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Compliance Updates

  • Update on Nondis­crim­i­na­tion Reg­u­la­tions Relat­ing to Sex, Gen­der, Age, and More
    on June 27, 2019 at 4:00 am

    On May 24, 2019, the Depart­ment of Health and Human Ser­vices’ Office for Civ­il Rights (OCR) released a pro­posed rule to revise its reg­u­la­tions under the […]

  • STa­tus of Court Case Chal­leng­ing ACA Con­sti­tu­tion­al­i­ty
    on Decem­ber 17, 2018 at 4:00 am

    On Dec. 14, 2018, the U.S. Dis­trict Court for the North­ern Dis­trict of Texas declared that the ACA indi­vid­ual man­date is uncon­sti­tu­tion­al and declared that the […]

  • DOL and IRS Release Addi­tion­al Infor­ma­tion on Asso­ci­a­tion Health Plans
    on Sep­tem­ber 20, 2018 at 4:00 am

    On August 20, 2018, the Depart­ment of Labor (DOL) post­ed the Asso­ci­a­tion Health Plans ERISA Com­pli­ance Assis­tance fact sheet.

  • Final Rule on Short-Term Lim­it­ed-Dura­tion Insur­ance
    on August 2, 2018 at 4:00 am

    Short-term, lim­it­ed-dura­tion insur­ance is a type of health insur­ance cov­er­age designed to fill tem­po­rary gaps in cov­er­age when an indi­vid­ual is transitioning […]

  • Court Mod­i­fies Order Regard­ing EEOC Well­ness Rules
    on Jan­u­ary 26, 2018 at 4:00 am

    In Jan­u­ary 2018, the EEOC asked the court to recon­sid­er the por­tion of the court’s order that required the EEOC to issue new pro­posed rules by August 31, […]

  • 2018 IRS Report­ing Tip 1 — Report­ing Offers of COBRA Cov­er­age
    on Jan­u­ary 17, 2018 at 4:00 am

    Under the ACA, applic­a­ble large employ­ers are required to offer health ben­e­fits to their full-time employ­ees and report on the health cov­er­age they offer.

  • Busi­ness Deduc­tion Elim­na­tion for Mass Tran­sit and Park­ing Ben­e­fits
    on Jan­u­ary 11, 2018 at 4:00 am

    The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act elim­i­nates the busi­ness deduc­tion for qual­i­fied mass tran­sit and park­ing ben­e­fits start­ing in 2018.

  • Fed­er­al Tax Cred­it for Employ­er-Pro­vid­ed Paid Fam­i­ly and Med­ical Leave
    on Jan­u­ary 11, 2018 at 4:00 am

    The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act includes a new fed­er­al tax cred­it for employ­ers that pro­vide paid fam­i­ly and med­ical leave to their employees.

  • Con­tra­cep­tion Man­date Rolled Back for Employ­ers
    on Decem­ber 8, 2017 at 4:00 am

    Inter­im Final Rules were released and became effec­tive on Octo­ber 6, 2017, allow­ing a greater num­ber of employ­ers to opt out of pro­vid­ing con­tra­cep­tion to […]

  • Com­pli­ance Recap — Novem­ber 2017
    on Decem­ber 4, 2017 at 4:00 am

    Novem­ber was a busy month in the employ­ee ben­e­fits world.

  • Pres­i­dent Trump Ends ACA CSRs
    on Octo­ber 13, 2017 at 4:00 am

    On the evening of Octo­ber 12, 2017, Pres­i­dent Trump announced that cost shar­ing reduc­tions for low income Amer­i­cans in rela­tion to the Patient Pro­tec­tion and […]

  • Octo­ber 2017 Exec­u­tive Order on Health­care
    on Octo­ber 12, 2017 at 4:00 am

    The order directs var­i­ous fed­er­al agen­cies to explore options relat­ing to asso­ci­a­tion health plans, short term lim­it­ed-dura­tion cov­er­age, and health […]

  • IRS Releas­es Final forms and Instruc­tions for 2017 ACA Report­ing
    on Octo­ber 10, 2017 at 4:00 am

    Report­ing is required by employ­ers with 50 or more full-time (or full-time equiv­a­lent) employ­ees, insur­ers, or spon­sors of self-fund­ed health plans, on health […]

  • What You Need to Know about Depen­dent Care Flex­i­ble Spend­ing Accounts
    on August 14, 2017 at 4:00 am

    A depen­dent care flex­i­ble spend­ing account (DCFSA) is a pre-tax ben­e­fit account used to pay for eli­gi­ble depen­dent care services.

  • The COBRA Pay­ment Process
    on August 14, 2017 at 4:00 am

    The COBRA pay­ment process is sub­ject to var­i­ous rules in terms of grace peri­ods, noti­fi­ca­tion, pre­mi­um pay­ment meth­ods, and treat­ment of insignificant […]

  • What You Need to Know about Health Flex­i­ble Spend­ing Accounts
    on August 14, 2017 at 4:00 am

    A health flex­i­ble spend­ing account (FSA) is a pre-tax account used to pay for out-of-pock­et health care costs for a par­tic­i­pant as well as a participant’s […]

  • Deter­min­ing COBRA Pre­mi­ums
    on July 21, 2017 at 4:00 am

    The Con­sol­i­dat­ed Omnibus Bud­get Rec­on­cil­i­a­tion Act of 1985 (COBRA) allows qual­i­fied ben­e­fi­cia­ries who lose health ben­e­fits due to a qual­i­fy­ing event to […]

  • Sen­ate Releas­es Pro­posed Health­care Bill
    on June 22, 2017 at 4:00 am

    On June 22, 2017, the U.S. Sen­ate released a “Dis­cus­sion Draft” of the “Bet­ter Care Rec­on­cil­i­a­tion Act of 2017” (BCRA), aimed at “repeal­ing and […]

  • DOL Asks for MHPAEA Relat­ed Com­ments
    on June 21, 2017 at 4:00 am

    The Depart­ment of Labor is request­ing com­ment on a draft mod­el form to request infor­ma­tion regard­ing non­quan­ti­ta­tive treat­ment limitations.

  • ACA Mar­ket Sta­bi­liza­tion Final Rule
    on April 26, 2017 at 4:00 am

    The rule amends stan­dards relat­ing to spe­cial enroll­ment peri­ods, guar­an­teed avail­abil­i­ty, and the tim­ing of the annu­al open enroll­ment peri­od in the […]

  • SBC Tem­plate and Required Adden­dums for Cov­ered Enti­ties under ACA Sec­tion 1557
    on March 15, 2017 at 4:00 am

    A Sum­ma­ry of Ben­e­fits and Cov­er­age (SBC) is four page (dou­ble-sided) com­mu­ni­ca­tion required by the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment. It must con­tain spe­cif­ic infor­ma­tion, in […]

  • Medicare Part D: Cred­itable Cov­er­age Dis­clo­sures
    on Feb­ru­ary 24, 2017 at 4:00 am

    Enti­ties such as employ­ers with group health plans that pro­vide pre­scrip­tion drug cov­er­age to indi­vid­u­als that are eli­gi­ble for Medicare Part D have two major […]

  • CMS’ Pro­posed Rule on ACA Mar­ket Sta­bi­liza­tion
    on Feb­ru­ary 16, 2017 at 4:00 am

    On Feb­ru­ary 17, 2017, the Depart­ment of Health and Human Ser­vices’ Cen­ters for Medicare & Med­ic­aid Ser­vices (CMS) issued a pro­posed rule to sta­bi­lize the […]

  • IRS Report­ing Tip 1 — 2016 Form 1094‑C, Line 22
    on Jan­u­ary 13, 2017 at 4:00 am

    Under the Patient Pro­tec­tion and Afford­able Care Act (ACA), indi­vid­u­als are required to have health insur­ance while applic­a­ble large employ­ers (ALEs) are […]

  • FAQs on ACA Imple­men­ta­tion
    on Decem­ber 21, 2016 at 4:00 am

    On Decem­ber 20, 2016, the Depart­ment of Labor, Depart­ment of Health and Human Ser­vices, and the Trea­sury issued FAQs About Afford­able Care Act Implementation […]

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