IRS Issues Guidance On Expenses For COVID-19 And Preventive Care Under High Deductible Health Plans
Background In order to make contributions to a health savings account, an individual must be covered under a high deductible health plan (HDHP) and not […]
Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeal Stays Decision Of Texas District Court That Invalidated The Requirement That Health Plans Cover Certain Preventive Services
We previously reported that a District Court in Texas had found the ACA’s requirement that plans provide certain preventive services on a first-dollar basis without […]
Texas Court Vacates Requirement That Health Plans Cover Certain Preventive Services
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes a provision that requires non-grandfathered health plans to cover certain preventive health services on a first dollar basis without […]
FAQ Part 51: Coverage Updates: COVID-19 Tests, Colonoscopies, and Contraception
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) have issued Part 51 of its FAQs dealing with three […]
SCOTUS Expands Exemption for Contraceptive Coverage
On July 8th, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) upheld expanded exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) contraceptive coverage mandate (Mandate). […]
“PrEP Test” to be required as Preventive Service for Persons at risk of HIV Acquisition
On June 11, 2019, the The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPTF) added pre-exposure prophylaxis (“PrEP”) for persons at high risk of HIV acquisition […]
<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> Preventive Services Task Force Release: Thyroid Cancer Screenings
Section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act (the “Act’), as added by the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), requires group health plans and health insurance […]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 168); font-family: arial;">H&W:</span> FINAL RULES: Religious Objection to the Coverage of Contraceptive Services
Final rules published on July 14, 2015 finalized the July 2010 interim final regulations related to coverage of recommended preventive services, the August 2014 interim […]