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

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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

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

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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

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IRS Issues Guidance on Alternative Distribution Method for Form 1095-C

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As part of the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act, signed into law on December 23, 2024, Internal Revenue Code (IRC) sections 6055(c) and 6056(c) were amended to allow the use of the alternative method for distributing Forms...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

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

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

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

U.S. Labor Department Answers Some - But Not All - Key Questions About New COBRA Subsidies

As previously reported in EmployNews, the American Rescue Plan Act provides “assistance eligible individuals” with the option to receive fully-subsidized COBRA coverage from April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021....more

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COBRA Premium Subsidy Under the American Rescue Plan Act

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The recently signed American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) will have a major impact during the next six months on employers' obligations and considerations in administering COBRA health insurance benefits. Subtitle F of ARPA –...more

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Notice Regarding IRS Guidance on COVID-19 and High-Deductible Health Plans

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Many employers are wrestling with the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the U.S. and its impact on the workforce. Many employers also offer high-deductible health plans (HDHP) that can only cover the specified...more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

COBRA Notices¬—Minor Deficiencies Can Amount to Big Penalties

COBRA notices may not be something employers spend a lot of time reviewing or worrying about. However, a recent increase in litigation involving COBRA notice deficiencies is good reason for employers to start taking a closer...more

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

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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New Final Rules Permit Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements

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• The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) issued Final Rules regarding a new type of health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) – the individual coverage HRA...more

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Compensation and Benefits Insights - February 2019

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Employers and Benefits Practitioners Eagerly Await Final Regulations on Expanded Use of HRAs - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS, together with...more

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Notice Requirement for Small Employer HRAs Delayed Pending Regulations

On February 27, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2017-20 delaying the notice requirement for qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangements (“QSEHRAs”). By way of background, prior to enactment of...more

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Avoiding COBRA’s Bite: Measures to Counter COBRA Class Actions

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With the filing of a class action complaint in late 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. became the latest large company accused of failing to provide adequate notices as...more

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The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - May 2016

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Editor’s Overview - In this issue of Proskauer's ERISA Litigation Newsletter, we review a recent ruling by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals concerning the application of controlled group principles to the building...more

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Compensation and Benefits Insights – September 2015

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”)’s 40% excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage (commonly known as the “Cadillac tax”) is slated to take effect in 2018. The IRS has issued several...more

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July and August 2015 Filing and Notice Deadlines for Qualified Retirement and Health and Welfare Plans

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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

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New Model COBRA Notices

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To coordinate information about the new marketplace/exchange coverage that may be available under the Affordable Care Act, today the U.S. Department of Labor, in conjunction with the IRS and U.S. Department of Health and...more

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