<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Health Plan ID (HPID) Reminders
Employers with self-insured plans will need to obtain a Health Plan (HPID). Large health plans must obtain the HPID by November 5, 2014. Small health […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Reinsurance Fee Highlights
The Reinsurance Program Fee compliance activity (for self-insured plans) and reference material on Compliancedashboard provide information and reminders about this new ACA requirement. Listed below […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Additional Contraceptive Services Guidance
In an earlier blog post, we discussed the recent Hobby Lobby case in which the Supreme Court held the ACA’s requirement that health plans cover […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Supreme Court’s Contraception Decision
On June 30, 2014, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. The Court held that a closely […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Orientation and Waiting Periods Under the ACA
Under the final rule of the 90 day waiting period limitation, the agencies clarified how the waiting period will coincide with any employment based orientation […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> MSP Working Aged Provisions and Same-Sex Marriages
The Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Working Aged provisions generally require that Medicare be secondary payer to group health plans for individuals age 65 or over […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Delicate Relationship Between Employers and Their Self-Insured Health Plans
When offering a group health plan to its employees, employers may wear many hats: Plan Sponsor, ERISA Fiduciary, ERISA Plan Administrator and Covered Entity. Our […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> IRS Releases New Form 720
The IRS has revised Form 720 and the instructions for reporting and paying the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee. The form and payment […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Employer Payment Plans and Individual Health Policies
The IRS recently put out a reminder in the form of an FAQ regarding employer payment plans. Generally, arrangements funded on a pre-tax basis that […]