Compliance

It is important for benefits professionals, especially those who administer or sponsor self-funded plans, to understand the NSA's provisions.

The proposed fund would incentivize states, localities and nonprofit organizations to experiment with portable benefits models.

Authorities are also hinting at increased interagency data sharing, such as between civil investigators and criminal prosecutors.

Critics say the No Surprises Act contains a few unwelcome surprises.

The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act makes harassment-related pre-dispute arbitration agreements void.

What are COBRA administrators to do in the face of all this change? At the very least, they have to stay flexible. And that flexibility has to start with their administration system.