News & Analysis as of September 20, 2024

Form 720

+ Follow

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

You’ve Got Another PCORI Fee Coming!: Congress revives the PCORI fee and filing obligations

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial on 3/5/2020

In the wee hours of December 2019, Congress revived the PCORI fee and filing obligations of employer sponsors of self-insured group health plans. In accordance with the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, employer...more

PCORI Fee Resurrected

Burr & Forman on 1/8/2020

In the summer of 2019, I wrote a short blog on the death of the PCORI fee — Ding, Dong, the PCORI Fee is Dead!. When enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act, the fee was set to expire with plan/policy years ending after...more

Ding, Dong, the PCORI Fee is Dead!

Burr & Forman on 7/8/2019

Insurance carriers and employer sponsors of health plans were not exactly thrilled with the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. You might say, the Affordable Care Act was viewed as the “wicked witch.” Although the...more

PCORI Fee Due by July 31, 2017

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/20/2017

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee was established under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to advance comparative clinical effectiveness research. The PCORI fee is assessed on issuers of health insurance...more

Important Reminder Regarding PCORI Fees

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/23/2013

An important deadline is looming under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for employers that sponsor certain self-insured group health plans and issuers of certain health insurance policies. Under the ACA, employers and insurers...more

5 Results

View per page