Hi Cathleen Harrington,
From IRS Site :
Plan start month: Enter the two-digit number (01 through 12) indicating the calendar month during which the plan year begins of the health plan in which the employee is offered coverage (or would be offered coverage if the employee were eligible to participate in the plan). If more than one plan year could apply (for instance, if the ALE Member changes the plan year during the year), enter the earliest applicable month. If there is no health plan under which coverage is offered to the employee, enter “00.”
In this company,medical plan start from 07/01.
Medical plan list:
United Healthcare Advantage HMO - 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2016
United Healthcare Select Plus HDHP - 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2016
United Healthcare Select Plus PPO - 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2016
United Healthcare Signature HMO - 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2016
United Healthcare Full Signature HMO - 07/01/2016
United Healthcare Narrow Advantage HMO - 07/01/2016
United Healthcare Select Plus HDHP 2016-2017 - 07/01/2016
United Healthcare Select Plus PPO 2016-2017 - 07/01/2016
EE's that were hired before July were offered coverage of below plans:
United Healthcare Advantage HMO - 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2016
United Healthcare Select Plus HDHP - 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2016
United Healthcare Select Plus PPO - 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2016
United Healthcare Signature HMO - 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2016
Earliest applicable month for these plans for this year(2016) for an employee hired before July is January
EE's hired after July are offer coverage of below plans:
United Healthcare Full Signature HMO - 07/01/2016
United Healthcare Narrow Advantage HMO - 07/01/2016
United Healthcare Select Plus HDHP 2016-2017 - 07/01/2016
United Healthcare Select Plus PPO 2016-2017 - 07/01/2016
These plans start from July.So earliest applicable month for these plans for this year(2016) for an employee hired after July is July.
For plan start month the date should actually be the plan year start date. This means all Calendar year employers will have ALL 1095s populated with 01 and all fiscal should be whenever their plan year starts.
CC:Nandkumar Prabhakar Karlekar,Sachin Hingole,Jennifer Leugers,Kristi Smith
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