Compliance Issues for Employer Health and Welfare Plans: Fees, Services, Plan Contracts, Reporting, Audits
CAA Challenges, Removal of Gag Clauses, Compliance Attestations, Determining Reasonableness in Vendor Fees and Services
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will provide employee benefits counsel a comprehensive analysis of evolving compliance challenges for employer-sponsored health and welfare plans. The panel will discuss key areas of focus of Department of Labor (DOL) audits, significant compliance issues for health plan sponsors under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA), plan contracts and the removal of "gag clauses," vendor fees and services, and new compliance attestation requirements. The panel will also discuss other key items impacting health and welfare plan administration and compliance.
Outline
- CAA compliance for health and welfare plans
- Plan contracts and "gag clauses"
- Vendor fees and services
- Mental health parity rules
- Fiduciary rules and liability
- Recent DOL developments
- Best practices for plan sponsors and administrators
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The panel will review these and other key items:
- What are the administrative challenges for health and welfare plans under the CAA?
- What are the requirements under the new mental health parity rules under the CAA?
- What are the next steps and pitfalls to avoid for plan contracts and "gag clauses"?
- What factors must be considered in determining the "reasonableness" of vendor fees and services?
- What are the fiduciary obligations and rules for health plan sponsors and administrators?
- What are the recent DOL developments and plans for enforcement actions?
- What are the best practices to overcome legal and compliance challenges?
Faculty
Dannae Delano
Partner
The Wagner Law Group
Ms. Delano concentrates her practice in employee benefits law, executive compensation and taxation. She counsels... | Read More
Ms. Delano concentrates her practice in employee benefits law, executive compensation and taxation. She counsels clients on all aspects of employee benefits design, implementation, termination, and compliance for retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and executive and incentive compensation arrangements. In the process, Ms. Delano focuses on comprehensive, practical and innovative employee benefits solutions for all types of employers
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Amanda Swanson
Compliance Manager, Employee Benefits
Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.
Ms. Swanson provides compliance support, training, and deliverables to clients and to our teams at Woodruff Sawyer. She... | Read More
Ms. Swanson provides compliance support, training, and deliverables to clients and to our teams at Woodruff Sawyer. She also focuses on reviewing and keeping our processes and compliance deliverables up to date.
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