As the national healthcare reform law continues to evolve, regulators are now focusing on how to define “essential benefits” — the basic...

Starting in 2014, employers with 50 or more full-time (FT) employees that do not offer affordable health coverage to their FT employees...

The employee free choice voucher provision that was part of last year’s healthcare reform law has now been officially repealed. This is...

The agencies have issued additional Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding implementation of the healthcare reform provisions. Like...

The government agencies have issued a technical release modifying and extending the previous enforcement grace period for certain new...

Under the Patient Accountability and Affordability Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was entrusted with the...

The federal government continues to support the needs of working women who breastfeed their infant children. The healthcare reform law...

A Florida federal judge has found the entirety of the health reform law unconstitutional, ruling that Congress exceeded its...

The Republican controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal the health reform law in what many have called a largely symbolic...

The House has cleared the way for a vote to repeal the new health reform law with a bill called "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care...

The agencies have jointly issued another set of FAQs (Part V) on the implementation of health care reform, mental health parity, and...

On December 13, 2010, a Virginia federal judge ruled that the individual health insurance mandate included in the new health care law is...

Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), an employer must identify the plan year for its group health plan to ensure...

Under health reform, non-grandfathered plans are required to provide coverage for certain “Recommended Preventive Services” (such as...

The federal agencies (Department of Health & Human Services, Department of Labor, and Treasury Department) have jointly issued guidance...

In a last minute announcement, federal regulators issued guidance on September 20th giving employers, plan sponsors, and health plans...

Wellness Plans Over the past several years health and wellness programs have become increasingly popular with employers as a way to...

One of the first provisions of the new health care reform law to be effective is the requirement to extend dependent coverage to children...

Employer plans are gearing up for compliance with health care reform requirements that go into effect for plan years beginning on or...

Certain limited benefit plans or "mini-med" health plans can now apply for waivers from health care reform's restricted annual dollar...