Travis Software Official Blog

One of the major benefits of always keeping your TravisCobra system up-to-date with the latest features and fixes is that you are guaranteed to always have the latest and greatest COBRA administration features, but there’s another benefit that you may not have thought about: a faster and easier updating process!

We have seen users not update their systems because they think it will take too long or be too much of a hassle, and, in reality, the opposite is true. Every time you run a Patch on your TravisCobra data, not only do you download new features, but you also fix existing issues you may or may not be aware of. The moral of the story is, the more often you update, the less time you’ll spend upgrading.

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TravisCobra 8.3.0.15 was released today, April 28, and includes an ARRA Exclusion enhancement, originally discussed here, that will allow you to exclude domestic partners and other ineligible dependents from receiving the 65% ARRA subsidy. This is just the latest feature that has been added to the TravisCobra system to help you administer the new ARRA COBRA regulations.

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We have finalized our plans to enable administrators to exclude the 65% government subsidy enabled by ARRA in both TravisCobra and WebCOBRA to domestic partners and other ineligible dependents.

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Two new ARRA options were added to the TravisCobra system this week:

• Ability to allow ARRA for Non-Core benefit plans.
• Ability to allow ARRA for State Continuation PQBs.

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If you are using TravisCobra and you want to reprint ARRA notices, you can follow the steps below.

For a Group of PQBs:

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If you are using WebCOBRA and you want to reprint ARRA notices, you can follow the steps below.

For a group of QBs:

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When ARRA was passed nearly two months ago, on February 17th, we had a fairly good idea of how to construct our administration systems to deal with ARRA. Then, the DOL issued guidance, and the IRS also had their input into the matter. During this tumultuous time, the two-month period for getting the ARRA Re-notification letters out loomed on the horizon with no extension.

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This weekend we will be releasing yet another update to the WebCOBRA and TravisCobra systems as part of our continuing effort for ARRA administration.

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