Affordable Care Act, Notice Requirements

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | March 2025 Recap

McDermott Will & Schulte on 4/28/2025

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights key regulatory and enforcement activity for March 2025. This month features: - Noteworthy enforcement actions demonstrating that the Anti-Kickback Statute...more

IRS Guidance Regarding ACA Employer Information Reporting Requirements

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 4/11/2025

As announced in our previous HR Law Talk blog post, the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act (PBRA) made important changes to employers’ responsibilities to furnish information to employees under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As...more

IRS Publishes New ACA Reporting Guidance for Employer Distribution of 1095-B and 1095-C

Maynard Nexsen on 3/13/2025

On February 21, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2025-15, providing guidance to employers and insurers regarding the alternative manner of furnishing certain health insurance coverage statements to...more

The Guidance Has Arrived! More Information from the IRS on ACA Forms 1095-B and 1095-C

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/3/2025

Takeaways- Employers may post a notice on their website instead of automatically furnishing Forms 1095-B and 1095-C to all full-time employees. The first due date for such a notice is March 3 for 2024 forms, and the notice...more

Complying with the ACA Disclosure Requirements Just Got a Whole Lot Easier!

Polsinelli on 1/30/2025

New legislation liberalizing certain disclosure requirements under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) was passed at the end of 2024. Effective for 2024 reporting, mailing a paper copy of Forms 1095-C/1095-B is no longer...more

Year-End Watch List: Possible Simplification to Employer Group Health Plan Reporting

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 12/30/2024

2024 might almost be over, but the Senate recently passed two bills that are intended to ease at least some employer burdens under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)....more

2024 End-of-Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 1) Health and Welfare

Snell & Wilmer on 11/15/2024

We are pleased to present our annual End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we present our “To Do” Lists in four separate SW Benefits Updates. This Part 1 covers year-end health and welfare plan issues. Parts 2,...more

Are You Ready for It? Section 1557's Upcoming Deadlines

Holland & Hart LLP on 10/28/2024

The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) published its final rules implementing the anti-discrimination provisions under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“Final Rule”) on May...more

2024 ERISA Welfare Plan Automatic Participant Disclosures Checklist

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 10/16/2024

We recognize that many companies sponsor ERISA welfare benefit plans and will soon be undergoing their open enrollment process and issuing related participant communications. To assist with that process, we have prepared an...more

Broadened Non-Discrimination Mandates Imposed on Medical Providers – How to Comply

Bowditch & Dewey on 7/30/2024

The Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law in 2010, contained a provision (commonly referred to as Section 1557) prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in...more

New ACA 1557 Non-Discrimination Rules: Checklist For Healthcare Providers

Holland & Hart LLP on 5/22/2024

On May 6, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its final rule revamping the non-discrimination regulations issued under § 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. The revised rules apply to all...more

How to Comply with HHS' New Nondiscrimination Compliance Infrastructure Requirements in Your Facility

Baker Donelson on 5/13/2024

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Office of the Secretary (collectively, HHS) released on May 6, 2024, the agencies' Final Rule governing the implementation of...more

Year-End Compliance Checklist for Employee Benefit Plans

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 10/23/2023

As we come to the end of the year, it is a good time for employers with January 1st health plan renewals to review their plan documents and get ready for open enrollment. The following is a checklist that lists some of the...more

The Department of Labor Issues Guidance for Employers Concerning the PUMP Act

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/7/2023

On December 29, 2022, the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP”) was signed into law. PUMP further amends the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by extending protections for employees...more

CMS Releases Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2024 Final Rule

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/25/2023

On April 17, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2024 Final Rule (the “Notice”) that...more

An Ounce of Prevention… EEOC Releases New “Know Your Rights” Poster

DarrowEverett LLP on 11/2/2022

In its first update since 2009, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has released a new “Know Your Rights” poster to replace its older “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” poster. As a refresher,...more

HHS Proposes Rule Strengthening Section 1557 Protections Against Nondiscrimination in Health Activities

BakerHostetler on 8/8/2022

On Aug. 4, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its proposed rule, Nondiscrimination in Health Care and Activities (Proposed Rule), to revise its regulations pertaining to Section 1557 of the...more

HHS Finalizes Civil Rights and Anti-Discrimination Rule

Rivkin Radler LLP on 6/16/2020

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finalized a new rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act in an effort to enforce civil rights laws and protect against discrimination in healthcare. The...more

Federal Courts Vacate the New HHS “Conscience Rule” Two Weeks Before it was to Take Effect

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 11/21/2019

A November 6, 2019 decision by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated new rules promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intended to protect medical providers...more

2019 ERISA Welfare Plan Checklist

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 10/9/2019

We recognize that many of our clients sponsor ERISA welfare benefit plans and are currently undergoing their open enrollment process and issuing related participant communications. To assist our clients with that process, we...more

Digging into the New HRA Regulations, Part 3 – Premium Tax Credit and Employer Mandate Impact on Individual Coverage HRAs

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 7/19/2019

As part of our ongoing series on the final regulations expanding the availability of health reimbursement accounts (“HRAs”), we discussed the newly-created Individual Coverage HRAs, which generally allow for employers to...more

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