Dorsey Benefits & Compensation Group will conduct its second annual forum on issues affecting employer sponsored health and welfare benefits. Sessions will focus on practical advice and guidance.

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Session I – ACA Repeal and Replace: 2017 So Far and Looking Ahead

This session will provide an overview of the efforts to repeal and replace the ACA and where things stand. We will look at the status of the coverage mandates, taxes, employer reporting, and how this impacts employer plan design for 2018. The session will also look at how changes may impact employer health plans in a few years.

Presenters:

  • Tim Goodman and Melinda Maher, Dorsey & Whitney LLP    

 

**NOTE: Watching this recording does not allow the user to obtain CLE, CPD, CPE or HR credits.

Session II – Cybersecurity for Employee Benefit Plans

Plan sponsors and service providers are under increasing pressure to safeguard employee benefit plan information. As plan administration requires data sharing within and between multiple entities, it is of vital concern to protect this information. This session will provide helpful insights into the cybersecurity environment and practical suggestions on how to implement risk management strategies for employee benefit plans.

Presenters:

  • Robert Cattanach and Holly Fistler, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

 

**NOTE: Watching this recording does not allow the user to obtain CLE, CPD, CPE or HR credits.

Session III – Participant Claims: Examples

Andrew Holly and Bob Seng will take us on a whirlwind tour of hypothetical health plan claims, borrowing heavily on the collective experience of our seasoned ERISA attorneys and litigators. Be prepared to participate as we work through some tough facts and provide our thoughts (and collect yours) on how best to deal with difficult participant claims.

Presenters:

  • Andrew Holly and Bob Seng, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

 

**NOTE: Watching this recording does not allow the user to obtain CLE, CPD, CPE or HR credits.

Session IV – To Plan or Not to Plan: Practical Tips on Structuring Severance Arrangements

This session will focus on practical tips for offering severance benefits to your employees, including the pros and cons of whether to establish an ERISA plan for your severance benefits. There are a multitude of ways to structure severance arrangements to suit your company’s needs, but also a multitude of ways to run afoul of discrimination, tax, and health care law and other requirements when doing so. Learn some of the practice tips we’ve collected over the years working with employee severance arrangements.

Presenters:

  • Liz Deckman and Rebecca Bernhard, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

 

**NOTE: Watching this recording does not allow the user to obtain CLE, CPD, CPE or HR credits.