Reporting Requirements, Affordable Care Act

IRS Proposes Regulations Regarding Community Health Needs Assessments for Charitable Hospitals

by Steven Smith, Mark A. Stanley | Ober|Kaler on 5/10/2013

The IRS has released its proposed regulations [PDF] detailing the requirements for conducting and reporting Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) under section 501(r)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, which were...more

IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on the New Community Health Needs Assessments Required for Charitable Hospitals

by Judd Harwood, Evelyn McKinney | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/25/2013

On April 5, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service published proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) in the Federal Register that provide guidance to charitable hospital organizations on the community health needs assessment...more

Two Databases Become One: HRSA’s Rule on Reporting Provider Sanctions

by Stephanie Willis | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/11/2013

The Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) has issued a final rule (“HRSA Rule”) that will eliminate duplicative federal reporting requirements of provider sanctions and other adverse actions taken against...more

Monthly Benefits Update - March 2013

by Daniel R. Salemi | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 4/1/2013

Health Care Reform: Agencies Issue Proposed Regulations on 90-Day Waiting Period Limitation - On March 21, the IRS, DOL, and Department of Health and Human Services issued proposed regulations on the 90-day waiting...more

2013 Form 941 And Instructions Include New Line For Additional Medicare Tax

by Rena Pirsos | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 3/26/2013

The IRS has released the 2013 Form 941, Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return, along with the instructions. Other than a few editorial changes, the only major change to the form is a new line 5d, Taxable wages and tips...more

Getting Ready For The Physician Payment ‘Sunshine’ Rule

by Kathleen Howard, Joel R. Levin, Charles Mulaney, Jerica L. Peters | Perkins Coie on 3/22/2013

Originally Published in BNA Bloomberg, Medical Devices Law & Industry Report on March 20, 2013. On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited final regulations for...more

Here Comes the Sun: What You Need to Know about the Sunshine Act and Its Implementing Rules

by Edward Buthusiem, Cheray Lynch Sieminski | Berkeley Research Group, LLC on 3/20/2013

After years of deliberation, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its long-awaited regulations to implement the specific requirements of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Sunshine) on February 1,...more

New Employer Shared Responsibility Penalty Guidance: Timely Employer Action Needed

by Jessica Carter, David Glaser, Meridith Bogart Krell, Bernard O'Hare, Bruce Wolff | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 3/20/2013

In This Alert: - A. What Is The Employer Shared Responsibility Penalty? - What Is The “Failure To Offer Coverage Penalty”? - How Is The “Failure To Offer Coverage Penalty” Calculated? - What Is...more

Legal Alert: IRS Proposes Rules on Health Insurer Fee

by Dennis Allen, Ellen Dunn, Thomas A. Gick, Jeffrey Mace, Michael Miles, M. Kristan Rizzolo, Linda Sciuto, Vanessa Scott, W. Mark Smith, William Walderman, Carol Weiser, P. Bruce Wright | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 3/14/2013

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released proposed regulations on the health insurer fee under section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The regulations, which were published in the Federal...more

Final Sunshine Act Arrives: Now the Hard Part

by Michele L. Buenafe, Jonathan Havens, Kathleen McDermott, Rebecca Osowski, Albert Shay | Morgan Lewis on 3/8/2013

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final regulations on the U.S. Sunshine Act on February 8, 2013. Transparency Reports and Reporting of Physician Ownership or Investment Interests, 78 Fed. Reg....more

Legal Alert: MEWA Form M-1 And Final Regulations Released

by Gordon M. Berger, Tiffany D. Downs, Isabella P. Lee, Scott V. Wagner | FordHarrison on 3/7/2013

The Department of Labor ("DOL") recently released a series of final rules affecting health benefits provided through multiple employer welfare arrangements ("MEWAs"). Notably, the 2012 Form M-1 filing deadline has been...more

Research-Related Payments and the Physician Payment Sunshine Act: How Reporting Works and What Applicable Manufacturers Should...

by Frederick Ball, Elinor Hart, Michael A. Swit | Duane Morris LLP on 3/6/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published long-awaited rules (the "Rules") detailing manufacturers' and group purchasing organizations' reporting requirements under Section 6002 of the...more

Reminder: Employers Subject to Additional Medicare Tax Withholding & Reporting Requirements, Effective 1/1/2013

by King & Spalding on 3/4/2013

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) increased the employee portion of the Medicare tax on wages received on or after January 1, 2013 by 0.9% of Federal Insurance Contributions Act (“FICA”) wages which are...more

CMS Publishes Physician Payment Sunshine Rules; Manufacturers and Group Purchasing Organizations Are Required to Submit Detailed...

by Frederick Ball, Elinor Hart | Duane Morris LLP on 2/25/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited rules (the "Rules") detailing manufacturers' and group purchasing organizations' reporting requirements under Section 6002...more

IRS Issues Proposed Regulations for Employer-Shared Responsibility under ACA

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 2/18/2013

On December 28, 2012, the IRS issued proposed regulations with respect to employer-shared responsibility regarding health coverage under the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). Employers are permitted to rely on these proposed...more

CMS Shines Light on Financial Relationships with Final Physician Payment Sunshine Act Rule

by Matthew Arend, Jennifer Mitchell | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 2/7/2013

On February 8, 2013, the final Physician Payment Sunshine Act (“Sunshine Act”) rule, issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) will be published. The arrival of this final rule has been much anticipated...more

Monthly Benefits Update - January 2013

by Daniel R. Salemi | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 2/4/2013

In This Issue: - Health & Welfare Plans ..Health Care Reform: IRS Issues Proposed “Pay or Play” Regulations ..Health Care Reform: IRS Issues FAQs on Various ACA Issues ..HHS Issues Final HIPAA Regulations...more

Health Care Reform Update: Many Self-Insured Plans Subject to New Annual Fees This Year

by Mark Jones, Justin Krawitz | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/17/2013

New regulations have been issued under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) implementing annual fees and reporting requirements on self-insured health plans and indirectly on fully insured plans. The...more

Legal Alert: Untangling Healthcare Reform Form W-2 Reporting Requirements for PEOs

by Gordon M. Berger, Scott V. Wagner | FordHarrison on 12/3/2012

With the re-election of President Obama and the Supreme Court's recent decision upholding portions of the Affordable Care Act (the "ACA"), health care reform is here to stay for the foreseeable future. Though limited...more

Post-Election 2012 Tax Planning Alert: Practical Tax Planning Tips for You, Your Family and Your Business

by Duane Morris LLP on 11/27/2012

This Alert is designed to offer easy to understand and easy to implement year-end tax strategies in times of incredible tax uncertainty. This Alert is also designed to stimulate thought and inspire action during one of the...more

Benefits Update, No. 3, August 2012: Timeline Of Health Insurance Reform

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 8/8/2012

As everyone knows, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was upheld in a somewhat surprising Supreme Court decision last month. (For a recap of the decision see our Legal Alert on the case). Set out below is a...more

Navigating Health Care Reform: W-2 Reporting of Employer-Sponsored Group Health Coverage

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 7/27/2012

Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (collectively, the “Act”), employers must move...more

Form W-2 Reporting for Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage: Is Your Organization Prepared?

by Armstrong Teasdale LLP on 7/5/2012

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”) requires employers to report the cost of coverage under an employer-sponsored group health or medical plan. This requirement was optional for all employers in 2011....more

CMS Delays Data Collection Under ACA's Physician Payments Sunshine Act to January 1, 2013 May 9, 2012

by Duane Morris LLP on 5/10/2012

On May 3, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officially announced that it will delay data-collection and reporting requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Physician...more

What Hospitals and Physicians Need to Know about CMS’s Proposed Rule Interpreting the Physician Payment Sunshine Act

by Poyner Spruill LLP on 2/6/2012

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued on December 14, 2011 its much-anticipated proposed rule interpreting the requirements of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Act), enacted by Congress as Section 6002...more

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