star)

Local Government Employee Health Insurance Programs, 2011, Survey Summary Results
The link can be found under downloads. (International City/County Management Association)

Legislation Barring Domestic Partner Benefits for Public Employees in Michigan Sent to Governor
"The measure was approved by the state House . . . mostly along party lines, with Republicans in support and Democrats opposed. It is aimed at ending programs that extend health care and other benefits to the unmarried partners of employees, usually in an effort to offer those benefits to same-s.ex couples." (Detroit Free Press)

Getting Executive Compensation Ready for 2012: Starting with ISS Guidelines (PDF)
"This Client Alert addresses some of the key implications for publicly traded U.S. companies, and is followed by our article titled 'Candor for Compensation Committees' which is reproduced from the latest edition of Board Member magazine because the article highlights actions that compensation committees should be taking this winter in order to be ready for the 2012 proxy season." (Paul Hastings LLP)

Companies Bolster Pay-for-Performance in Executive Comp Due to 'Say on Pay'
"Experts from consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers detail concrete preparations and advice for companies to reform their executive compensation practices in anticipation of what promises to be an even tougher shareholder vote in 2012." (Employee Benefit News)

2012 Resolutions for Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
"This article identifies three key employee benefits and executive compensation items that employers should resolve to focus on in 2012: 1) Review compensation plans and practices for compliance with Section 162(m) of the IRC; 2) Plan for summaries of benefits and coverage for group health plans; and 3) Prepare to comply with DOL fee disclosure requirements." (Practical Law Company)

IRS Reminds Dual Citizens and Americans Living Abroad of FBAR, Other Filing Requirements
"In a fact sheet (FS-2011-13) released Friday, the IRS reminded U.S. citizens and dual citizens of the United States and foreign countries who live abroad about U.S. filing requirements, including Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR)." (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)

WorldatWork Awards 55th Scholarship to HR Professional from India (WorldatWork)

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