Health Equity: “The attainment of the highest level of health for all people, where everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their optimal health regardless of race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender...more
In Rev. Proc. 2024-25, the IRS released the inflation adjusted amounts for 2025 relevant to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and high deductible health plans (HDHPs). The table below summarizes those adjustments and other...more
On March 1, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury approved New York’s section 1332 waiver that expands affordable coverage to additional groups of New Yorkers. The waiver essentially suspends New...more
On April 2, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) final rule (Final Rule), finalizing policies applicable to qualified health plans offered...more
In an industry full of buzzwords, “adaptogens” and “nootropics” are current stand outs within the beverage industry. The beverage industry experienced a significant shift in consumer preference following the COVID-19...more
Since Washington launched its Paid Family Medical Leave program ("PFML") in 2020, employers have had very limited access to information from the state regarding employee leaves, including when leaves begin or end. With the...more
Similar to the prior five years, 2023 brought unprecedented changes in labor and employment laws that have already gone into effect or are now in effect for 2024 in Colorado, across the country in other states, by National...more
Editor’s Note: In a recent "State Spotlight" for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, reprinted below, Manatt Health discusses the investments and efforts that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is making to promote health...more
In Rev. Proc. 2023-23, the IRS released the inflation-adjusted amounts for 2024 relevant to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and high deductible health plans (HDHPs). The table below summarizes those adjustments and other...more
Editor’s Note: In a new expert perspective prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program, reproduced below, Manatt Health outlines the time-limited targeted enrollment...more
Editor’s Note: The current Medicaid continuous coverage requirements enacted by the Families First Coronavirus Act (FFCRA) prohibit states from disenrolling individuals from Medicaid for the duration of the public health...more
INTRODUCTION - Like all states, Massachusetts received enhanced federal Medicaid funding under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the first major federal stimulus package passed by Congress in response to...more
On April 29, 2022, the IRS announced the Health Savings Account limits for 2023. With respect to contribution limits, the limits are slightly higher than the ones for 2022, and the required deductible and out of pocket...more
On December 28, 2021, HHS released a proposed rule governing plans issued in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces beginning with the 2023 plan year (the Proposed Rule). Among other changes to the...more
On August 27, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed the Consumer Coverage Disclosure Act (the Act), which became effective immediately. The Act requires Illinois employers (both private and governmental) to disclose to all new hires...more
Although many states have legalized marijuana for medicinal and/or recreational use, when it comes to using marijuana in a research setting, sources have been very limited. The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has...more
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced that it will be conducting research in conjunction with a new rule they plan to roll out. The FDA update is located here. This proposed rule would update the...more
Now that we have had the chance to read and meditate on the historic Medicaid waiver approved on Friday January 8th, giving Tennessee permission from the Federal government to fundamentally alter Medicaid’s traditional...more
California health insurers and health care service plans that provide hospital, medical, or surgical coverage and that are issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2021 will be required to cover all medically...more
In this week’s episode, Carla DewBerry and Kelsey Jernigan discuss issues in mental health parity in the context of recent California legislation. In particular, the presenters discuss how a new California bill has sparked a...more
On July 17, 2020, a panel majority of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a rule issued by the Department of Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services (collectively, the...more
In France, Ordinance No 2017-49 of 19 January 2017 significantly modified the rules governing payments from life sciences companies to the healthcare sector. After more than three years, on June 15, 2020, Decree No 2020-730...more
On March 18, 2020, CMS issued Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to clarify that the diagnosis and treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is covered by catastrophic health plans. CMS also confirms that the agency...more
As federal and state governments respond to COVID-19, employers and plan fiduciaries must also address the evolving issues arising under employer-sponsored health plans. The specific considerations covered in this update are...more
On March 12, 2020, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight issued an FAQ regarding coverage for diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 under the Affordable Care Act. CMS...more