Ongoing administration
The rules worth keeping close
Choose a product to see the recurring checks and exceptions that matter most.
- 01
Review the COBRA processed report weekly
Check for people loaded who shouldn't be and people ignored who should have been. Ignored qualified beneficiaries must be added to the portal manually.
- 02
COBRA-electable is the last checkbox
Mark a plan COBRA-electable only after rates and coverage tiers are built. Changing rate structure type means creating a new plan — never editing the existing one.
- 03
New employer groups with active COBRA QBs go in as Takeover
Enter takeover qualified beneficiaries in the portal after the plan add/update runs, and tell your RM immediately if they need a special open enrollment.
- 04
Carrier Invoice Reconciliation against monthly remittance report
Each month, compare carrier invoices to the remittance report so premium and enrollment differences are caught early.
Weekly review companion
See what Processed and Ignored look like
Sample Processed Report
COBRA QB Parser, July 2024
Your weekly COBRA output. Processed rows have been deemed a COBRA eligible event. Make sure to evaluate the notes to see if this event will be loaded to the portal; Ignored rows will not and need review — the Message column says why (plan not COBRA-electable, no QB event code).
