IRS Releases Final Forms and Instructions for ACA Reporting

Download this flyer for helpful information regarding IRS Final Forms & Instructions for ACA Reporting.

Understanding Employer Reporting Requirements of the Healthcare Law

This is a nice a summary that helps decipher 6055 vs 6056; 1094-C vs 1095-C and all the other terms associated with this employer reporting. It also provides links to the IRS site for each form and FAQ’s.

Download IRS Pub 51965

Free Webcast by the IRS office of Federal State and Local Governments

Topic: The Affordable Care Act’s Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions – What Government Employers Need to Know

Date: July 24, 2014

Time: 12 p.m. Eastern Time

Learn about the following topics pertaining to the Affordable Care Act:

* Defining an Applicable Large Employer
* Determining whether or not the entity is an Applicable Large Employer
* When and how the employer shared responsibility applies
* Forms of transition relief

To register: Click here.

You will use the same link to attend the event.

BCC Notification – Memorial Day 2014

BCC would like to notify you of the following change to our regular schedule:

*MONDAY, MAY 26TH, OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY. BE SAFE.

CMS Press Release – Administration announces proposal to clarify availability of Health Insurance Marketplace coverage to workers eligible for COBRA

BCC’s team is making the appropriate updates to keep our COBRA clients in compliance.  We will provide a more in-depth look at this topic in the upcoming edition of “BCConnections.”  Follow the link below to learn more now:

http://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Press-releases/2014-Press-releases-items/2014-05-02.html

IRS Spotlights Two Webinars

This is beneficial to any small groups you may have:
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/For-Small-Business-Week,-IRS-Spotlights-Two-Webinars,-Health-Care-Tax-Benefits,-Simplified-Home-Office-Deduction,-Relief-for-Reclassifying-Workers

BCC & BenXcel safe from the recent “HeartBleed”

Recently, many of our clients may have heard of a flaw in OpenSSL (which is software that is used widely to encrypt communications over the internet) called “HeartBleed,” which can allow hackers to gain information that could allow them to decrypt internet traffic, exposing PHI, userids, passwords, etc. 

We have examined all of our externally exposed systems, including BenXcel, our email server (including OWA), our secure FTP server, and our Citrix server, and none of them are vulnerable to HeartBleed.  In addition to checking the software on the systems, we have also run vulnerability scans with our Qualys service, as well as using several tools that specifically check for HeartBleed.  The result… none of our servers are vulnerable. 

Please be assured that none of our clients are nor have they been vulnerable to HeartBleed.

PROUD OF OUR AWESOME EMPLOYEES!

BCC Employees in Pittsburgh, PA help local families prepare for the Easter holiday. Special thanks to Shelly Bugay and Denise Spardy for organizing the efforts which also included donation of clothing items and Pittsburgh Sports Team gear.

11 boxes of food donated to the Crafton Food Bank (Crafton, PA)

 

Joe Sands and Denise Spardy finish the job loading the SUV for Crafton Food Bank.

CHANGE TO BCC REGULAR SCHEDULE – CLOSED GOOD FRIDAY

BCC WOULD LIKE TO NOTIFY YOU OF THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE:

Friday, April 18th – Offices will be closed in observance of Good Friday, this includes our Customer Service Center. Contact your BCC Account Executive if you have any questions.

The “Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014” passed on 4/1/14

The “Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014” passed on 4/1/14. Section 213 of this bill eliminates the $2,000/$4,000 deductible on small group health plans. This provides relief for self-funded plans underneath a high-deductible fully-insured plan. This means that the $2,000/$4,000 annual deductible limit placed upon fully insured small group health plans has been eliminated effective retroactively to the enactment of PPACA (March 23, 2010).