News & Analysis as of August 24, 2025

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

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Medicaid is a partnership program between states and the federal government to provide healthcare coverage for lower income individuals, people with disabilities, older people, and certain families with... more +

Key updates on the US health benefits and reimbursement landscape

McDermott Will & Schulte on 7/28/2025

The world of health benefits is constantly evolving. Recent policy shifts and legislative developments are expected to impact the economic landscape and have significant implications for employer plan sponsors, insurers,...more

2023 ERISA Welfare Plan Automatic Participant Disclosures Checklist

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 9/19/2023

ERISA requires plan sponsors to distribute SPDs to inform participants of their benefits, rights, and obligations under the plan and describe how the plan operates. Department of Labor (DOL) regulations (available here)...more

Another HIPAA Special Enrollment Deadline Extension – What’s a Group Health Plan to Do?

Snell & Wilmer on 8/1/2023

Just when you thought the confusing COVID-19 ERISA deadline extensions were behind you, the Biden-Harris Administration asks you to reconsider. ...more

Texas ER Physicians Sue Insurer for Underpayment – Thousands of Claims at Stake

Hendershot Cowart P.C. on 9/19/2022

An appeal brought before the Texas Supreme Court could unleash a wave of legal action by out-of-network ER physicians pursuing insurers for underpayment of claims. Unlike in-network providers who negotiate reimbursement...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

Efforts to Shore up MassHealth Should Favor Simplicity and Avoid Potential Conflict with Federal Law

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 5/30/2017

In an effort to make up for a funding shortfall in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Medicaid program, state policymakers have proposed solutions that include a “play-or-pay” option under which employers who fail to offer...more

The Future of the Affordable Care Act Week 8: An Employer’s Guide to the Collapse of the American Health Care Act (Spoiler...

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 3/28/2017

The stunning failure of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA) (which we previously reported on here) has political and policy implications that we cannot forecast. Nor it is it clear to...more

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - December 2016

Proskauer Rose LLP on 12/21/2016

This month Richard Zall, Chair of Proskauer's Health Care Department, explores developments likely to occur with respect to the Affordable Care Act as a result of the new administration. In our Rulings, Filings and...more

November and December 2015 Filing and Notice Deadlines for Qualified Retirement and Health and Welfare Plans

King & Spalding on 11/5/2015

Employers and plan sponsors must comply with numerous filing and notice deadlines for their retirement and health and welfare plans. Failure to comply with these deadlines can result in costly penalties. To avoid such...more

Recent Federal Court Ruling on Application of Texas Prompt Pay Laws to Self-Funded, Medicaid and Out-of-State Plans and Their...

Jackson Walker on 3/31/2015

What's new? A Dallas federal district court recently ruled that the Texas Prompt Pay Law does not apply to employer-funded health plans, Medicaid plans, or out of state patients that use Texas providers, or to a Third Party...more

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