Are you aware
that Federal COBRA Regulations change with each new Federal budget and
court decision? Your organization is expected to know each
regulation and react to changes accordingly and immediately. COBRA
compliance can be financially devastating. Penalties for
noncompliance impose a $100 per day violation excise tax for each
qualified beneficiary during the noncompliance period to a maximum of
$500,000.
If you try to
comply with COBRA on your own, you may have unknowingly fallen into the
COBRA noncompliance arena. In order to avoid costly government
penalties and civil lawsuits, you must study, understand and interpret
complex COBRA regulations and administer them properly. If your
organization has limited resources or manpower to research the law and its
updates, chances are, you are not in compliance. It's not for lack
of effort on your part - COBRA noncompliance can be as minor as the way an
envelope is addressed.
BCG removes your
COBRA management burden and makes compliance easy. Simply notify us
that a COBRA qualifying event has taken place and we take it from there.
To assist our
members with the administrative rigors of COBRA compliance, BCG developed
its own COBRA Management System. Since 1987, it has saved
participating members countless hours of administrative work. The
COBRA Management System includes: