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• Top 10 Questions about the Minimum Value Penalty | Florida Employee Benefits

  Posted on February 16th, 2016

  By Danielle Capilla Chief Compliance Officer at United Benefit Advisors An employer that offers minimum essential coverage to substantially all of its full-time employees may still owe penalties if the coverage it offers is inadequate because it is not “affordable” or it does not provide “minimum value.” It also may… Read more »

• Cadillac Tax – Should employers be making changes now? | FL Employee Benefits

  Posted on December 14th, 2015

  By Elizabeth Kay, Compliance & Retention Analyst AEIS Advisors A UBA Partner Firm The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has brought about many changes in employee benefits. Plans have been eliminated, benefits added, rules changed, and rules have been delayed. The ACA has always been a heavily debated topic between the… Read more »

• IRS Notice on Minimum Essential Coverage Reporting | FL Employee Benefits

  Posted on October 9th, 2015

  By Danielle Capilla Chief Compliance Officer at United Benefit Advisors Minimum essential coverage or “MEC” is the type of coverage that an individual must have under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Employers that are subject to the ACA’s shared responsibility provisions (often called play or pay) must… Read more »

• IRS Proposes Minimum Value Rule Change to Mesh IRS and HHS Rules | FL Employee Benefits

  Posted on September 29th, 2015

  Posted by Danielle Capilla Beginning in 2015, under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), large employers must offer affordable, minimum value coverage to their full-time employees or potentially pay a penalty. Some companies have or had been marketing a plan that they state satisfies the minimum value requirement… Read more »