The Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced changes to COBRA, including time frame extensions, special enrollment periods, and claim deadlines. The changes are complex and are causing a lot of street and worry already. We are here to help sort through some of the challenges by providing some basic guidelines.

Since the Coronavirus pandemic was declared a National Emergency on March 13, the government has introduced the Families First Coronavirus Act and the CARES Act. Each of them offers different types of benefits for those who are finding this time financially difficult, including additional paid sick leave, the...

Medcom took some time this week to ask these five individuals the following question:

What is a COBRA Qualifying Event?

This is the picture of their answer…

That isn’t true, we didn’t ask the above stock photo individuals about COBRA qualifying events, but if we had it is very likely this would have been their answer.  In order to clear up any confusion, we would like to dig a bit deeper into COBRA: what does it mean, why do we have it, when and...

Medcom Benefit Solutions began offering COBRA Billing Administration in 2000.  Since that time, we added Retiree Billing and Direct Billing, completing our Premium Billing Services department.

Our COBRA, Retiree and Direct Billing Administration offers a fully-integrated and easy to use platform.  Our team of experienced and responsive professionals provides in-depth knowledge of federal COBRA requirements as well as regulatory compliance.

As part of our Premium Billing Services turnkey solution, we:

Provide premium payment coupons

Receive and track payments

Offer multiple payment options including credit and debit cards

Deliver...