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US Department of Justice charges co-owners of pharmaceutical company for fraud

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Compliance Today (August 2020) - The Department of Justice’s Criminal Fraud division indicted six Texas-based owners and marketers for a scheme to defraud TRICARE and the U.S. Department of Labor, resulting in more than $14...more

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Seyfarth Shaw Policy Matters Newsletter - November 2019

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Right of First Refusal EO Revoked. Last week, President Trump issued an Executive Order revoking Executive Order 13495 issued by President Obama in January 2009. EO 13495 required that successor Federal service contractors...more

Burr & Forman

What the HRA is going on with HRAs?

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On June 13, the Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services jointly released final regulations dealing with health reimbursement accounts (“HRAs”). These regulations fulfill the Trump administration’s...more

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Agencies Issue Final Regulations Expanding Access to Health Reimbursement Arrangements

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On June 13, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor (DOL), the Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (collectively, the “Departments”)...more

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Agencies Update Regulatory Agenda for 2019 and Beyond

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The federal government’s Spring 2019 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (regulatory agenda), which provides insight into federal agencies’ priorities for the near and long term, was released on May 22,...more

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Joint Employment, Wage and Hour Changes are on the Regulatory Horizon

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Employers will face fewer significant regulations in the coming year, according to the Trump administration's Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions ("regulatory agenda")....more

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Cash-Out Options - Things to Consider Before Jumping In

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With the rise in health insurance costs and changing work demographics, employers nationwide are considering innovative benefit designs that are intended to not only contain costs but also provide employees greater...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New Legislation Extends Future Form 5500 and 990 Deadlines, Affects Veterans Health Benefits and Extends Excess Pension Asset...

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On July 31, 2015, President Obama signed the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015, temporarily extending the Highway Trust Fund to provide continued funding for federal transportation...more

Franczek P.C.

Employee Benefits Alert - August 2015

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Retirement Plans - IRS Issues Guidance on Benefit Suspension Voting under MPRA - As we have written in prior alerts, the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA) permits trustees of financially troubled...more

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Medical Insurance Premium Reimbursement — A Brief Reprieve for Small Employers

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Some employers – particularly smaller ones – have assisted their employees to obtain health insurance by reimbursing them for the cost of insurance they purchase in the individual market. Does this practice satisfy the...more

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OFCCP Agrees to 5-Year Enforcement Moratorium for TRICARE Providers

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In a letter to congressional leaders on March 11, 2014, Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez announced that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) will issue a directive establishing a five-year moratorium...more

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