The federal government has issued new guidance that will require nongrandfathered health care plan to cover a number of women’s health services without a copay or deductible.
Learn how NLRA impacts all employers, including those without unions, and what companies need to do to remain compliant.
Although the federal Medicare program is entirely separate from the system of employer-sponsored health coverage, there is a remarkable level of interaction between the two.
After several years that saw pay freezes, layoffs and cuts to benefits, it’s not surprising that employee morale has taken a serious hit.
Federal and state governments are revving up the effort against illegal immigration and are increasingly putting businesses in the crosshairs.
The federal government continued to rework regulations stemming from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in June amid a key court ruling and a wave of studies that tried to forecast how employers will cope with the long-term effects …
Roundup of employer-related news for July 2011.
Group health plans (other than those that are "grandfathered") must comply with a number of internal claims and appeals procedures that go beyond those previously required under ERISA.
We will review how plan sponsors can use one or more "wrap" documents to satisfy compliance requirements.
Federal regulators have been busy recently with their own version of spring cleaning, announcing tweaks to Medicare notices, health savings account limits and a host of other proposed rules that would affect employer-sponsored health care plans.
As explained in our November 2010 article, last year’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) restricted the ability of employer health plans, including flexible spending arrangements (FSAs) and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), to reimburse expenses incurr…
Despite concerns about the impact of rising health care costs on their businesses and employees, only one in six employers (16.3 percent) say they favor a federally tax-funded universal health care system, according to the 2011 UBA Benefit Opinions Sur…
Learn an overview of general HIPAA Privacy and Security rules, focusing on what has changed since enactment of the HITECH Act.
With the exception of insulin, expenses for OTC medications may now be reimbursed only if the medications are prescribed by a physician.
On April 1, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued revised Medicare Part D creditable and non-creditable coverage notices to reflect an amendment made to the Social Security Act by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
This webinar will provide an explanation of the final regulations, as well as practical compliance pointers to help employers prepare for increases in accommodation requests and disability discrimination claims.
The final legislation achieves this offset by requiring larger repayments of excess "federal assistance credits" received by individuals who purchase health coverage through one of the ACA’s state-wide "Exchanges."
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