Health Reform UPDATE: What Labor and Employment Lawyers Should Know
Why Attend?
Get the latest updates on guidance issued by the governmental agencies that are implementing the new health reform legislation.
Learn about employers’ new obligations regarding health care coverage for employees.
Analyze how collectively bargained and multi-employer plans are affected.
Learn how wellness and cafeteria plans are affected, and what plans could be taxed.
And more!
What You Will Learn
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its companion legislation, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, are now law. Congress and President Obama have not only reformed some insurance company practices, but also changed how employers will provide health care coverage henceforth.
What are the new requirements for employers to provide health care coverage? What penalties ensue for failure to follow the new laws? How must employers now communicate with their employees regarding health care coverage? Are wellness plans still permitted? What plans, if any, will be “grandfathered in,” and what plans might be taxed (for offering extensive benefits over a certain level)?
In a convenient phone and audio webcast format, outstanding employee benefits lawyers lawyers John L. Utz, Utz Miller & Eickman LLC, Overland Park, Kansas, and Kathryn L. Bakich, Segal Company, Washington, D.C., who have been analyzing the effects of this momentous legislation, will outline the consequences of these new laws for employers and their health plans.
This program is a LIVE REPEAT of a popular program that first aired on May 11, 2010 (Health Reform: What Labor and Employment Lawyers Should Know), with UPDATES provided as new guidance emerges from governmental agencies. Dial in from anywhere, or log in from your personal computer. Ask questions during or before the program by sending an e-mail to: tsquestions@ali-aba.org. Please put Faculty Question for TSSU02 in the subject heading.
Who Should Attend
Employment lawyers
Labor lawyers
Employee benefits lawyers
Human resources professionals
Faculty
John L. Utz, Utz Miller & Eickman LLC, Overland Park, Kansas
Kathryn L. Bakich, Segal Company, Washington, D.C.
Program Schedule
All Times Eastern Daylight
12:30 pm Program begins
Topics include:
The employer “mandate” to provide health coverage, and the consequences of failing to do so
Mandatory benefits
The impact on collectively bargained and multiemployer plans
Reporting and disclosure obligations
New nondiscrimination rules
Grandfathered plan rules
The “Cadillac plan” tax
The impact on cafeteria plans, HSAs, and HRAs
2:00 pm Program ends
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 1.5. Total 50-minute hours: 1.8.
Suggested Prerequisite: Limited experience in subject matter
Educational Objective: Acquisition of knowledge and skills to develop proficiency as a practitioner; maintenance of professional competence as a practitioner; provision of information on recent legal developments
Level of Instruction: Intermediate
Here's what registrants have said about this course:
"Presenters did a terrific job of giving a clear overview and their materials do a great job of filling in critical details."
"Excellent program on a complicated topic!"
Times
Eastern 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Central 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Mountain 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Pacific & Arizona 9:30 am to 11:00 am
Alaska 8:30 am to 10:00 am
Hawaii 6:30 am to 8:00 am
