{"id":2792,"date":"2014-05-06T09:47:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T13:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2024-08-30T11:30:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:30:42","slug":"updated-cobra-model-notices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/updated-cobra-model-notices\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated COBRA Model Notices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1570\" src=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/49.-Small-Business-Health-Insurance-Quote-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"updated cobra model notices\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" \/>The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) provides employees the right to continue their health care coverage. Employers should be aware that updated COBRA model notices have recently been released by the Department of Labor. Employers are required to distribute these notices, which inform employees that if they are eligible for COBRA coverage when leaving a job, they have the option to instead purchase coverage through the Affordable Care Act\u2019s Health Insurance Marketplace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Employers should download the <a href=\"\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/modelgeneralnotice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">model general notice<\/a> and the <a href=\"\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/modelelectionnotice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">model election notice<\/a>; there is also an <a href=\"\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/chipmodelnotice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">updated model notice<\/a> regarding the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and premium assistance under Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cms.gov\/CCIIO\/Resources\/Regulations-and-Guidance\/Downloads\/SEP-and-hardship-FAQ-5-1-2014.pdf\">special enrollment period<\/a> in the Marketplace is available for employees already enrolled in COBRA and for COBRA qualified beneficiaries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">For more information,\u00a0<a title=\"Contact GTM\" href=\"\/business\/contact-gtm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact<\/a> us today and learn how GTM Insurance Agency can save your company time and money by taking care of all the required COBRA-related steps, services, and notifications so that as an employer, you will avoid any potential and costly fines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) provides employees the right to continue their health care coverage. Employers should be aware that updated COBRA model notices have recently been released by the Department of Labor. Employers are required to distribute these notices, which inform employees that if they are eligible for COBRA coverage when leaving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[8,5,9,6,10],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consulting-services","tag-affordable-care-act","tag-department-of-labor","tag-health-care-reform","tag-new-york-employers","tag-small-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2792"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13414,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions\/13414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2792"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=2792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}