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Proposed Guidance on Implementing Mental Health Parity and Substance Use Disorder Rules
The agencies have issued a package of recent guidance on mental health parity implementation that reflects an enhanced focus on...
May 1, 2018
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HSA 2018 Family Limit Reduced
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has surprisingly announced that the maximum contribution limit to a Health Savings Account ( "HSA")...
Mar 9, 2018
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New Disability Claims Procedures
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced that April 1, 2018 is the applicable date for employee benefit plans to comply with...
Feb 28, 2018
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Wellness Rules Unchanged – For Now
Late last year the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was ordered to reconsider rules issued in 2016 regarding wellness...
Feb 20, 2018
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Delay of Cadillac Tax and Health Insurer Fee
Implementation of the tax on high-cost health insurance plans (the Cadillac Tax) will be delayed by two years, from 2020 to 2022, as part...
Jan 23, 2018
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2018 Calendar Year Prescription Drug Plans Must Report Creditable Coverage Status to CMS by March 1
In accordance with requirements imposed under The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) and the...
Jan 19, 2018
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IRS Extends Due Date to Issue Health Coverage Forms to Individuals in 2018
The IRS has issued IRS Notice 2018-06 announcing that it has extended the 2018 due date for certain entities to provide 2017 health...
Dec 27, 2017
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Tax Law Signed - Repeals Individual Mandate Penalties
Congress has passed and President Trump has signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which, among other things, repeals the Affordable Care Act...
Dec 26, 2017
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IRS Enforcement of ACA for Employers
IRS is charged with enforcement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) employer shared responsibility payment (ESRP) rules and all indications...
Nov 15, 2017
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ACA Individual and Employer Mandate – Reporting Update
The IRS has announced that in order to avoid refund and processing delays when filing 2017 personal federal income tax returns in 2018,...
Nov 3, 2017
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Proposals to Stabilize ACA Individual Markets
Many employers have reason to be concerned about the troubled Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual market place and the Trump...
Oct 25, 2017
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Updated ACA Indexed Dollar Limits Chart
Each year the agencies release ACA indexed dollar limits. The below table is a current summary of these amounts for your reference. We...
Oct 20, 2017
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Rules Relax Contraceptive Coverage Mandate
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor announced two companion interim final rules effective October 6, 2017...
Oct 18, 2017
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Executive Order to Expand Access to Healthcare
On October 12 President Trump signed an executive order calling upon the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to consider, among other things,...
Oct 13, 2017
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Final 2017 ACA Reporting Forms Released
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final 1094-B, 1095-B, 1094-C, and 1095-C forms that employers, plan sponsors and group...
Oct 4, 2017
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Medicare Part D Notices Due Before October 15
Group health plan sponsors that provide prescription drug coverage are required to notify Medicare Part D eligible individuals whether...
Sep 28, 2017
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Senate to Vote on ACA Repeal and Replace Bill
In another effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Senate is expected to vote later next week on the...
Sep 21, 2017
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ACA Reporting - Draft 2017 Forms and Enforcement
IRS has released draft versions of the Form 1094/1095 information returns for the 2017 tax year (for filing in early 2018), which are...
Aug 7, 2017
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Senate Fails to Advance ACA Bill
Senate Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) came to an end early this morning as three Republican Senators joined...
Jul 28, 2017
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