The Internal Revenue Service has released Rev. Proc. 2025-19 announcing the inflation-adjusted limits for high deductible health plans (HDHPs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) in 2026. The updated 2026 limits are as...more
High deductible health plan (“HDHP”) sponsors take note: the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (“CAA23”) temporarily extends the flexibility for HDHPs to provide pre-deductible coverage of telehealth services without...more
2/6/2023
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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
Since 2015, the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) has required employers and insurers to annually complete, file with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and distribute to employees and other covered individuals information about...more
In this legal update, our employee benefits attorneys cover three recent health and welfare plan developments....more
3/4/2021
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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
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Health Insurance ,
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Student Loans
In the second major piece of legislation responding to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the President signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“Act”) into law on March 18, 2020....more
Washington Health Benefit Exchange Announces Special Enrollment Period -
Today, the IRS issued Notice 2020-15 clarifying that high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) may provide benefits associated with testing and treatment...more
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
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