Webinars & Seminars

Employee Benefits Seminar (Tulsa) Health Care Reform + Supreme Court Ruling = Now What?

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act officially ended the legal debate regarding the constitutionality of the Health Care Reform law passed by Congress in 2010. Yet after years of political and legal wrangling, the law – as well as its interpretation and implementation – remains one of the most complicated ever in U.S. history.

So it’s not surprising that many employers are left asking themselves, “Now what?”

To discuss the impact of the law and to provide a timeline of essential deadlines and action steps necessary to maintain compliance, McAfee & Taft‘s Employee Benefits Group is hosting two complimentary half-day seminars—one in Oklahoma City and one in Tulsa—for benefits and HR professionals, corporate executives and financial officers, risk managers, and business owners. Richard Nix, employee benefits attorney and managing director of McAfee & Taft, will serve as host and moderator for the event that will feature employee benefits attorneys Jim Prince, John Papahronis, Bill Freudenrich, Brandon Long and Alison Patel as presenters. Robyn Jordan, founder and president of Piper Jordan and one of the leading national voices on employee benefits issues, will make a special appearance at the Oklahoma City seminar as a guest speaker for the first session of that day’s seminar. Todd Neaves, president of PremierSource and a leading consultant to employers for group health plans, retirement plans and risk management, will be the guest speaker at the Tulsa seminar.

Topics include:

  • Pay or play
  • Health insurance exchanges
  • Changes to flexible spending accounts
  • Part-time employee issues
  • Other legal requirements and compliance issues, including summary of benefits and coverage, W-2 reporting, payment of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute fees, etc.
  • Optional actions employers should consider in analyzing and managing healthcare costs
  • Effective dates for specific provisions of the new law

There is no cost to attend the seminar, but reservations are required. Limited seating remains available so we encourage you to register today. Since reservations are close to capacity, registration will now close no later than NOON on Wednesday, August 15th.  NOTE: Due to space limitations, McAfee & Taft reserves the right to restrict attendance to clients and invited guests of the firm. REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. 
 
 

EVENT INFORMATION FOR ATTENDEES

     

  • The Renaissance is located just off of Highway 169 in southeast Tulsa. Complimentary parking is available in front of the facility. You can access an interactive map (and driving directions) here and you can also visit www.renaissancetulsa.com for more information.
      
  • The seminar will be held in the Salon V Ballroom in the Convention Center area, in the same location as our recent seminars.
      
  • Seminar check-in and the continental breakfast will open at 7:45am in the lobby area just outside the ballroom. The program will begin promptly at 8:30am. Due to the number of people registered, we encourage you to arrive early enough to allow sufficient time to make it through the check-in process, grab refreshments and find a seat before the seminar begins.
      
  • To help us expedite the check-in process, we encourage you to bring with you to the seminar a printed copy of the registration confirmation email that we sent to everyone who registered. 
      
  • As you find your seat, we ask that you sit in the next available seat closest to the aisle, leaving no empty seat between you and the next person. Our available seating is near capacity, so we want to be able to quickly accommodate everyone looking for seating by making available empty seats toward the outside of each row.
       
  • Meeting rooms are often on the cooler side, so we strongly recommend attendees who are sensitive to room temperature to come prepared. We make every effort to work with the facilities management to adjust room temperatures to make everyone as comfortable as possible, but are not always able to accommodate everyone’s preferences.

 
 
This program has been approved for 2.75 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. Please note that to receive HRCI credit, you must have registered for the seminar prior to or at the event. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org.

The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

August 23, 2012, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM



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Bill G. Freudenrich Brandon P. Long Richard D. Nix John A. Papahronis