News & Analysis as of

Health Insurance Healthcare Self-Funded Health Plans

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

New Reproductive Health Care Privacy Final Rule: Key Compliance Steps and Dates

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and subsequent state abortion bans, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a...more

Verrill

Can a Self-Funded Group Health Plan Exclude Coverage for Gender-Affirming Care?

Verrill on

We are sometimes asked whether a self-funded group health plan is required to cover gender-affirming medical services. As this post explains in detail, it is generally impracticable for a self-funded ERISA-covered plan to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Gender-Affirming Benefits: Best Practices for Group Health Plans

McDermott Will & Emery on

Federal legislative and regulatory activity related to employer-sponsored group health plans shows no signs of slowing, particularly with the issuance of interpretive guidance regarding the transparency and surprise-billing...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Top Takeaways | Employer Market Perspective

McDermott Will & Emery on

In this session, McDermott Will & Emery Partner Patrick Healy moderated a panel that examined the expansion of value-based care in the employer market. We summarize the panel’s insights on how stakeholders can successfully...more

Epstein Becker & Green

New Jersey’s Surprise Medical Bill Law: Part 1: Regulatory Issuances by New Jersey Agencies

Epstein Becker & Green on

Earlier this year, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the Out-of-Network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act (“Law”), creating a statutory framework attempting to protect...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Repealing-Replacing the Affordable Care Act: Considerations for Employers with Self-Funded Plans

Pierce Atwood LLP on

Over the last several years we have seen employers, especially those with self-funded health plans, evolve in their approach to wellness programs. Programs have grown from gathering data – e.g., steps on a pedometer,...more

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits...

The Affordable Care Act’s Reporting Requirements for Carriers and Employers (Part 2 of 24): Yikes! The Costs of Failing to Comply...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) imposes information reporting rules on providers of minimum essential coverage, e.g., insurance carriers and self-funded plans, and on applicable large employers, i.e., those employers that are...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Alert: Health Plan Update on Out-of-Pocket Limitations

Pullman & Comley, LLC on

The Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) established limitations on the annual out-of-pocket costs that a health plan may impose on a participant. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor and the...more

McAfee & Taft

The ACA’s Toyota tax

McAfee & Taft on

For several years now, employers have spent a great deal of time focusing on the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) play-or-pay mandate. Numerous articles have been written and numerous educational seminars have been given...more

9 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide