DALLAS ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS CLOSED.  WALK-INS ARE WELCOME BUT WILL NOT BE GUARANTEED A MEAL.

DEPC IS GOING PAPERLESS!  The program handouts will no longer be printed.  The handout will be available to download on the website (Document Library) a few days prior to each meeting.  YOU may print the handout if you prefer to have a handout at the meeting.

NOON MEETING

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2015

(Lunch served Noon-12:30 p.m.; Program 12:30-1:30 p.m.)

BROOKHAVEN COUNTRY CLUB

3333 Golfing Green Drive, Farmers Branch, TX 75234

RESERVATION DEADLINE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 (5:00 P.M.)

(PAYMENT MUST BE IN COUNCIL’S OFFICE)

CYNTHIA STAMER

HEALTH CARE REFORM: 2015 SURVIVAL BOOT CAMP

Sponsored by Dallas Women’s Foundation

The deadline has passed for employers as well as individual Americans to comply with the ever-increasingly complicated minefield of health plan mandates imposed by the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other federal laws. With already high health benefit costs rising again, many employers now also face “pay-or-play” penalties if they don’t offer the “right” health coverage required by ACA, while most employers sponsoring group health plans now also face Sarbanes-Oxley style self-reporting and $100 per violation per day excise penalties for any period after 2013 that their health plan fails to meet a long list of federal mandates.  With these and other new ACA mandates and penalties adding to the already long-standing and significant liability exposures to unanticipated and often uninsured added benefit and other plan funding costs, costs of defense of government and private investigations, settlements, and judgements arising benefit, fiduciary breach, and other claims against the company or its management, the plan, its fiduciaries or vendors, it is imperative that U.S. employers, their management, and their health plan fiduciaries, insurers, service providers and consultants take immediate steps to ensure their health plan complies with this ever-evolving maze of federal health plan eligibility and benefit, wellness and disease management, claims and appeals processing, privacy, notice and reporting and other federal requirements for the upcoming 2016 as well as during 2014 and 2015. To help health plan sponsors, fiduciaries, administrators and insurers understand and deal with this challenging task, attorney Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will discuss the key federal health plan rules that employers and others working to manage these health plan concerns and share practical strategies to help employers, health plan fiduciaries and administrators, and their advisors cope with health care reform now and to prepare to meet current and future health plan regulations and challenges.  Recognized as a “Top” Employee Benefits, Labor & Employment & Health Care Attorney, a Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, the American Bar Association & the State Bar of Texas, recognized in International Who’s Who, and Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading authorities on health benefit plan laws, design and administration.

There is continuing ed credit pending for this presentation.

Note:  Paid membership dues do not include meals.  To register for the meeting, complete the form below, enclose a check (payable to Dallas Estate Planning Council) for the respective amount (indicated below) and mail to: Dallas Estate Planning Council, P.O. Box 38553, Dallas, TX  75238-8553. You may register online with a credit card payment on the website: go to www.dallasepc.org. Go to “Next Meeting” on the left column and click on “Event Details”, scroll down to the bottom of the page and register.  If you need a receipt, print out the confirmation page.    

PREPAID MEALS:  Members who have already paid in advance for all meetings for the year MUST register so we will have a count for the number of meals to prepare. PREPAID MEMBERS WILL NOW REGISTER ON THE WEBSITE - go to www.dallasepc.org. go to “Next Meeting” on the left column and click on “Event Details”, scroll down to the bottom of the page and register.

THERE WILL BE 10 MEALS AVAILABLE FOR WALK-INS ON DAY OF MEETING (FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE). ALL OTHER WALK-INS WILL BE “PROGRAM ONLY”.  CREDIT CARDS ARE NOT ACCEPTED AT THE DOOR, CASH OR CHECK ONLY.

Member: $37 (includes meal and program); Guest: $60 (includes meal and program);*Member-Program Only: $25 (*ONLY MEMBERS may choose “program only” for $25).  

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