Hinkle Elkouri Partners with Benefits Management Inc to Explain Health Care Reform to Employers in Kansas

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

The Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm LLC will join with Benefit Management Inc. to explain how the new Health Care Reform law will impact employers. The sessions are designed for Kansas employers and are offered at no cost to business owners and human resources professionals seeking more information on the effects of the new regulations. Attorney Steven P. Smith will lead the sessions.
“As 2010 draws to a close, employers need to understand the new rules that will apply as various provisions of the new law start to take effect,” said Eric Namee, who is the head of the Hinkle Elkouri employee benefits group. “There’s a great deal of misinformation out there. We’ll explain the steps employers need to take before the end of the year to remain in compliance with the law.”
Topics that will be discussed during these sessions include the new “play or pay” mandates that apply to employers, the “grandfathered plan” rules, new government reporting requirements, new requirements for notices and disclosures to employees, and specific plan provisions that must be changed, including the “age 26” mandate.
Dates and locations for the events are as follows:

Thursday, September 9, 2010
Great Bend, Kansas
Highland Hotel – Heritage Room
3017 10th Street
8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Continental breakfast provided

Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Garden City, Kansas
Clarion Inn
1911 East Kansas Ave.
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 16, 2010
Hays, Kansas
Ramada Inn
3603 Vine St.
8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Continental breakfast provided

Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Manhattan, Kansas
Clarion Hotel
530 Richards Drive
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 30, 2010
Salina, Kansas
Sunflower Bank Corporate Office
3025 Cortland Circle
8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Continental breakfast provided

For more information, to view the tour schedule and to RSVP, please view the event flyer here.