<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W</span> Need Help Determining ALE Status?
Not sure if your company is considered an ALE? Here’s help! The Internal Revenue Service has released Publication 5208 to provide assistance to entities as […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W:</span> 2018 HSA Deduction Limit for Family Coverage
Back in May of 2017, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released inflation adjustments for HSAs for the 2018 calendar year. […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W</span> Mental Health Parity & Addiction Equity Act FAQs Released
On April 23, 2018, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury jointly published proposed FAQs regarding Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W</span> Mental Health Parity. Does your health plan measure up?
The Mental Health Parity Act mandates that Group Health Plans that provide mental health coverage must provide parity between medical benefits and mental health/substance use […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W</span> Transition Relief for Male Sterilization
The IRS released Notice 2018-12, which provides transition relief to certain health plans currently providing benefits for male sterilization or male contraceptives. This notice clarifies […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W</span> 2018 Annual HSA Contribution Limit for Family Coverage Reduced!
The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Internal Revenue Bulletin 2018-10 wherein the maximum annual HSA contribution limit for an individual with family coverage for 2018 […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W</span> Sample Invoice for Section 4980H Penalties!
Last week we blogged about the IRS releasing the first round of 226J letters, which communicate to Applicable Large Employers that they have been identified […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W</span> What’s in your mailbox? An IRS Letter 226J, Perhaps?
As announced in our blog last fall, the first round of IRS 226J letters were slated to begin rolling off the presses at the IRS. […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W</span> HIPAA Breach Notification: Deadline Quickly Approaching
The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule requires HIPAA covered entities and their business associates to provide notification following a breach of unsecured protected health information. In […]