EBIA Suite on Checkpoint® provides you with access to eight topic specific products, as well as the EBIA Newsletter on Checkpoint and a host of primary source material. These eight topic specifc products included in the EBIA Suite on Checkpoint are:

• Cafeteria Plans on Checkpoint: the nation’s #1 resource for cafeteria plan sponsors and administrators. Provides detailed coverage of all legal requirements for cafeteria plans, health FSAs, and DCAPs. With numerous examples, tables, charts, in-depth legal analysis, and sample documents EBIA Cafeteria Plans on Checkpoint® discusses just about every imaginable plan design and administration issue.
• Consumer Driven Healthcare on Checkpoint: provides employers and advisors with the top-notch legal analysis, practical tips, and useful examples they need to understand what consumer-driven health care is and to be able to compare, choose, and implement various tax-favored arrangements, such as health savings accounts (HSAs) and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs).
• COBRA: The Developing Law on Checkpoint: explores the nuances of COBRA using real-life examples that serve as a platform for discussing the complicated COBRA rules. Topics include: what employers and plans are subject to COBRA; what triggers the obligation to offer COBRA; who must be offered COBRA; what type of coverage must be offered; how long does COBRA last; electing COBRA; COBRA paperwork; and much more.
• ERISA Compliance for Health & Welfare Plans on Checkpoint: discusses what benefits are subject to ERISA, then explains ERISA’s requirements in detail with examples, checklists, court case summaries, tables, Q&As, and compliance tips. The manual includes in-depth coverage of reporting & disclosure requirements (Form 5500, SPDs, etc.), fiduciary duties, benefits claims procedures, plan documents, handling of participant contributions, benefits disputes, and much more.
• Fringe Benefits on Checkpoint: provides employers and advisors with the top-notch legal analysis, practical tips, and useful examples they need to understand what fringe benefits are and to be able to compare, choose, and implement various fringe benefits: pre-tax transportation plans, adoption assistance plans, educational assistance plans, vacation/paid time off (PTO) plans, moving expenses, and employee discounts.
• Group Health Plans: Federal Mandates Other Than COBRA & HIPAA on Checkpoint: covers important federal mandates for group health plans that are often overlooked: QMCSOs, the Mental Health Parity Act, minimum hospital stays for newborns and mothers, the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act, federal employment laws affecting group health plans (FMLA, ADA, ADEA, USERRA, etc.), Medicare Part D notice requirements, Medicare Secondary Payer, HMO nondiscrimination requirements, etc.
• HIPAA Portability, Privacy & Security on Checkpoint: provides comprehensive coverage of HIPAA’s requirements. It includes HIPAA’s privacy and security rules (and EDI and other administrative simplification rules) for group health plans, and HIPAA’s portability rules, including pre-existing condition exclusions (PCEs), HIPAA certificates, special enrollments, nondiscrimination, insurance market provisions, etc.
• 401(k) Plans on Checkpoint: explains the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA requirements for 401(k) plans, and it explores all sorts of plan design and administration issues. Provides legal analysis and practical, real-world tips on topics like: eligibility, vesting, contributions, distributions, plan loans, hardship withdrawals, discrimination testing, fiduciary duties, plan investments, plan corrections, and much more.
• EBIA Newsletter on Checkpoint: weekly newsletter that covers all significant developments within the scope of EBIA's topic specific products. In addition to articles on recent developments, each edition of the EBIA Weekly includes a Question of the Week. EBIA Weekly archives collect all EBIA Weekly articles and Questions of the Week back to 2001.

In addition, you will get access to primary source material including:

• ERISA
• ERISA History
• Advance Notices of Proposed, Interim & Final DOL Rules
• DOL Final Regulations and Interim Rules
• Preambles to DOL Final Regulations and Interim Rules
• DOL Proposed Regulations & Preambles
• Selected US Code Provisions
• Selected US Code Provisions History
• Selected Final Federal Regulations
• Preambles to Selected Final Federal Regulations
• Selected Proposed Federal Regulations & Preambles
• Other Selected Tax Documents & Releases
• ERISA Opinion Letters
• DOL Rulings & Releases
• Other Miscellaneous Nontax Releases
• Internal Revenue Code (1990 – present)
• Code History
• Final and Temporary Regulations
• Advanced Notices of Proposed Rulemaking & Treasury Decisions
• Prior Final and Temporary Regulations (Treasury Decisions)
• Preambles to Final and Temporary Regulations (Treasury Decisions)
• Preambles to Proposed Treasury Regulations (Treasury Decisions)
• Prior Proposed Regulations & Preambles
• Proposed Regulations and Preambles
• IRS Publications
• EBIA Committee Report Excerpts
• PLRs and TAMs (1977 – present)
• Revenue Rulings (1954 – present)
• Revenue Procedures (1955 – present)
• Announcements (1959 – present)
• Notices (1980 – present)
• Internal Revenue Manual