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Husch Blackwell LLP

MHPAEA July 2025 Update: What Employers and Plans Need to Know about Federal Non-Enforcement

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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) was enacted to ensure that group health plans and health insurance issuers offering mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits do not impose...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems… But Nonenforcement Policy Doesn’t Make Mental Health Parity Compliance Optional

The Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the “Departments”) recently announced a nonenforcement policy with respect to the 2024 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”) regulations or...more

Venable LLP

Government Issues Nonenforcement Statement on Mental Health Parity Rules

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The government recently stated that it will delay enforcement of the 2024 final rules on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). (Our previous alert regarding the 2024 final rules can be found here.) This...more

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Pressing Pause: Federal Agencies Halt Enforcement of Mental Health Parity Rule

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On May 15, 2025, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury (the Departments) announced a non-enforcement policy regarding the final rule issued in September 2024 under the Mental Health Parity and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: May 15, 2025, The Downfall in Davos Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance...more

A&O Shearman

Pensions: what's new this week - March 17, 2024

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Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. Minister's speech on pensions policies - The Pensions...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Challenges in Enforcing Mental Health Parity: EBSA’s Struggle to Ensure Compliance

A recent audit conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) has uncovered significant challenges encountered by the Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) in ensuring compliance...more

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Lessons Learned from ERISA Health Plan Representation and Recommendations for Plan Design and Oversight

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ERISA Health Plan clients are engaged in nearly every industry in the United States. There are nearly 139 million Americans covered by ERISA Health Plans and 2.5 million Health Plans. Yet, operating a health plan has become...more

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Michael Schloss named acting director of OFCCP

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According to various sources, the Department of Labor (DOL) has named Michael Schloss as the new acting director and deputy director of policy for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). Schloss served in...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Things I Worry About (7): DOL Investigations and Unsuspecting Plan Sponsors

The DOL’s EBSA has a number of programs that can restore benefits to plans and participants. Those include: - Civil investigations. - Criminal investigations. - Informal compliant resolutions. - Correction programs. ...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

BREAKING: DOL Expands the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program

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Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published in the Federal Register an updated version of the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP) under Title I of ERISA. Per the DOL, VFCP “is designed to encourage...more

Genova Burns LLC

10th Birthday Wishes to the Affordable Care Act’s Employer Mandate

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. ACA affected health insurance coverage, costs and preventive care. It also established the Health Insurance...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.20.2019 | Goldman nearing $2B deal with DOJ to resolve 1MDB scandal claims

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Goldman Sachs is reportedly in negotiations with federal prosecutors to resolve claims about its role in the Malaysian 1MDB scandal for upwards of $2 billion. A settlement—which “could include a guilty plea from Goldman’s...more

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