Last week a Federal Judge in Texas struck down a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) preventive care requirement. The decision...

The Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities final rule went into effect July 18, 2016 and with it comes additional compliance...

The agencies have released new rules related to “affordability” and “minimum value” (MV) for employer-sponsored health coverage. The...

New proposed regulations have been issued regarding the annual fee that “covered entities” engaged in the business of providing “health...

Essential Health Benefits: A final rule under the healthcare reform law has been announced that sets standards for a core package of...

Recently released Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on healthcare reform cover a range of issues about employer responsibilities under...

With the re-election of the President, the future of the healthcare reform law for employers and employees is clear. Employers must...

President Barack Obama’s victory on Tuesday finally removes most of the remaining uncertainty about the healthcare reform law that has...

The healthcare reform law calls for guidance from various agencies (often jointly), including the Department of Health and Human Services...

Under healthcare reform’s preventive services rules, a non-grandfathered, non-excepted group health plan must cover contraceptive drugs,...

Recently released guidance provides employers with additional details regarding two issues relating to employer responsibilities under...

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the cases challenging various aspects of the healthcare reform law that are now before...

Healthcare reform places new requirements on internal appeals and external review of plan denials for non-grandfathered plans. There are...

Healthcare reform mandates that group health plans provide the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) and Uniform Glossary pursuant to...

The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act program is a voluntary long-term care program created by the healthcare...

More than 20 groups have filed federal lawsuits challenging the healthcare law since President Obama signed it into law in March 2010....

A three-judge U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals panel dismissed two high-profile Virginia lawsuits challenging the healthcare reform...

Recently released guidance provides for a blanket exemption from healthcare reform's restrictions on annual dollar limits until 2014 for...

As part of healthcare reform, non-grandfathered plans are required to comply with new claims and appeal rules that are broad reaching and...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) created a process to review and approve waivers from the restrictions related to annual...