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News & Analysis as of May 22, 2013

Take 5 Newsletter: EEOC Update; Intern Wage and Hour Claims; NLRB Quorum; Unemployment Discrimination; Social Media Passwords

by David Garland | Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 4/5/2013

EEOC Releases Letter Addressing Wellness Programs and Reasonable Accommodation Obligations - In a letter issued recently by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), Peggy Mastroianni, the agency's Legal Counsel,...more

Taking a Look at the Latest on Affordable Care Act

by Erin Jones Adams, Eric E. Kinder | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 2/27/2013

Employers nationally continue to struggle with how to respond and adapt to the ever-changing landscape that is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (often known as ObamaCare or the ACA). We at Spilman Thomas &...more

Take 5: Views You Can Use - January 2013

by Greta Ravitsky | Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 1/17/2013

In this issue: - Assess the Workforce - Choose Whether to "Pay" or to "Play" - Evaluate Existing Wellness Programs and/or Implement New Wellness Programs to Enhance Employees' Health Profiles and to Avoid or Minimize...more

Proposed Regulations Would Promote Growth of Wellness Programs

by Brooke Colaizzi | Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 1/4/2013

Five federal agencies have collectively proposed regulations to implement elements of the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") healthcare reform legislation designed to encourage employers to sponsor employee wellness programs. The...more

Wellness Programs: Keeping Up With the Times

by Thomas N. Makris, Marta K. Porwit, Christine L. Richardson | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 12/28/2012

On November 20, 2012, the IRS, DOL and HHS jointly issued proposed regulations under the Affordable Care Act building on existing HIPAA regulations of wellness programs. The new proposed regulations provide clearer guidance...more

Proposed Affordable Care Act Regulations are Designed

by Laura Broughton Russell | Poyner Spruill LLP on 12/24/2012

With the conclusion of the 2012 elections, federal agencies now are releasing proposed regulations crucial to the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Affordable Care Act). On Tuesday,...more

Wellness Programs Receive Welcome Tune-Up Under Proposed Regulations

by Timothy G. Verrall | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/10/2012

The regulatory log-jam in Washington seems to finally be loosening up in the aftermath of the election, and the troika of agencies primarily responsible for overseeing implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable...more

Wellness Programs Encouraged Under the Affordable Care Act

by Scott T. Silverman | Akerman Senterfitt on 11/30/2012

On November 20, 2012, the federal government released a number of important proposed rules implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). An earlier update from Akerman's Healthcare Practice Group focused on the proposed...more

Proposed Regulations Address Discrimination in Wellness Programs

by Jean C. Hemphill, Edward I. Leeds | Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/28/2012

The Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services have issued a revised set of proposed regulations for nondiscrimination in wellness programs. The regulations prohibit a wellness program offered as part of a...more

New Guidance on Wellness Programs Issued

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 11/28/2012

On November 20, 2012, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury (hereinafter, the "Departments") issued long-awaited guidance on several key provisions of the Affordable Care Act ("ACA"), including...more

New Proposed Wellness Guidance under PPACA

by Amy Gordon, Susan M. Nash | McDermott Will & Emery on 11/28/2012

New proposed employer wellness program regulations have been released under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. On November 20, 2012, the U.S. Departments of the Treasury, Labor (DOL) and Health and Human...more

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