With a new year comes new requirements for group health plans (GHPs) and insurers, and this legal update summarizes two new developments with immediate compliance implications. First, the tri-agencies (DOL, CMS, and Treasury)...more
Congress has enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), the third major federal piece of legislation responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act follows the enactment of the...more
4/3/2020
/ Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Savings Accounts ,
New Rules ,
Relief Measures ,
Student Loans
The year-end federal spending bill, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (“FCAA”), was signed into law on December 20, 2019. Although the media spotlight has focused primarily on provisions affecting retirement...more
1/17/2020
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Cadillac Tax ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Excise Tax ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Individual Mandate ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Unconstitutional Condition
The IRS issued key extensions to looming 2016 information reporting deadlines for applicable large employers. This relief applies only to the deadlines for reporting the coverage that employers offered in 2015...more