HHS Proposes Regulations for Health Care Reform Measures Effective in 2014
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed two sets of regulations under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the 2010 health care reform legislation) relating to changes...
View ArticleMore Guidance Provided on State Health Insurance Exchanges
Following up on guidance issued last month, the Department of Health and Human Services has proposed two new sets of regulations and the Department of the Treasury has proposed one on the state-based...
View ArticleHealth and Welfare Benefits in 2012
Although the pace of new legislation affecting health and other welfare benefits has slowed after the first two years of the Obama Administration, plan sponsors will find no shortage of developments to...
View ArticleIRS Notices Address Significant Issues under the Affordable Care Act
In a series of three notices, the IRS has signaled the approach that it may take on certain key issues arising under the employer shared responsibility, or “pay or play,” provisions of the Affordable...
View ArticleGuidance Issued on Essential Health Benefits and Other Individual and Small...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued two sets of proposed regulations issued under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that will affect the design, availability, and cost of...
View ArticleGovernment Agencies Provide Guidance on Taxes and Fees under the Affordable...
In regulations and other pronouncements issued toward the end of 2012, the government has provided further details on new taxes and fees introduced by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Health plan...
View ArticleHHS Releases Proposed Application Process for Affordable Insurance Programs
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released proposed rules designed to create a single, streamlined application process for several government health insurance programs. The...
View ArticleMidyear Check on Health Plan Compliance
If you sponsor or administer a group health plan, you are almost certainly taking steps to prepare for legal requirements that will become effective on or before January 1, 2015. New rules under HIPAA,...
View ArticleCMS, IRS Address Affordable Care Act Issues in Transition
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the IRS have each published guidance on matters arising under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It is too early to tell whether these measures—some...
View ArticleHHS Finalizes Health Insurance Market Stabilization Rules
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finalized regulations designed to help stabilize the individual and small group health insurance markets and, in particular, the health...
View ArticleDevelopments in the Affordable Care Act
After a brief lull in activity, recent developments are likely to involve all three branches of government in addressing issues under the Affordable Care Act. The Legislature: It is often said that...
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