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Benefits Monthly Minute - May 2025

The May Monthly Minute brings you up-to-date on mental health parity enforcement relief, as well as smoker surcharge and prohibited transaction litigation. Nonenforcement of 2024 Mental Health Parity Regulations - Earlier...more

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Helping Employees During Los Angeles Wildfires

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The wildfires ravaging various parts of Los Angeles County are truly tragic and expected to cost more than $50 billion in damages, making it the most expensive natural disaster ever in the United States. For employers with...more

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​​​​​Are You Prepared to Comply with the New Mental Health Parity Final Rule in 2025?

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On September 9, 2024, the DOL, IRS and HHS released a final rule for the Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (The “MHPAEA Final Rule”). The MHPAEA Final Rule is similar to the Proposed...more

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Year-End Health Benefits Roundup 2023

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It was a lively year for health benefits. Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group unpacks 2023, from the end of the COVID-19 emergencies to the much-anticipated Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act...more

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How Employers Should Prepare for the End of the Covid-19 National and Public Health Emergencies

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On January 30, 2023, the Biden administration announced its intention to make final extensions of both the COVID-19 National Emergency (NE) and the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) through May 11, 2023, at which point...more

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Employer Considerations For Leave Donation Programs

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We are now several months into the "Great Return" — with employers declaring that employees must return to the workplace. To incentivize office engagement, employers are replacing COVID-19 testing, vaccination and mask...more

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DOL Actively Enforcing Newly Required Mental Health Comparative Analysis

Group health plans and insurers have been required since 2008 to ensure that any “nonquantitative treatment limitations” (NQTLs) imposed on mental health or substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits are comparable and no more...more

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Overview Of Employee Benefit Provisions In The Consolidated Appropriations Act

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The Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2021 was signed into law on December 27, 2020 and is an impressive 5,593 pages. According to the Senate Historical Office, the Act is the longest bill ever passed by Congress. Buried...more

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Buckle Up! Complying with the Health & Welfare Provisions of the CAA Could be a Wild Ride

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While many of us were still in a food coma from the holidays, former President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the “CAA”) on December 27, 2020. The CAA includes provisions impacting both...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, November 2020 # 6

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In Washington: The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday released drafts of all 12 annual spending bills for 2021, setting up negotiations for a deal ahead of the Dec. 11 deadline to keep the government-funded. Bogged...more

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Re-Thinking Fringe Benefits for Your Newly-Remote Workforce? Do You Know Whether They’re Taxable? (The IRS Will…)

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While there has been some improvement in the spread of COVID-19 in the US, the daily count of new cases remains high. As a result, many large employers have extended their remote working policies through the fall, with others...more

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ODH alignment recommendations for 2019 CHNA process

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Ohio Department of Health (ODH) alignment recommendations apply to each tax-exempt hospital, defined as a nonprofit or government-owned hospital, that is exempt from income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: Congress funds the government until Dec. 9. 1. Congress - Continuing Resolution Passes: Funds Zika and Opioid Legislation - On Sept. 28, Congress passed a Continuing Resolution to fund the...more

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Health Care Reform Update -- December 16, 2013

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; and Hearings and Mark-Ups Scheduled. Excerpt from...more

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