ERISA attorney Mark Major is a recognized specialist in the area of health and welfare plan legal compliance. With the increasing complexity of rules governing health and welfare benefits, Lowdermilk & Associates partners with Mark to solve difficult compliance risks.
Mark’s expertise includes broad-based compliance check-ups and reviews across a number of benefit plans such as 401(k), pension, health, life, disability, severance, wellness, cafeteria and flexible spending account plans, health savings accounts (HSAs), and VEBAs; targeted reviews examining specific problem areas such as COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, USERRA, nondiscrimination testing, fiduciary liability, governance, eligibility, reporting and disclosure, trust requirements, prohibited transactions, and health reform (Affordable Care Act) issues; and remediation that may include training, plan document and SPD modifications, and vendor contract modifications, as well as development of procedures, forms and other documents to support good benefit plan risk management.