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Health Flexible Spending Accounts and Non-Discrimination Issues

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Employers often provide an array of benefits to employees. One such benefit is a Health Flexible Spending Account (Health FSA). These accounts allow employees to contribute pre-tax dollars to be used for unreimbursed medical...more

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Court Strikes Down a Portion of the No Surprises Act Interim Regulations

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While health plans, insurers, and providers are busy understanding and implementing the new requirements under the No Surprises Act, a U.S. District Court recently vacated an essential portion of the interim regulations...more

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Preventive Care Can Now Be Covered for Specified Chronic Conditions Before HDHP Deductible

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On July 17, 2019 the IRS released Notice 2019-45 resolving a preventive care problem that has been plaguing many high deductible health plans (“HDHPs.”). The Affordable Care Act’s free preventive care mandate appears to be...more

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IRS Expands Preventive Care Benefits Under High Deductible Health Plans

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On July 17, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Notice 2019-45 which expands the list of permissible preventive care benefits for high deductible health plan (“HDHP”) purposes. Among other requirements, an...more

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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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Bipartisan Senate Group Pushes Bill to Protect Patients from Surprise Medical Bills

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In September 2018, we wrote about a draft U.S. Senate bill aimed to protect patients from surprise medical bills, the “Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills Act.” ...more

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2014 – June, 30 2015 Relief from Employer Excise Tax for Small Employer & S Corporation Payment or Reimbursement of Individual...

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Beginning in 2014, a violation of certain healthcare reform rules, such as offering a health plan with annual dollar limits or not providing full preventive care with no employee cost, requires employers to pay an excise tax...more

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