Thu.Jun 24, 2021

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May Employers Use Health Plan Claims Records to Determine Whether Employees Have Received COVID-19 Vaccinations?

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QUESTION: We require employees to submit proof of a COVID-19 vaccination before returning to work in our office. May our Human Resources Department confirm employees’ eligibility to return by checking COVID-19 vaccination claims submitted to our group health plan? ANSWER: The group health plan’s records generally should not be used to verify employees’ vaccination status for any employment-related purpose.

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DOL Rejects Plan’s Reasons for Refusing to Provide Recording and Transcript of Claim-Related Conversation

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EBSA Information Letter (June 14, 2021). Available at [link]. The DOL has issued an information letter rejecting several reasons for refusing to provide a claimant with an audio recording and transcript of a claim-related telephone conversation that was created for “quality assurance.” (As background, for a plan to provide “full and fair review” of an adverse benefit determination as required by the DOL’s claims procedure regulations, a claimant must be given—upon request and free of charge—cop

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One Way to Solve Accounting Industry’s Entry-Level Talent Shortage: Be Welcoming to LGBTQIA Accountants

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It is no secret that the tax and accounting industry has a talent shortage. According to this article , 81% of finance leaders say they have difficulty finding talent, 71% say recruiting is top of mind, and 50% say that lower-level talent is the hardest to find. These trends are likely to stick around without some significant changes to the employee culture and engagement practices for accounting talent who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA) and

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DOL Rejects Plan’s Reasons for Refusing to Provide Recording and Transcript of Claim-Related Conversation

ThomsonReuters

EBSA Information Letter (June 14, 2021). Available at [link]. The DOL has issued an information letter rejecting several reasons for refusing to provide a claimant with an audio recording and transcript of a claim-related telephone conversation that was created for “quality assurance.” (As background, for a plan to provide “full and fair review” of an adverse benefit determination as required by the DOL’s claims procedure regulations, a claimant must be given—upon request and free of charge—cop

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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Appellate Court Affirms Reinstatement of Retiree Medical Benefits for Rehired Employees

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River City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 614, Inc. v. Ky. Retirement Sys., 2021 WL 2328082 (6th Cir. 2021). Available at [link]. An appellate court has affirmed an order reinstating retiree medical insurance for several police officers who retired from their positions with a county police department but were later rehired by different county agencies.

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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Attempt to Invalidate ACA Based on Elimination of Individual Shared Responsibility

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California v. Texas, 2021 WL 2459255 (U.S. 2021). Available at [link]. The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The challengers (two individuals and several states) contended that, after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reduced the individual shared responsibility penalty to zero beginning in 2019 (see our Checkpoint article ), the requirement for individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage (referred to as the “individual mandate”) was unconst

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