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2014 Compliance Expectations Arizona Group Updates. November 6 , 2014. Jason N. Sheffield, J.D. National Legal & Research Group. Program Overview. section one. Affordable care act update. Employer Mandate. “Pay or play” threshold. Employer Mandate. “Pay or play” workbook. No.
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2014 Compliance Expectations Arizona Group Updates November 6, 2014 Jason N. Sheffield, J.D. National Legal & Research Group
section one Affordable care act update
Employer Mandate • “Pay or play” threshold
Employer Mandate • “Pay or play” workbook No $2,000 / Full Time Employee (less first 30)* Do you offer coverage to all full-time employees? YES YES YES Does the plan provide “minimum value”? (60%+ of total allowed costs) No $3,000 full-time employee receiving tax credit* Is the coverage affordable? (< = to 9.5% of income) No No penalty *80 for plan years beginning in 2015; 30 for PYB in 2016 and after
Employer Mandate • “FULLTIME” employee performs an average of 30+ hours of service per week or 130+ hours of service in any calendar month • “FULLTIME EQUIVALENTS” equals the sum of all hours of service performed by all employees: = 16 FTEs • = 16.11 2,080 33,500
Employer Mandate • Employee classifications post-aca
Employer Mandate • Part-time, variable Hour & Seasonal employees
Employer Mandate • Variable Hour process 2014 Hired 10/5/14 Measurement Period 10/5/14 - 10/4/15 2015 First Ongoing Measurement Period 1/15/15 - 1/14/15 First Administrative Period 10/5/15 - 11/30/15 First Ongoing Administrative Period 1/15/16-3/31/16 2016 First Stability Period 12/1/15 – 11/30/16 First Ongoing Stability Period 4/1/16-3/31/17 2017
EMPLOYER MANDATE • FINAL REGULATIONS ON WAITING PERIODS
EMPLOYER MANDATE • PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON THE FEDERAL ORIENTATION PERIOD
section two Agency auditson the rise
AGENCY AUDITS • WHO DOES WHAT? 12
AGENCY AUDITS • WHO DOES WHAT?
AUDIT TRIGGERS • What triggers an agency audit?
identifying misclassification within the organization • Part A – Employee Relations
identifying misclassification within the organization • Part B – Organizational Alignment
managing agency audits Audit Process
managing agency audits • Negotiation & Settlement of Audit Penalties & Civil Liabilities
section three Privacy & securityupdate
NEW HIPAA Regulations • Designed to Build on Existing Rules
2013 RULE NO. 1 – part i • Final Modifications to HIPAA’s Privacy, Security & Enforcement Rules
2013 RULE NO. 1 – part ii • Final Modifications to HIPAA’s Privacy, Security & Enforcement Rules
2013 RULE NO. 2 • HITECH – Final Rule Modifying the Enforcement Rule
2013 RULE NO. 3 • HITECH – Final Rule on Breach Notification
2013 RULE NO. 4 • GINA – Final Rule Prohibiting Genetic Information Disclosure for Underwriting
HISTORY OF OCR ENFORCEMENT OCR – Resolutions by Year & Type April 14, 2003 – December 31, 2013
ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION • UTILIZATION OF UNIQUE HEALTH PLAN IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS & OTHER ENTITY IDENTIFIERS DELAYED
ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION • HIPAA-REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS DELAYED
ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION • HIPAA-REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS DELAYED
participant resources employee misclassification assistance
participant resources general hipaa compliance
participant resources health and human servicescenters for medicare & medicaid
participant resources health and human services office for civil rights
participant resources department of the treasury internal revenue service employer plans unit
participant resources united states department of laboremployee benefits security admin.
participant resources united states department of laborwage & hour division