Breaking It Down With Word & Brown

Discover the basics of the ERISA Plan Document: a mandatory legal document for almost all group health plans in America, which is created and maintained by the Plan Administrator (the employer). Breaking it down with Word & Brown.

Learn about one of the most critical compliance pieces in employee benefits: the ERISA Summary Plan Description (SPD). It summarizes the corresponding ERISA Plan Documents, discussed in Episode 001. Breaking it down with Word & Brown.

Learn about the most common method employers use to create, maintain and distribute ERISA plan information to employees: An ERISA Wrap. Breaking it down with Word & Brown.

Learn about ERISA's requirement to supply Summaries of Material Modification to employees any time there is a change to the details contained in the ERISA SPD - due to employees within 210 days after the conclusion of the plan year in which the change took effect. Breaking it down with Word & Brown.

Uncover employer ACA compliance responsibilities as it relates to the ACA's Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBCs), and corresponding ACA Uniform Glossary. Learn the intent of the law, requirements for the law, distribution timelines and mandates, noncompliance penalties, language requirements and more. Breaking it down with Word & Brown.