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Benefit Plan Fact Sheets

Informative overviews of various traditional and progressive benefit plan offerings, and state and Federally mandated programs. The files are in PDF format and are readable with Adobe® Reader®, a free software program downloadable from the Adobe web site.



BENEFITS

Benefit Administration/Outsourcing
-  Employee Self-Service (Online Enrollment)
 -  Outsourcing Benefit Administration
 -  Outsourcing COBRA Administration

Communications
-  Benefits Intranet
 -  Employee Benefit Communications
 -  Total Compensation Statements

Consumer Directed
-  Consumer Choice Trends in Health Care
-  Consumer Directed Health Plan
-  Health Savings Accounts
-  Medical Savings Account
-  Value-Driven Healthcare

Dental and Vision
-  Dental (HMO)
-  Dental (Indemnity)
-  Vision

Domestic Partner
-  Domestic Partner Benefits
 -  Domestic Partner Taxation

Executive Benefits
-  Executive Health Care Reimbursement

Flexible Spending Accounts
-  Dependent Care Assistance Program
 -  Health Care Flexible Spending Account

Funding
-  Defined Contribution Health Plan
-  Self-Insurance

Life, AD&D and Disability
-  Accidental Death & Dismemberment
-  Business Travel Accident
-  Life and AD&D Insurance
-  Long Term Disability
-  Short Term Disability (Compulsory)
-  Spouse/Dependent Life
-  Supplemental AD&D
-  Supplemental Life
-  Variable Universal Life

 Medical Benefits
-  Alternative Medicine
-  Chiropractic Benefits
-  Enhanced Infertility Benefit
-  Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
 -  Indemnity Medical
-  Managed Mental Health
-  Medicare Supplement
-  Point of Service (POS) Medical Plans
-  Post-Retirement Health Insurance
-  Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO)
-  Prescription Drug Insurance

Reimbursement Formulas
-  Resource Based Relative Value Studies
 -  Usual, Customary & Reasonable

Voluntary Benefits
-  Concierge Services
-  Financial Planning Services
 -  Group Legal Plans
 -  Long Term Care
-  Pet Insurance
 -  Voluntary Benefits (Overview)

Work/Life Balance
-  Commuter Assistance Program
-  Employee Assistance Program


LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

-  AB 1401  California Extension of Health Coverage Continuation Rights
 -  AB 1672  California Small Group Health Reform
 -  COBRA  Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
 -  ERISA  Employee Income Retirement Security Act
 -  FMLA  Family Medical Leave Act
 -  Form 5500 Annual Return/Report
 -  HIPAA  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
 -  HIPAA  Privacy Rule
 -  MHPA  Mental Health Parity Act
 -  NMHPA  Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act
 -  WFTRA  Working Families Tax Relief Act

INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (IRC)

-  Cafeteria Plans
-  Cafeteria Plans (Full Flex)
-  Section 79  Regarding Group Term Life Premiums
 -  Section 125  Non-Discrimination Testing Requirements
 -  Section 127  Employee Educational Assistance Programs
 -  Section 529  Qualified Tuition Programs