{"id":301,"date":"2013-05-14T14:07:47","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T22:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ddibenefits.com\/news\/?p=246"},"modified":"2013-05-14T14:07:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T22:07:47","slug":"ddi-benefits-newsletter-may-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/2013\/05\/ddi-benefits-newsletter-may-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"DDI Benefits Newsletter &#124; May 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border: 1px #e0601f solid;\" width=\"550\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;\" width=\"483\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #877b77; font-style: italic; padding-top: 0; margin-bottom: 15px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1px; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0;\"><a id=\"top\" style=\"color: #e0601f; text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0; font-size: 12px; font-family: Palatino, serif;\" name=\"top\"><\/a>May 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; color: #e0601f; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-transform: lowercase; font-family: Palatino, serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 0;\">In this newsletter<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 15px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px;\"><strong><a href=\"#hrs\">DDI health reform seminar<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 15px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #e0601f; text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0; font-size: 12px; font-family: Palatino, serif;\" href=\"#ddi\">Free ACA impact analysis for all DDI clients<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 22px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; padding: 0px; font-style: italic; color: #e0601f; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 4px; text-transform: lowercase; font-family: Palatino, serif; line-height: 24px; margin-left: 0;\">DDI Health Reform Seminar well attended<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; color: #e0601f; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-transform: lowercase; font-family: Palatino, serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;\"><a id=\"hrs\" name=\"hrs\"><\/a>See presentation slides below<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; color: #000; font-family: Palatino, serif;\">On May 1st DDI hosted a Healthcare Reform breakfast seminar with Dave Uyemura, a well respected Employee Benefits Attorney and Principal and Owner of Regulatory Compliance Resources, LLC. Dave gave a comprehensive overview of the new reform provisions and employer responsibilities. If you were unable to attend, <a href=\"http:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/documents\/SemDDI-PPACA-StretchDollars-5.1.13 HANDOUT.PPT.pdf\">click here to review the presentation slides<\/a>. Video clips of Dave\u2019s\u00a0 presentation will be posted on our website soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #e0601f; font-style: italic; font-family: Palatino, serif; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 18px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/documents\/SemDDI-PPACA-StretchDollars-5.1.13%20HANDOUT.PPT.pdf\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddibenefits.com\/documents\/seminar-cover.jpg?resize=178%2C138\" width=\"178\" height=\"138\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Topics covered were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Timeline of provisions: past, present and future<\/li>\n<li>Health Insurance Exchanges\u2014Who? What? Why?<\/li>\n<li>The Individual Mandate\u2014subsidies and affects on group coverage<\/li>\n<li>Pay or Play Mandate for large groups<\/li>\n<li>Reform taxes and fees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; color: #e0601f; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-transform: lowercase; font-family: Palatino, serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;\">Healthcare Reform: will you act or react?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0; color: #000; font-family: Palatino, serif;\">So now that you have been to a few, or maybe several, seminars and webinars, what do you do next? As your employee benefits brokers we are in the best position to help you navigate the new law. With DDI\u2019s comprehensive new suite of PPACA Compliance, Benefits Administration and HR Services we are especially equipped to help you weather the storm of reform to hit in 2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/documents\/DDI_ACA-event-Brochure_revised-5-13-13.pdf\">Click here to see our new flyer<\/a> outlining our services to help you comply with the new law, while<br \/>\nkeeping your best interests in the forefront.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; color: #e0601f; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-transform: lowercase; font-family: Palatino, serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;\"><a id=\"ddi\" name=\"ddi\"><\/a>How can DDI help? FREE Customized ACA impact analysis<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0; color: #000; font-family: Palatino, serif;\">We are pleased to announce that all DDI health insurance clients will be offered the following customized ACA decision support analysis services, utilizing our comprehensive software that has been thoroughly vetted for accuracy and<br \/>\ncompliance with ACA regulations, free of charge. Calculation of tax liability under the \u201cplay or pay\u201d tax Minimum wage levels to avoid triggering \u201cunaffordable coverage\u201d requirements<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Small Business Health Care Tax Credit eligibility<\/li>\n<li>Healthcare reform provision applicability<\/li>\n<li>Future healthcare costs<\/li>\n<li>Alternate PPACA strategies<\/li>\n<li>Individual subsidy eligibility and calculation<\/li>\n<li>FTE Employee Calculator<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCadillac Plan\u201d tax applicability and liability<\/li>\n<li>Customized summary of findings and recommendations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; color: #e0601f; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-transform: lowercase; font-family: Palatino, serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;\">If you are not currently a DDI health insurance client, give us call for a full benefits review.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; color: #000; font-family: Palatino, serif;\"><a style=\"color: #e0601f; text-decoration: none; font-style: italic; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0; font-size: 12px; font-family: Palatino, serif;\" href=\"#top\">^back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #e0601f; font-style: italic; font-family: Palatino, serif; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 18px;\">For more information on creating a customized benefits package for your employees, contact DDI Benefits at 503.206.5654, or via email to <a style=\"color: #444; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"mailto:dena@ddibenefits.com\">dena@ddibenefits.com<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights of our Health Reform Seminar, HPACA Compliance review and more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-healthcare-reform","category-small-business"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa1tE9-4R","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}