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Medicare Part D Notices Due Before October 15
Group health plan sponsors that provide prescription drug coverage to Medicare Part D eligible individuals must notify these individuals...
Sep 19, 2018
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Final Rule Expands Association Health Plans
The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a final rule regarding association health plans (AHPs). Information about the rule and other...
Jun 28, 2018
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NJ Out of Network Health Bill Signed
New Jersey now has a new law aimed at curtailing out-of-network (OON) healthcare costs. Notably, the new law won’t apply to self-insured...
Jun 7, 2018
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NJ Adopts Individual Health Insurance Mandate
The New Jersey Health Insurance Market Preservation Act was signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy enacting a state-level individual...
Jun 7, 2018
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NJ Paid Sick Leave Law Enacted
New Jersey has adopted, effective October 29, 2018, a Paid Sick Leave Act that requires employers with employees in NJ to provide one...
May 3, 2018
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HSA/HDHP Update - $6,900 is Family HSA Contribution Limit for 2018
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has now determined that it is in the best interest of sound and efficient tax administration to allow...
May 2, 2018
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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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