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Social Engineering Criminals May Be Targeting Your Organization: Are You Vulnerable?
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Human-based social engineering fraud (sometimes referred to as human hacking) is defined as the art of influencing people to disclose information and getting them to act inappropriately.
Form 1095 – Employee Communications
Friday, February 5, 2016
Many employers want to provide some type of communication along with or before the distribution of Form 1095s to relevant employees. Although any employee communication must be tailored to meet the employer’s specific circumstances, some general concepts are addressed here that can be adjusted as appropriate to help employees understand why Form 1095s are being provided, what type of information they provide, and how they are to be used.
Preparing For The Snow
Friday, January 22, 2016
That preparation should include a review of the business’ insurance portfolio, specifically the ingress & egress coverage, and civil authority coverage of the business’s property policy.
Most standard property policies usually only cover loss “caused by direct physical loss of or damage to property.” Therefore, if a company has a roof collapse due to heavy snow load, it is likely the building and the resulting interruption of business would be covered by the policy. However, if the building or property is not damaged, and the business cannot operate due to the inability of access to the plant, building, or facility due to the weather, is that a covered loss under the property policy? The answer is, “It depends.”
How to Prepare for a Data Breach in Healthcare
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
To ensure proper data breach response preparedness (and to show proper due diligence), your directors and leadership staff should be asking I.T. and key partners the pertinent questions now, before a breach occurs:
Have we ever had system penetration testing done, and have we reviewed the results?
Cadillac Tax – Delayed
Monday, January 11, 2016
In December, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 was signed into law which, amongst other provisions, effectively delayed the excise tax on high-cost health coverage (also known as the “Cadillac Tax”) until January 1, 2020. In addition, the law made the excise tax deductible and provides for a study to determine whether appropriate age and gender benchmarks are being used to determine the Cadillac tax threshold adjustments.
IRS Releases Broad Range of Guidance in Notice 2015-87
Thursday, January 7, 2016
To end 2015, the IRS released Notice 2015-87, which provides guidance on a broad range of employee benefits compliance issues. The guidance is provided in a question-and-answer format, with comments requested on several issues that the IRS plans to address in forthcoming rules. The Notice supplements previous guidance on several issues, including Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) and Employer Payment Plans, providing additional clarification and, in some cases, transition relief or grace periods for compliance. It also builds upon existing regulations with respect to affordability; issues related to the employer shared responsibility provisions in Section 4980H and related reporting requirements; health flexible spending arrangements (health FSAs); health savings accounts (HSAs); and COBRA.
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