The IRS recently published two notices which describe the tax treatment of amounts paid for condoms and expand the list of preventive care benefits permitted to be provided by a high deductible health plan (HDHP) without...more
11/18/2024
/ Birth Control ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Employee Benefits ,
Flexible Spending Accounts ,
HDHP ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Savings Accounts ,
Healthcare ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Medical Expenses ,
Over The Counter Drugs (OTC) ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues
Recently HHS issued a memorandum announcing the maximum annual limitation on cost sharing (a/k/a out-of-pocket maximum) for 2026 and the IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2024-40 announcing the cost-of-living adjustments to certain...more
11/18/2024
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Flexible Spending Accounts ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Health and Welfare Plans ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Out-of-Pocket Expenses
Seyfarth Synopsis: Many employers maintain a tax-preferred transportation fringe benefit plan to provide tax-free transit benefits to employees. Under such plans, the benefit is often distributed in the form of an electronic...more
This is the one hundred and seventeenth issue in our series of alerts for employers on selected topics on health care reform. This series of Health Care Reform Management Alerts is designed to provide an in-depth analysis...more
1/9/2018
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Association Health Plans ,
Comment Period ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Executive Orders ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
MEWAs ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration
This is the one hundred and fourteenth issue in our series of alerts for employers on selected topics on health care reform. This series of Health Care Reform Management Alerts is designed to provide an in-depth analysis of...more