<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> Employer ACA Reporting Rules
Your Compliancedashboard has been updated with Code Sections 6055 and 6056 final regulations outlining the requirements under health care reform for informational returns and individual […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Non-Grandfathered Health Plan Deductible Limits Repealed
Deductible Limits Repealed: Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), non-grandfathered, fully insured health plans in the small group market had to restrict deductibles to no […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Transitional Reinsurance Program Fee
Transitional Reinsurance Program Fee: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) establishes a transitional Reinsurance Program to help stabilize premiums for coverage in the individual market during […]
<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> Mental Health, Women’s Preventive Services
On January 9, 2014, the Department of Labor issued a new FAQ (Part XVIII) addressing issues arising under the Affordable Care Act, including parity in […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> FAQs on SHOP Minimum Participation
The CMS issued guidance in the form of two FAQs that relaxed participation requirements for small employers that buy group health coverage through the exchange […]