In September, the employee benefit attorneys at Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm L.L.C. will be presenting workshops at no cost explaining the key aspects of health care reform for employers. These workshops will be designed for business owners, HR professionals, and anyone else who works with employee benefits.

Because your time is valuable, we intentionally waited to schedule our workshops until the key health care reform regulations were issued.  As a result, just in time for insurance renewal season, we will walk you through the decisions that need to be made and the proper steps that need to be taken by the end of 2010.  All of this will be based upon the most current government regulations.

Workshop Dates

Workshop Location
Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm Downtown Wichita Office –
 301 N. Main – our 22nd Floor Conference Center

Topics to Be Covered

• What plans are (and are not) affected by health care reform
• Grandfathered status - why it is important and how you could lose it
• Age 26 mandate - steps you must take before the end of the year
• Small business tax credits - much ado about nothing (or at least not very much)
• New “pay or play” requirements
• New requirements for providing coverage to employees (and the penalties for violating those requirements)
• New nondiscrimination rules - watch out for executive benefits!
• New requirements for affordability and minimum employer subsidies - watch out for the “Cadillac Tax”!
• Say “Goodbye” to:
• Lifetime and annual limits
• Pre-existing condition exclusions
• Say “Hello” to:
• New government reporting requirements
• New disclosures to employees and participants
• New limits on Health FSAs
• New taxes
• Early Retirement Insurance Program – the barely funded program
• Other Employer Mandates

Sign up to Attend

Seating is limited, so sign up early to attend.

Click here for the Registration form which can be submitted by doing one of the following:

• Register online by completing the form and clicking the register button

• Fax the form to: (316) 660-6035

• Mail the form to:

Attn: Jodi Murphy
Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm L.L.C.
301 N. Main, Ste. 2000
Wichita, KS 67202
                                               

• Call Jodi Murphy at (316) 267-2000

Alerts
To help educate you prior to the workshops, we have prepared the following Alerts:

• Health Care Reform for Employers (Part 1)
• Health Care Reform for Employers (Part 2): The Grandfather Plan Rules
• Health Care Reform for Employers (Part 3): Covering Dependents Until They Turn 26