ERISA and Employee Benefits

  • Compliance with ERISA, PPACA, HIPAA, COBRA, FMLA, ADA, and related Federal and State regulations
  • Specializing in health and welfare benefit plans
  • Plan documents, Trust documents, SPDs, SSMs, and required notices
  • Fiduciary and staff training
  • Required reporting to Federal and State agencies
  • Regulatory agency audits and enforcement actions
  • Controlled group analysis
  • PBM arrangements, contracts, RFPs and negotiations
  • TPA, PBM, and vendor negotiations
  • Denials and appeals
  • TPA and vendor agreements
  • Stop-loss arrangements and contracts
  • Benefit plan design and strategies
  • Broker agreements, commissions, and compensation
  • Insurance policy coverage
  • Subrogation
  • ERISA Litigation
  • Specializing in self-funded and fully-insured health and welfare plans (update to existing language)
  • HIPAA privacy and security
  • MEWAs and association plans
  • Eligibility and termination of coverage
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The rules governing employee benefits are extremely complex, and dealing with vendors, insurance companies, and regulatory agencies can be frustrating. We simplify the complex and cut through the red tape for our clients. Mr. Larsen has extensive nationwide experience with a wide range of large and complex employee benefit plans, trusts, plan sponsors, fiduciaries, MEWAs, TPAs, PBMs, stop-loss carriers, captives, insurance carriers, brokerage firms, and cost-containment vendors. He also has a unique specialty in self-funded medical, prescription drug, dental, vision and disability benefit plans at both the Federal and State level.