Ben Ablin, an associate actuary in Horizon’s Washington, DC office, recently completed the educational requirements necessary to earn the designation of Enrolled Actuary.
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Congratulations to Ben on this great accomplishment!

Stephanie Patrick, a consulting actuary in Horizon’s Atlanta office, recently completed the educational requirements necessary to earn the designation of Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.
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Congratulations (belatedly) to Stephanie on this great accomplishment!

Sponsors of group health plans are required to notify annually individuals who are eligible for Medicare Part D as to whether the drug coverage they have is creditable or non-creditable.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have made two changes to this requirement:

1. CMS has issued new model disclosure notices that are to be used after April 1, 2011. The model notices, in both English and Spanish, can be found on the CMS website.
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2. Beginning in 2011, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) changed the Medicare enrollment period, so the disclosure notice must now be sent to participants a month earlier. In the past, the Medicare enrollment period was November 15 through December 31, and the notice had to be given out by November 15.  PPACA changes the enrollment period to October 15 through December 7.  Accordingly, creditable coverage notices must now be sent by October 15.