<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Transitional Reinsurance Form Available
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the Transitional Reinsurance Program Annual Enrollment and Contribution Form will be available on October 24, […]
<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> Same-Sex Spouse Coverage
Same-Sex Spouse Coverage: Beginning with the 2015 plan year, a health insurance issuer offering non-grandfathered health coverage must offer legally married same-sex spouse coverage, if they […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Rx Plan Creditable?
Is Your Rx Plan Creditable? Medicare Part D requires group health plan sponsors to disclose to Part D eligible individuals and to the Centers for […]
<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 […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) Ends in 2014
As part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) plan to end the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) in 2014, the Centers for […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Phase Down of ERRP Web Site
Phase Down of ERRP Web Site: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is phasing down the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) Secure Website (SWS) so […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Recent ACA Guidance Recap
Several government agencies have recently issued clarifying regulations/FAQs and proposed rules. See below for a summary of this information. Small Business Health Care Tax Credit: The IRS […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;"><b>H&W:</b></span> Minimum Threshold for Reporting HRAs to CMS
Minimum Threshold for Reporting HRAs to CMS: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced an increase in the minimum threshold for reporting by […]