<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> 3-Month Waiting Period Compliant?
Question of the Week From Thomson Reuters QUESTION: We sponsor a grandfathered, non-calendar-year self-insured health plan that imposes a three-month eligibility waiting period (our next […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> What is the GINA “Firewall” and Will It Protect You?
Question of the Week from Thomson Reuters QUESTION: We’ve heard that there is a “firewall” between GINA’s health insurance and employment nondiscrimination requirements. What […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Rx Plan Creditable?
Is Your Rx Plan Creditable? Medicare Part D requires group health plan sponsors to disclose to Part D eligible individuals and to the Centers for […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> How Does Health Care Reform’s Clinical Trials Mandate Affect Our Self-Insured Health Plan’s Exclusion of Experimental or Investigational Items and Services?
Question of the Week from Thomson Reuters QUESTION: Our company’s self-insured health plan contains an exclusion for items and services that are experimental or […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span>Individual Mandate Proposed Rule
The IRS has published a proposed rule relating to the requirement imposed by the ACA on individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage. While this proposal […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Shared Responsibility Relief
On February 10, 2014, the IRS published final regulations on section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code. This is the section of the Affordable Care […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> 2013 Publication 969: HSA, FSA, HRA and MSA
2013 Publication 969: HSA, FSA, HRA and MSA: The IRS has released the 2013 Publication 969, Health Savings Accounts and Other Tax-Favored Health Plans. This publication […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> HIPAA Electronic Standards Certification Delayed
Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued proposed regulations for health plans to certify compliance with HIPAA’s electronic transaction standards and operating rules. Health plans […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> IRS Releases Publications 502 and 503 for 2013 Tax Returns
The IRS releases Publications 502 and 503 for use in preparing 2013 tax returns. Publication 502 lists the medical expenses that are deductible on a […]