Employers and health plans that want to provide some relief for participants during the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19) may waive deductibles for COVID-19 testing without...more
3/16/2020
/ China ,
Clinical Laboratory Testing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Deductibles ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Emergency Response ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
HDHP ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Savings Accounts ,
Infectious Diseases ,
IRS ,
Medical Benefits ,
Medical Examinations ,
New Guidance ,
Public Health
Despite repeated guidance from the IRS that employer payment plans violate insurance reforms under the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”), many small employers continue this arrangement of reimbursing employees for their cost of...more
7/7/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Bipartisan Agreement ,
Cash-in-Lieu of Benefits ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Excise Tax ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Small Business
With the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) nearly fully implemented and agency enforcement now underway, employers must be clear which provisions of the ACA apply to them. Any employer that sponsors a health plan for employees is...more
The IRS has extended the deadlines for furnishing to employees the new Forms 1095 and filing these Forms with the IRS. The Forms are designed to confirm compliance with the employer and individual health insurance mandates...more
The budget and tax package passed by Congress on December 18, 2015, and signed by the President, includes a two-year delay of the controversial excise tax on high-value health plans (a.k.a., the Cadillac Tax), part of the...more
The Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) established limitations on the annual out-of-pocket costs that a health plan may impose on a participant. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor and the...more