Employee Wellness 
Provide your employees with the latest wellness newsletter with the December editio
n of Live Well, Work Well.
Educate employees about their benefits with the December Benefits & Me Newsletter.
Final Forms for 2024 ACA Reporting Available
The IRS has released the final 2024 forms and instructions for reporting under Internal Revenue Code Sections 6055 and 6056. Please click here to learn more and download the forms.
If you have questions about ACA Reporting for 2024, please join our upcoming webinars with Senior Vice President of Compliance Corbin Granger. Fully insured employers are not required to report and do not need to attend these webinars.
Medicare News
Drug Prices Negotiated by Medicare Still Higher Than Other Countries
Understanding the Medicare Shared Savings Program
American Seniors Struggle to Pay Medical Bills More Than Peers in Other Wealthy Countries
Easily Track Unemployment Claims
The Towne Benefits HR and Compliance Team periodically receives questions from our employer clients about unemployment claims made by their former employees. A recent example: “How will we be notified that someone has made an unemployment claim?”
Until recently, mail and telephone have been the common, but not always efficient, means of communication. But did you know that both Virginia and North Carolina have unemployment portals for employers that enable you to log in and see who has filed a claim, monitor claim status, and a wealth of other information?
Virginia: State Information Data Exchange Systems (SIDES)
North Carolina: NCSUITS
HR and Compliance Insights
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