EBIA 2010 Advanced Cafeteria Plans Conference

July 14 - 16, 2010

Cheryl Hughes will speak at the Employee Benefits Institute of America (EBIA) 2010 Advanced Cafeteria Plans Conference on July 14-16, 2010 in Seattle, WA. As in past years, the conference will cover a variety of advanced cafeteria plan issues. For 2010, health care reform will be a dominant theme. The preconference seminar will provide a briefing on health care reform and the main conference will include the impact of health care reform in several of the topical sessions. Agenda highlights include:

Introduction & Current Legal Developments
Health Care Reform: Impact on Cafeteria Plans and Health FSAs (including the new simple cafeteria plan)
Wellness Update
HIPAA Privacy & Security for TPAs
Nondiscrimination Tests (including the new requirement for Code section 105(h) testing for insured plans)
Elections and Expense Reimbursements
HSAs and HRAs (health care reform impacts plus MSP reporting, nondiscrimination and planning)
Form 8928 Compliance, plus Health Care Reform’s New Excise and Penalty Taxes
Updates on the Mental Health Parity Act and COBRA Premium Subsidy Compliance
Form 5500: The New Electronic Filing and Schedule C Reporting Rules
Trust and Plan Asset Issues, plus TPA Bankruptcy
Health Care Reform: Wrap Up and Next Steps (timeline format)

Please visit www.ebia.com for further information.