On June 13, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Treasury (IRS), and Labor (DOL) issued the final rule providing employers additional methods for using health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs)…
8.05.2019
Annette Bechtold
Compliance Confidence
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New Rule Allows Employers to Use Individual Coverage HRAs in Employee Benefit Programs
Compliance Confidence
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What is Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) and How Do You Handle MLR Rebates?
The Medical Loss Ratio, or MLR, is the percentage of premium dollars received by a health insurance carrier that is spent on medical claims and quality improvement.
7.26.2019
One of the most concerning provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the excise tax known as the “Cadillac” tax. Designed to help fund the ACA, the “Cadillac” tax…
7.18.2019
Compliance Confidence
5 min read
President Trump Issues Executive Order Requiring Health Cost Care Transparency
In a follow up to several other executive orders and statements issued by the White House over the past two years, President Trump delivers new directives in his next chapter…
6.26.2019
Two years into the push to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA), some key features of the monumental Health Care Reform bill are standing strong, while others have…
6.13.2019
Compliance Confidence
3 min read
ACA’s Contraceptive Mandate No Longer Enforceable for Certain Employers
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) establishes requirements for group health plans. Among these is the requirement for non-grandfathered group health plans to offer preventive care with no cost sharing. The…
6.02.2019
The long-standing debate on the constitutionality of the individual mandate spans from 2012 through today. Our previous articles provide background on the most current lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the…
4.19.2019
Compliance Confidence
10 min read
States Receive First Decision in Lawsuit Challenging New Association Health Plan Rule
The Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Final Rule creates an additional method for forming association health plans (AHPs). On the heels of the Final Rule, eleven states and the District of…
4.11.2019
Employers….you can stop holding your breath. The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) promises to update the employer rules on overtime pay to certain employees.
3.22.2019
Employee benefits compliance is ever-changing with the introduction of new legislation and regulations. Join us for our quarterly update on recent legislative and regulatory proposals and changes.
3.20.2019
In July of 2018, the Governor signed the MA Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) into law making MA the seventh state to implement state-mandated paid family and medical leave…
3.07.2019