Offering Telehealth to Employees Not Eligible for Group Health Plans

March 18, 2020

Many employers that sponsor group health plans have portions of their employee population that are not eligible for the group health plan, typically because they are part-time employees. Employers... Read more »

Our Response to COVID-19

March 18, 2020

To our clients and friends: The health and safety of our employees, clients and friends is of utmost importance to us. As such, we wanted to let you know about the implementation of our business... Read more »

COVID-19 Update Employee Terminations, Furloughs, and Lay-offs: COBRA, Reinstatement, and Closed Businesses

March 18, 2020

This alert was updated on 04/10/20. As much of the country is locked-down due to coronavirus 19 (COVID-19), employers have concerns regarding their employee benefit programs. This may stem... Read more »

Information for Employers and Group Health Plan Sponsors on COVID-19

March 17, 2020

States and the federal government have issued (or re-issued) guidance for employers in response to the recent novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. As of March 14, 2020, the Centers for... Read more »

CMS Extends Transition Relief for Non-Compliant Plans through 2021

February 10, 2020

On January 31, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a one-year extension to the transition policy (originally announced November 14, 2013 and extended six times... Read more »

Alera Group Acquires Muench Financial, Inc.

January 23, 2020

Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, retirement services and wealth management firm, today announced that it has acquired Muench Financial, Inc., effective December 31,... Read more »

Congress Repeals Unrelated Business Income Tax for Tax-Exempt Entities Offering Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefits

January 15, 2020

As part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (the “Act”), Congress repealed Section 512(a)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”). This Code... Read more »

Congress Passes Spending Bill that Repeals Three Major ACA Taxes, Extends PCORI

December 19, 2019

Updated December 21 to reflect that the bill has been signed into law. On December 20, 2019, the House and Senate, with the final signature from President Trump, passed a bipartisan legislative... Read more »

Alera Group Acquires Capital Region Benefits

November 12, 2019

Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, retirement services and wealth management firm, today announced that it has acquired Capital Region Benefits, effective November 1,... Read more »

Alera Group Acquires HR inTune

November 6, 2019

Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, today announced that it has acquired the business assets of HR inTune, effective October... Read more »