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Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Online Disclosure Due March 1

Each year, employers that provide prescription drug coverage to Medicare-eligible individuals through a group health plan must complete a two-step process regarding the prescription drug coverage they offer to active...more

Welcome Healthcare Reporting Simplification Enacted

On December 23, 2024, President Biden signed into law two bills that will simplify employer reporting compliance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The new laws streamline the rules for employers furnishing ACA reporting...more

CMS Disclosures Due October 15: Is Your Plan’s Rx Coverage Still Creditable?

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) made several changes to Medicare Part D that may impact whether employer-sponsored coverage will be creditable for the 2025 plan year. With open enrollment season about to begin, plan...more

Managing Welfare Plan Risk: The Fiduciary Committee

Fiduciary committees have long been established in connection with retirement plans to manage the investment, legal compliance, and operational risks that can arise under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,...more

Plan Sponsors and Administrators: Prepare for the End of the COVID-19 Emergency

The Biden administration intends to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations (Emergency Declarations) attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic on May 11, 2023. The COVID-19 pandemic brought multiple...more

New and Updated Women’s Preventive Health Services Guidelines Apply in 2023

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires non-grandfathered group health plans (and insurers) to provide coverage for certain preventive health services for all adults, women, and children. Preventive services covered under the...more

Special Telehealth Rules for HSAs Return—Briefly

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, which was signed March 15, again permits first-dollar coverage for telehealth services without jeopardizing health savings account (HSA) eligibility, effective April 1, 2022,...more

COVID-19: Agencies Issue Disaster Relief for Welfare Plans

The US Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance last week providing deadline and other relief affecting welfare plans and their sponsors and...more

IRS Partially Extends Affordable Care Act Reporting Deadline

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released IRS Notice 2019-63, which provides a 30-day automatic extension to furnish to employees/covered individuals the 2019 IRS Forms 1095-B (Health Coverage) and 1095-C...more

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