<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W:</span> 2017 Cost-sharing Limits
The Department of Health and Human Services released finalized regulations establishing limits on annual out-of-pocket maximums for 2017. The regulations set the 2017 out-of-pocket maximum limit […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W:</span> ERISA Preempts Claim Reporting Law
The United States Supreme Court recently decided the case of Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. This case will primarily interest employers with self-insured health […]
2015 Form 5500 – IRS Recommends Not Answering Proposed Questions
Late last year, the U.S. Department of Labor released the 2015 Form 5500. See our earlier blog here. This new form included proposed compliance questions […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W:</span> Expiration of Shared Responsibility Transition Relief
In its final rule on employer shared responsibility under the ACA, the IRS granted several temporary exceptions to the requirements of the rule in order […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W:</span> IRS Releases Publication 502 and Publication 503 for 2015 Tax Returns
The IRS released Publication 502 and Publication 503 for use in preparing 2015 tax returns. Publication 502 includes medical expenses that are deductible on a taxpayer’s […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W:</span> Subrogation Rights
The United States Supreme Court recently decided the case of Montanile v. Board of Trustees. This case will be of interest to employers with self-insured […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W:</span> Health FSAs and COBRA Continuation
This is the fourth and final installment of our series of blogs on IRS Notice 2015-87. The first three blogs (and much of the Notice) […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W:</span> Full-time Employee Status – IRS Notice 2015-87.
This is the third in our series of Blogs covering IRS Notice 2015-87. The first blog discussed the integration of HRAs and similar arrangements into […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W:</span> Cadillac Tax Delayed to 2020
On December 18, President Obama signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 which delayed the pending “Cadillac Tax” by two years. This means the tax will not go into […]