COBRA Webcast - The Difficult Situations Training Class

COBRA Webcast - The Difficult Situations Training Seminar

• What is the impact of the new IRS ruling on Medicare as a second qualifying event?


• How did the HIPAA rules change the requirements for 29-month qualifying events?


• Why do certain qualified beneficiaries only have to pay 35% of the COBRA premium?
• In what circumstances could there be two election periods for a qualifying event?


• What special rules apply when an employee in the reserves is called up to, or returns from, active duty?


• What does an employer need to do when a loss of coverage occurs "in anticipation of a qualifying event"? And better yet, how does an employer know when that's happening?


• What alternative coverages can be offered and what are the rules for making the offering?


• In what situations does COBRA not have to be offered to a spouse or dependent?


• What are the obligations and requirements for COBRA when a business is bought, sold, or merged? Are the rules different for a sale of assets versus a sale of stock?


• What is considered to be "gross misconduct" for which COBRA does not need to be offered? Do you still have to offer COBRA to the spouse and dependents in gross misconduct situations?


• What are your options if you discover that you should have offered COBRA, but didn't?


• I outsource my COBRA administration. Do I need to know any of this? (The answer if "Yes!"; we'll tell you why.)