Date: Thursday, October 1, 2026
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Location: Virtual
Contact: Diane Weber at Diane.Weber@ThompsonHine.com
Join us for the next session in our 2026 Brown Bag Benefits webinar series — quick and concise lunchtime programs designed to deliver timely updates on employee benefits matters without taking up too much space on your calendar. Each 30-minute session provides practical insights on emerging legal developments and regulatory trends impacting plan sponsors and benefit professionals.
Group Health Plan Special Topics: Wellness and Fertility Benefits
As employers face year after year of increasing health care costs, they continue to explore options for improving the health and wellness of employees and managing high-cost medical claims, including through the implementation of wellness programs and point solution fertility benefits.
Join Thompson Hine lawyers Beth Mandel and Shira McKinlay for a timely discussion of what employers and plan sponsors should be thinking about as they design and implement these programs. We’ll cover tobacco surcharge litigation risk, the DOL’s new wellness-program guidance, key issues to review in enrollment materials and participant communications and the evolving landscape for fertility benefits. We’ll also highlight practical steps employers can take now to reduce compliance risk and head into the 2027 plan year prepared.