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Employer Responsibility – Will You Pay or Play?

by Kathryn Paradise, David L. Woodard | Poyner Spruill LLP on 5/7/2013

Starting in 2014, provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act become effective known as “Pay or Play” or “Employer Shared Responsibility.” Large employers will be faced with the decision whether to offer...more

Connecting the Dots on Health Care Reform: The Law, The Policy, and What It Means for Associations

by Venable LLP on 5/1/2013

In this presentation: - Policy - The Drivers of Health Care Reform? - The Exchange & Congressional Intent - Two Kinds of “Public” Exchanges - What Should You Know About the “Public”...more

U.S. Healthcare Reform, Foreign Employers, And Employers Of Foreign Workers

by Steven Witt | Fisher & Phillips LLP on 3/28/2013

Since the landmark 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision in NFIB v. Sebelius, largely upholding President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”), the U.S. government has been moving full-steam ahead on...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

Health Care Reform “Pay Or Play” Guidance Issued

by Jewelie Grape | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Employee... on 2/4/2013

In early January, the Internal Revenue Service published proposed regulations on “Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage.” These regulations incorporate the provisions of many previous Notices with...more

IRS Releases Proposed Regulations on the Affordable Care Act's Play or Pay Mandate

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/31/2013

On January 2, 2013, the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (collectively “IRS") published proposed regulations ("Proposed Regulations") on the Affordable Care Act's employer shared responsibility provisions,...more

Health Care Reform: "Employer Mandate" Guidance Issued

by Deborah Bracy, John McGowan, Jennifer Mills | BakerHostetler on 1/24/2013

The U.S. Treasury Department recently released new guidance to assist employers (generally those with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees) in preparing and planning for the 2014 requirement to offer...more

Health Care Reform – What Employers Should be Thinking About Now

by Jewelie Grape | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Employee... on 12/4/2012

Beginning in 2014, the Affordable Care Act will require employers employing 50 or more full-time equivalent employees to offer full-time employees affordable, minimum essential health coverage. If such health coverage is not...more

What Every Employer Should Know About the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

by Thomas Barker, Robert A. Fisher | Foley Hoag LLP on 11/13/2012

After months of uncertainty, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal healthcare reform law known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). What does this landmark law mean for employers now and in the near and distant future?...more

Why Small Businesses Should Plan Now for Obamacare Compliance

by Joe Conley on 11/7/2012

With the election behind us, it is clear that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) is here to stay. That means that businesses of all sizes should start planning now for Obamacare’s new employer...more

Oklahoma Challenges Final Rules Implementing the Employer Mandate

by King & Spalding on 10/3/2012

On September 19, 2012, the State of Oklahoma amended its initial complaint filed on January 21, 2011 in the Eastern District of Oklahoma originally challenging the “individual mandate” of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), to now...more

Helpful Guidance Issued on Employer Mandate Issues

by Tom Christina | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/5/2012

Notice 2012-58 (August 31, 2012) describes a number of safe harbors related to the employer mandate under the Affordable Care Act. In today’s post, I want to focus on the Notice’s safe harbor method for determining the...more

Obamacare: GAO Advocates Family Premium for Employer Mandate

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 8/1/2012

The United States Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) has published the findings of a study that advocates the use of the family premium as the employer mandated affordability requirement as outlined by the Affordable...more

Treasury Department/IRS Request Comments on the Employer Mandates under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

by Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 5/16/2011

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (together, the “Act”) overhauled much of the country’s health care financing system and marked the...more

PPACA: Large Employer Mandates and the Small Business Tax Credit

by Ober|Kaler on 10/28/2010

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as modified by the Reconciliation Act and Manager's Amendment, regulates employers based on workforce size. Employers are generally regulated by the Act according to two...more

Employer Mandated Wellness Initiatives. The Continuum from Voluntary to Mandatory Plans

by Littler on 4/1/2008

A year after Littler first examined how far an employer can go toward mandating wellness in the workplace, this 2008 Littler Report examines where we are a year later. As the leading source of medical insurance,...more

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