Employee Benefits Counsel to Connecticut-Based Health Care System

Serve as outside employee benefits counsel to a large Connecticut-based health care system consisting of tax-exempt and taxable entities with acute care hospitals, physician practice groups, behavioral health hospitals, visiting nurse associations, physical therapists, lab and medical testing organizations and joint ventures with strategic partners (ambulance companies, imaging centers). Provide advice with respect to defined benefit pension plans, 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, 457(b) plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and section 125 cafeteria. Advise on controlled group testing and state law issues involving the system's health plan.