Benjamin J. Conley, Attorney, Seyfarth Shaw LLP to Speak at Knowledge Congress

July 12, 2012 - PRLog -- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Benjamin J. Conley, Attorney, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, will speak at a 2-hour webcast entitled “Preparing for the Affordable Care Act's Summary of Benefits & Coverage (SBC) Requirement LIVE Webcast.” This event is scheduled for August 3, 2012 from 12pm-2pm (ET).

About Benjamin J. Conley

Mr. Conley is an attorney in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He focuses his practice on employee benefit plans. Mr. Conley has experience counseling clients on qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and executive compensation.

Mr. Conley regularly advises clients on defined benefit and defined contribution plan compliance, including corrections for plan operational errors. He assists clients in drafting plan documents, plan amendments and participant communications. He also advises clients on health & welfare plan compliance, including medical and dental plans, cafeteria plans, flexible spending accounts and dependent care spending accounts. Mr. Conley counsels clients on plan design decisions relating to COBRA, HIPAA privacy regulations and health care reform legislation.

Mr. Conley is a member of the firm's Health Care Reform Team. This cross-departmental team of lawyers was formed to focus on how health care reform will affect our clients. Mr. Conley started closely following health care reform well before it was passed into law. He regularly consults with governmental agencies on health care reform developments and has submitted comments on health care reform interim regulations on behalf of clients. Mr. Conley has presented extensively on health care reform and what it means for businesses, including leading the Healthcare Reform Certification Program offered by the Employer Healthcare Congress.

For more information about Benjamin J. Conley and Seyfarth Shaw LLP, please visit: http://www.seyfarth.com/

About Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Shaw LLP is one of the largest employee benefits groups in the U.S., their attorneys proudly and competently represent some of the largest and most well-known businesses engaged in key industries such as manufacturing, retail, health care, insurance and financial services.  
The Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Department is relationship-driven, with a focus on supporting their clients’ ongoing legal counseling needs with respect to the establishment, maintenance and even termination of their retirement, health and welfare, and executive compensation plans and programs. Their group is efficiently divided into internal specialty groups such as those focusing on health and welfare programs, executive compensation, defined contribution plans, defined benefit plans, multi-employer plans and fiduciary advisory services. This ensures that sophisticated issues are handled by attorneys with specialized knowledge who are best equipped to find the quickest and most innovative solutions for their clients.
For more information about Seyfarth Shaw LLP, please visit: http://www.seyfarth.com/




Event Synopsis:

The final regulations issued by the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on February 2012 require group health plans and health insurance issuers to provide their clients with a Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC).

The SBC is a summary of information that includes detailed health plan benefits and coverage of the beneficiary. It also includes a glossary of terms commonly used in health insurance coverage to give insurers a clear and comprehensible understanding on what their health plans will cover.

Compliance for the final rule will roll out on September 23, 2012. Providers must prepare SBC’s as soon as possible as failure to comply with the new rules is subject to penalties. Are you ready?

About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series

The Knowledge Congress is a series of live webcasts produced by The Knowledge Group, LLC, which examine trends, regulatory, and technology changes across a variety of industries. Its mission is to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webcasts that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format.

The organization brings together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour webcasts to study the impact of changes and emerging trends. Hear from leading government officials/regulators, key thought leaders, and industry experts objectively analyze the latest trends and issues and their impact on industries.  For further details, please visit the organization’s website: www.knowledgecongress.org