by The Lawyers | Mar 22, 2023 | Compliance, Dept of Labor, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Pharmacy
Compliance Alert: Guidance issued on gag clause prohibitions The new compliance obligations that the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA, 21) created for employer-sponsored plans can seem endless at times. One of the lesser-known parts of the CAA, 21 is the...
by The Lawyers | Feb 6, 2023 | Compliance, Uncategorized
Compliance Alert: Impact of planned end of COVID-19 emergency periods on Employer Health Plans The Administration recently announced its intention to end both the COVID-19 pandemic national emergency period and the public health emergency as of May 11,...
by The Lawyers | Jan 30, 2023 | Compliance, Dept of Labor, ERISA
Compliance Alert: Telehealth relief included in end-of-year omnibus bill On December 23, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA23) was signed into law. While this legislation does not include as many health provisions as the CAA of 2021, it does include...
by The Lawyers | Jan 6, 2023 | ACA, Compliance, Uncategorized
Compliance Alert: 2022-2023 PCORI Fee Released The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee established by the Affordable Care Act helps fund research to evaluate and compare health outcomes, clinical effectiveness, risks, and benefits of medical...
by The Lawyers | Nov 9, 2022 | Compliance
Compliance Alert: Medicare Part D Coverage Notices Due Mid-October The October 14, 2022 deadline by which plan sponsors that offer prescription drug coverage to provide notices of creditable or non-creditable coverage to Medicare-eligible individuals is fast...
by The Lawyers | Nov 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Compliance Alert: Biden Administration issues final rule to end the “Family Glitch” The Biden Administration issued a final regulation and a new IRS notice on October 11, 2022, which eliminate the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) “family glitch” beginning on...
by The Lawyers | Nov 1, 2022 | Compliance, Dept of Labor
Compliance Alert: Updated details addressing No Surprises Act and Transparency in Coverage Rules On Friday, August 19, 2022, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (the Departments) issued updated FAQs addressing the No Surprises Act and the...
by The Lawyers | Oct 22, 2022 | Compliance
Compliance Alert: Medical Loss Ratio Rebate Guidelines Many sponsors of fully insured health plans either already have or will soon receive checks from their insurance carriers, along with a notice informing them that the check is a medical loss ratio (MLR) rebate....
by The Lawyers | Oct 3, 2022 | Compliance, Uncategorized
Compliance Alert: 2023 Health FSA Inflation Adjustments On October 18, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service issued Revenue Procedure 2022-38 that sets forth various 2023 tax-related limits that have been adjusted for inflation. The table below identifies updates to the...
by Bret Brummitt | Sep 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Tip # 22: Treat the EAP like a real plan The EAP is an Employee Assistance Program. If your employees don’t know it exists, or they think they aren’t enrolled it won’t assist anyone. And, you may need to do some digging to see if you...
