Webinar - Health & Welfare Benefits in an Evolving Landscape – Concerns, Risks, and Trends
Overview
In the not-too-distant past, it would have been unimaginable for health care coverage to be a point of political debate. Today, Health and Welfare (H&W) benefits, while once only a “perk”, are becoming an integral part of an integrated total compensation package.
Employee/contractor status, plan eligibility, operations, and compliance requirements are very complex and confusing, which can lead to increased cost, penalty and risk exposure if not managed correctly. Family office executives and HR leaders must not only manage costs, but also ensure the plan operates in compliance with law and regulations.
Family Office Exchange and Grant Thornton invite you to our next installment of the FOX Human Capital Webinar Series featuring Andy Mechavich, Tax Director, Human Capital Services with Grant Thornton LLP as our guest presenter.
Speaker(s)
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Andy has over 20 years of experience. He has extensive experience in a wide-range of compensation and benefits issues, including health and welfare benefits, retirement benefits, and governmental plans. He has managed numerous engagements using a “pro-active” approach to health and welfare plans reducing cost trend. Andy encourages a collaborative approach with union leaders and stakeholders that promotes education and communication to achieve common goals. He has assisted other clients with benefit reviews, procedure reviews, benchmarking of compensation and benefit programs, health claims analysis, employee communications, drafting of request for proposals for vendor searches, and mock IRS/DOL compliance reviews. Andy is one of the firm’s leaders on compliance with the Affordable Care Act.
Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Andy was a Senior Manager in a compensation and benefits practice, which was purchased by Grant Thornton. Andy held positions in a number of compensation and benefit practices associated with larger national accounting and benefit consulting firms.
Andy is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management and a member of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. He is also a contributor to Employee Benefits News, Business Insurance and HR Executive and is a speaker for a number of organizations.
Andy received his Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Organization Psychology from DePaul University.