Essential Health Benefits, Healthcare

Affordable Care Act Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Minimum Value, Actuarial Value and Accreditation

by Erin Jones Adams | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 5/20/2013

On February 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its final rule (the Final Rule) setting forth standards for health insurance issuers under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the...more

A Good Health Plan or an Uzi?

by Mitchell Green | Nossaman LLP on 5/15/2013

It was open enrollment for health benefits at Nossaman last week, and the conference room was filled with employees waiting to be briefed. Having spent the better part of the last few years of my professional life being...more

ACA Affordable Insurance Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans

by Robert Hill, Debra McCurdy, Joseph Metro, Elizabeth Doyle O'Brien | Reed Smith on 3/15/2013

In This Issue: Exchanges and Types of Plans To Be Offered Through Exchanges; Essential Health Benefits; Premiums; Cost Sharing Reductions; and Other Issues. Excerpt from Exchanges and Types of Plans To Be...more

I’m An Applicable Large Employer – To Whom Must I Offer Health Coverage In Order To Avoid Pay Or Play Penalties?

by Jewelie Grape | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Employee... on 3/12/2013

Beginning in 2014, the employer shared responsibility mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires applicable large employers (those employing on average at least 50 full-time equivalent employees on...more

HHS Issues Final Rules on Essential Health Benefits, Federal and Partnership Exchange Qualified Health Plan Accreditation Timeline...

by Alice T. Kane, Robert L. Pratter, Carla C. Small | Duane Morris LLP on 3/7/2013

Essential Health Benefits - On February 20, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule that set the accreditation standards for qualified health plans (QHPs)—plans that will be...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

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

Group Health Plans: Year-End Action Items, Upcoming Changes, New Guidance

by Andy R. Anderson | Morgan Lewis on 12/21/2012

As 2012 closes, group health plan sponsors turn their attention to completing 2012 tasks, implementing upcoming 2013 changes, and preparing for the full impact of ACA in 2014. As 2012 draws to an end, employers pass...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

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

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