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Download Online Care Anywhere Mobile App

Not only can Concordia Health Plan members* see a doctor right in their own homes, but now from wherever they are using their smartphones! The Online Care Anywhere® Mobile App for your smartphone is now available free through the iTunes App Store or the Android App on Google Play. The Online Care Anywhere app is […]

Determining Full-Time Adjunct Faculty for the Pay or Play Mandate

Concordia Plan Services has reviewed the final regulations regarding the Affordable Care Act’s Employer Shared Responsibility provisions, or “pay or play” mandate, specifically the guidance on how educational institutions should calculate adjunct faculty to determine full-time or part-time status. FYI, the requirements of the pay or play mandate take effect in 2015 for employers with […]

Concordia Plan Services – Payroll Services Announcement

Concordia Plan Services – Payroll Services Announcement Through our new partnership with Paychex, Concordia Plan Services is pleased to offer LCMS employers an affordable payroll processing solution.  Paychex’s payroll services can help you put more money back in your missions and ministries by ensuring payroll efficiency, accuracy, and legal compliance.  Their services include the handling […]

Obama Administration announces delay for components of Employer-Shared Responsibility Provision of ACA

On February 10, 2014, the Obama Administration announced a delay in enforcement of some provisions related to the Employer-Shared Responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA or health care reform). According to information provided by the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department, the announcement is aimed to provide some transitional relief for employers that […]

UPDATE : Statement Regarding Parsonage Allowance Court Case

UPDATE  The United States Department of Justice has appealed the ruling that the clergy housing allowance exclusion is unconstitutional. Ruling Against Housing Allowance Being Appealed The United States Department of Justice has appealed the ruling that the clergy housing allowance exclusion is unconstitutional. The appeal was filed January 24 with the United States Court of […]

Website Dedicated to Helping Concordia Health Plan (CHP) Members

Concordia Plan Services (CPS) has created a website dedicated to helping Concordia Health Plan (CHP) members better understand the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or health care reform law, and to highlight what CPS has done so far to comply with the ACA as well as what we plan to do in the future. Click here […]