Employee-Paid Medical Premium Data Submission Open Now Through February 16

If your cooperative has subgroups participating in the NRECA Medical Plan, you must submit the dollar amount of premiums paid by employees during the previous calendar year using the Employee-Paid Premiums event by the end of the day on February 16, 2024.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021 requires group health plans to submit certain information about health care spending to the departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury. One of these reporting obligations requires NRECA to collect the total dollar amount (not a breakdown of individual amounts) of premiums paid by NRECA Medical Plan participants, including COBRA beneficiaries and retirees, during the 2023 plan year. NRECA aggregates all amounts collected and reports only the average premium paid per participant.

Please provide the data by subgroup or for all subgroups through the Employee Benefits website under Salaries and Payments > Annual Reporting > Employee-Paid Premiums. You can also use this button now:

Premiums that were paid by employees may be accessible in your co-op’s payroll system. Amounts paid by COBRA beneficiaries and retirees may be tracked outside of your payroll system.

The total provided should not include any of the following amounts:

• Premiums for non-NRECA medical coverage.
• Deferrals for vision, dental, disability or other non-medical insurance coverage.
• Contributions made by employees to tax-advantaged accounts such as 125 Plan health flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement arrangements or heath savings accounts.

You can edit your submitted data before the deadline and view last year’s submission.

Thank you in advance for your help! If you have questions, contact the Member Contact Center at 866.673.2299 or contactcenter@nreca.coop.