Amanda M. Karpovich is a practice attorney in Proskauer's Labor Department and a member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group. She assists for-profit and not-for-profit entities with their employee benefit programs by counseling clients regarding design, qualification, administration, and compliance issues associated with qualified retirement plans, health and welfare benefits, and fringe benefit programs. Amanda’s experience includes counseling clients regarding fiduciary and governance issues and structures, benefit aspects of corporate transactions, and claims and appeals processes. She also assists clients with preparing plan documents, summary plan descriptions, and other benefit communications.
Amanda frequently counsels clients on health and welfare arrangements, including cafeteria plans, health savings accounts, health reimbursement arrangements, flexible spending arrangements, and wellness programs. Her experience includes advising clients regarding compliance with ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, HIPAA, COBRA, MHPAEA, ACA, GINA, Medicare, and state individual mandate laws. Amanda’s health and welfare practice also includes negotiating with plan service providers and managing the qualified medical child support order process on behalf of clients. Amanda has also authored articles regarding health and welfare topics, including those published in the Buffalo Law Journal and Law360.
