News & Analysis as of September 21, 2024

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) › Denial of Benefits

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

The LHD/ERISA Advisor - March 2021

Hinshaw & Culbertson - The LHD/ERISA Advisor on 3/8/2021

As we look ahead to 2021, we start our second edition of Hinshaw's LHD/ERISA Advisor by reporting on key cases that closed out 2020. Through The Advisor, our team of attorneys nationwide strive to report on legal developments...more

No More Delays! New Disability Claims Rules to Take Effect April 2, Says DOL

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 1/18/2018

On April 2, 2018, significant changes to ERISA’s disability claims procedures will take effect. These new rules will require all ERISA-covered plans which provide disability benefits to make significant modifications to the...more

DOL’s New Disability Plan Claims Regulations To Become Effective

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/10/2018

The Department of Labor’s new regulations governing disability claims and appeals published on December 19, 2016 will go into effect on April 1, 2018, as announced by the DOL on January 5, 2018. ...more

Disability Claims Procedures Should be Updated for New Regulations

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 8/3/2017

As open enrollment approaches for many benefit plans, employers and plans sponsors should check to make sure their claims procedures for disability claims are consistent with regulations that become effective for plan years...more

Three Things Health Care Employers Should Know About Affordable Care Act Section 1557

Baker Donelson on 5/22/2017

Health care providers are likely familiar with the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) prohibitions on discriminating against the recipients of their services, but providers also must be mindful that the ACA may also make them...more

Court Smacks Down Plaintiff’s “[But Mom…] Everyone Else Is Doing It” Public Policy Argument To Void Illegal Exclusions Provisions

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/22/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: A Court ruled that under the Affordable Care Act, an ERISA governed plan exclusion cannot unequivocally bar emergency medical care related to injuries sustained in a fireworks explosion. Recently, a...more

Health Update - July 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/28/2016

The Vulnerability of Healthcare Information - According to a report the Brookings Institute issued in May 2016, 23% of all data breaches occur in the healthcare industry. Nearly 90% of healthcare organizations had some...more

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