Today marks the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency that first began on March 13, 2020. The end of the public health emergency has a wide range of implications for employer sponsored benefit plans. This alert summarizes certain changes in plan administration that employers will face as a result of the end of the COVID-19 emergency periods, including the end of the tolling of deadlines relating to COBRA, ERISA claims submission and appeals, and HIPAA special enrollment deadlines, as well as other aspects of benefit plan administration.
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