In a widely anticipated and welcome move, the Departments of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), the Treasury, and Labor (“DOL”) (collectively, the “Departments”), sought an abeyance of a lawsuit challenging the Mental Health...more
There is a new series of putative class action lawsuits in which the plaintiffs allege that employers that sponsor self-funded health plans with health plan premium surcharges related to tobacco use or vaccination status...more
The Department of Labor (“the Department”) recently announced that it entered into settlement agreements with two group life insurance carriers regarding the carriers’ evidence of insurability (“EOI”) practices. These recent...more
The Paul Wellstone and Peter Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (“MHPAEA”) has increasingly been the focus of government enforcement activity and private plaintiff litigation. In its 2022 Report to...more