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CFPB Continues Medical Expenses Scrutiny by Highlighting the Costs of Health Savings Accounts

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released an Issue Spotlight highlighting the costs and fees associated with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). While acknowledging that HSAs offer tax advantages that can...more

Fisher Phillips

Florida’s Tort Reform Will Have an Impact on Employment Litigation – 5 Takeaways for Employers

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers recently enacted significant tort reforms designed to restrict plaintiffs pursuing negligence claims – but which could give an unexpected boost to those pursuing costly...more

McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Provides Additional COVID-19 Relief for Cafeteria Plans

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On February 18, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued clarifying guidance on the temporary special rules for health flexible spending arrangements (FSAs) and dependent care assistance programs (DCAPs) under Internal...more

Chartwell Law

Employers May Face Liability on Outstanding Medical Bills Even After a Compromise and Release Agreement

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Numerous decisions have been issued in recent years by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court that impact the liability of employers to pay medical bills/expenses. For example, in Armour Pharmacy v. Bureau of Workers’...more

Verrill

2019 Year in Review

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On Thursday, January 30, members from Verrill's Employment & Labor group, as well as some from the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation group, conducted a full-day seminar full of employment law related topics that...more

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Ninth Circuit Enforces Hawaii Anti-Reimbursement Statutes Against Insured Plan

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ERISA health care plans typically include reimbursement and subrogation clauses, which give plans a right to reimbursement of medical expenses paid on behalf of a beneficiary where the injury is caused by a third party. While...more

Williams Mullen

Podcast: Health Reimbursement Arrangements

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[co-author: Claire Pollock, Paralegal] In this episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, Brydon DeWitt and Claire Pollock discuss proposed health reimbursement arrangement regulations that may provide welcome relief...more

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Avoiding Unexpected Liability for Former Employees’ Medical Expenses

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Adherence to the COBRA health care continuation rules is not always high on an employer’s list of priorities. Compliance is often “outsourced,” and even when handled “in-house,” it rarely consumes much attention. A recent...more

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Be Careful Of Comments On Healthcare Costs: Sixth Circuit Denies Summary Judgment On ERISA Interference And Retaliation Claims...

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Seyfarth Synopsis:   An employer, which had paid medical expenses on behalf of an employee’s dependent son, made comments about the company’s rising healthcare costs several months before firing the employee. The Sixth...more

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