<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Clarifying Out-of-Pocket Limits for 2014
Out-of-Pocket Limits for 2014: There have been recent reports in the media about a delay in imposing the maximum amount of cost sharing that participant’s […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> 2013 Cultural, Linguistical Appropriate Services
2013 Cultural, Linguistical Appropriate Services: The ACA requires group health plans and health insurance issuers to provide the summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) and uniform glossary […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Contraception Coverage and Religious Organizations
Contraception Coverage and Religious Organizations: The ACA mandates that all non-grandfathered health plans and health insurance policies provide coverage for preventive services as recommended by the […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> New IRS Q&A’s on PCORI Fee
Click here to view the posting. The questions they answer are shown below: Q1. What is the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund fee? Q2. When does the […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Key Section of DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional
Key Section of DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional: The Supreme Court recently struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which required same-sex spouses to […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Delay of Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions
IRS Notice on Delay of Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions: On July 9, 2013, the IRS issued Notice 2013-45, which confirmed a prior announcement by the Administration delaying […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Shared Responsibility for Employers Delayed
Shared Responsibility for Employers Delayed Until 2014: The Administration has delayed the shared responsibility for employers provision of the ACA (Play or Pay Mandate) until 2015. Originally scheduled […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> PCORI Fees are Deductible Business Expenses
In a recent memorandum, the IRS concluded that health insurers and health plan sponsors can deduct the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fees as […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Final Wellness Incentive Rules
Final Wellness Incentive Rules” On June 3, 2013, the United States Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services (the Departments) published the final rule on […]