COBRA Notification Letter

It is difficult to setup the COBRA Notification Letter correctly the first time. There is no comprehensive documentation around it which makes it all the more challenging. These are some of the things to keep in mind

1. The seeded report refers to the COBRA Beneficiary tables. If a COBRA beneficiary record is not created for a participant, the report will not work. On the Program > Participation Eligibility > Life Event form, ensure that the "Applies To" field is null for the COBRA Initial life event. This field should only be setup for life events, such as Divorce, Child Becomes Ineligible etc., that allow dependents to enroll as participant in the COBRA program.

2. Ensure that you have attached the COBRA and HIPAA regulation to the COBRA compensation objects

3. Ensure that you have created a COBRA reporting group and included all the COBRA compensation objects to it. Also attach the COBRA regulation to it.

4. Create an Organization for the Benefits Department and attach it to the COBRA Program. The Organization details are listed on the COBRA report generated by OAB. You should also specify the Organization Role (Name of the Person) and Organization Role Type as Administrator

This setup will ensure that the COBRA notification letter is correctly generated.