Employer Group Health Plans, Health Insurance Exchanges, Affordable Care Act

DOL Releases Guidance on Employer Notices about Exchange Availability

by Jean C. Hemphill, Robert Kaplan | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/10/2013

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has published guidance on the notice that most employers must provide to their employees by October 1, 2013, about the insurance that will be available through health care marketplaces known...more

The ACA’s Effects on the Employer Insurance Market

by Joel Ario, David Herbst | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/30/2013

Will Employers Face a Surge in Enrollment? Employers start by asking one big question. Are they currently excluding a significant number of employees to whom they now will need to offer coverage? For many, the answer...more

Healthcare Law -- Apr 22, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/22/2013

In This Issue: The ACA’s Effects on the Employer Insurance Market; Using the Premium Assistance Option to Purchase Coverage for Medicaid Beneficiaries in the Exchange: A Review of the Legal, Policy and Operational Issues; and...more

Health Care Reform: Decisions and a Changing World for Employers

by Wesley Roberts, Michael Sheridan | Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada,... on 4/11/2013

Having cleared the hurdles of a Supreme Court decision and the 2010 and 2012 national elections, health care reform mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA” or the “Act”) is closing in fast on key...more

Healthcare Law -- Mar 25, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/26/2013

In This Issue: What Does the ACA Mean for Employers?; Manatt’s Attorneys Honored for Exceptional Client Service; and Manatt Health Solutions Expands Our Talent Base to Support Your Growing Range of Challenges....more

Healthcare Reform Compliance: Checklist of Next Steps

by Lori Oliphant | Winstead PC on 3/25/2013

It is impossible to ignore. Healthcare reform under the Affordable Care Act is on the minds, agendas and budgets of all employers, and now is the time for employers to review their health programs to address compliance with...more

Health Care Reform Update - What employers should be doing now.

by Craig Day | Lane Powell PC - Labor & Employment Law on 2/28/2013

Although many of the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) were already in effect, the pace of change has quickened since the Supreme Court upheld the law in June of 2012. The law is composed of...more

Employers Need to Plan Now for the Next Phase of Health Care Reform

by Michael Hart, Lynne Shore Wakefield, Emily Zimmer | K&L Gates LLP on 2/22/2013

Although most employers have implemented the initial phases of Health Care Reform as they became effective over the past couple years, many of them have taken a “wait-and-see” approach to the next phase of Health Care Reform....more

Affordable Care Act Deadline to Distribute Exchange Notice Postponed

by Karen Aframe, Steve Gerlach | Bernstein Shur on 2/4/2013

The Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employers notify employees about the health insurance exchange by March 1, 2013, has been postponed indefinitely. The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury...more

ACA Update: Deadline for Providing Exchange Notice Delayed

by Kaley Connelly, Leigh Riley | Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/4/2013

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced that it would delay the March 1, 2013 deadline for delivery of the employer-provided notice of health insurance exchanges (Exchanges) to employees....more

Exchange Notice Deadline Postponed: Employers Need Not Furnish The Notice Of Coverage Options Available Through Exchanges By March...

by Margret Warrick Truax | Perkins Coie on 1/31/2013

The Affordable Care Act requires employers to provide written notice of coverage options available through an Exchange (the Exchange Notice) to each employee by March 1, 2013 and to each new employee thereafter on his or her...more

Notice Of Exchange Requirement Under Affordable Care Act Delayed

by Tracy Morley | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 1/30/2013

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), employers are required to provide employees with written notice explaining the availability of health care exchanges. Employers initially had a deadline of March 1, 2013; however, on...more

Restrictions On Fixed Indemnity Coverage

by Steven Imber, Jennifer Osborn Nix | Polsinelli on 1/30/2013

The Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration issued guidance on the issuance of fixed indemnity insurance on January 24, 2013 in its FAQs about Affordable Care Act Implementation Part XI. These FAQs are...more

U.S. Department of Labor Postpones Affordable Care Act’s Employer Health Insurance Notice Requirement

by Robert A. Fisher, Lyndsey Kruzer | Foley Hoag LLP on 1/30/2013

On January 25, 2013, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it would postpone the implementation of a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that will require employers to inform employees about health...more

Employers Receive Additional Time to Provide Exchange Notice to Employees

by Susan Whittaker Hughes, John McGowan, Jennifer Mills | BakerHostetler on 1/30/2013

As most are aware, 2013 is an important transition year when it comes to complying with the Affordable Care Act....more

Department of Labor Delays Deadline for Certain “Obama Care” Notice Requirements

by Brian Schwartz, Christopher M. Trebilcock | Miller Canfield on 1/30/2013

On January 24, 2013, the Department of Labor issued guidance delaying the deadline for employers to provide employees with notice of coverage options available through the health care exchanges....more

Health Care Reform: Recent Guidance on "Play or Pay" Rules for Applicable Large Employers in 2014

by Beth Alcalde, Elizabeth F. Hodge, Carolyn Kershner, Leanne Reagan | Akerman Senterfitt on 1/17/2013

Many important aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("ACA") will go into effect in 2014, including the implementation of health insurance exchanges, and the requirement for certain employers to offer...more

Impact of the PPACA Insurance Exchanges on the Marketplace for Health Coverage

by Sedgwick LLP on 1/8/2013

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) creates “insurance exchanges” that will be the enrollment mechanism for Medicaid, the sole source of federally subsidized health coverage, and – possibly – a...more

What Employers Need to Know About Healthcare Reform for 2013

by Michael Chan, Martin Smith | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/2/2013

As the end of 2012 approaches, we consider what a notable year it has been for the future of healthcare reform, starting with the United States Supreme Court’s decision to uphold key provisions of the Patient Protection and...more

Consumer Driven Health Care 2.0: Are Private Health Insurance Exchanges the New ‘Killer App’?

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 11/12/2012

Originally published in Tax Management Weekly Report on 11/05/2012. In a September 27, 2012, front page article, the Wall Street Journal reported that Sears Holdings Corp. and Darden Restaurants, Inc., had adopted a...more

Health Care Reform: Large Employers and the New Health Insurance Exchanges

by Venable LLP on 10/19/2012

Historically, employers have adopted a number of strategies intended to control the ever-increasing cost of health care, including self-insuring their own employees’ health risks, implementing wellness programs, and shifting...more

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