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The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) is a law passed by the U.S. Congress on a reconciliation basis and signed by President Ronald Reagan that, among other things, mandates an insurance program which gives some employees the ability to continue health insurance coverage after leaving employment.
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) provides some employees and beneficiaries with the right to continue their coverage under an employer-sponsored group health benefit plan for a limited time after the occurrence of certain events that would otherwise cause termination of such coverage, such as the loss of ...
On January 1, 2010, a new law, AB 138 (Chapter 312 of 2009), [5] took effect in California requiring all accounting firms providing accounting and auditing services to undergo a mandatory peer review. A peer review is a study of a firm's accounting and auditing work, performed by an unaffiliated CPA following professional standards.
A 2011 study found that there were 2.1 million hospital stays for uninsured patients, accounting for 4.4% ($17.1 billion) of total aggregate inpatient hospital costs in the United States. [13] The costs of treating the uninsured must often be absorbed by providers as charity care , passed on to the insured via cost-shifting and higher health ...
HRAs must follow "a variety of statutory rules and provisions" including the COBRA continuation coverage requirements, ERISA, and HIPAA. [16] HRA plans are considered "Primary Payers" subject to Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) mandatory reporting requirements. There are significant penalties for failure to comply with the MSP reporting requirements.
[29] [30] [31] Under most plans, the "coverage period" generally ceases upon termination of employment whether initiated by the employee or the employer, unless the employee continues coverage with the company under COBRA or other arrangement. Should an employee have unused contributions in an FSA and no additional qualifying claims during the ...
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Special-Purpose Reports on Internal Accounting Control at Service Organizations full-text: December 1982 45: Omnibus Statement on Auditing Standards-1983 full-text: August 1983 46: Consideration of Omitted Procedures After the Report Date full-text: September 1983 47: Audit Risk and Materiality in Conducting an Audit full-text: December 1983 48