Affordable Care Act, Healthcare, Fees

Health Plans: PCORI Fee Is Due August 1, 2022

Verrill on 6/27/2022

What is the PCORI Fee? The Affordable Care Act created a non-profit corporation, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (“PCORI”), to conduct research to help individuals, providers, and policymakers make better...more

IRS Adjusted ACA Fee Amounts for the 2017 Policy or Plan Years

McDermott Will & Emery on 11/21/2016

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee was established under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to advance comparative clinical effectiveness research. The PCORI fee is assessed on issuers of health insurance...more

Mississippi CON Report

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/22/2015

I. September 2015 – Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - During the September 24, 2015, Certificate of Need meeting, Dr. Mary Currier, State Health Officer, concurred with the health and planning staff analysis...more

Employee Benefits: The Registration Form For Transitional Reinsurance Program Fees Has Been Issued, and Must Be Submitted By...

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 11/4/2014

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) created new fees for covered health plans, including transitional reinsurance program fees (TRP Fees) that are designed to stabilize premium increases that are expected to...more

News from the Health Law Gurus™

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 6/30/2014

Pa. Supreme Court Weighs in on Medical Record Charges — In Wayne M. Chiurazzi Law v. MRO, Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille, writing for the majority of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, interpreted the Medical Records...more

HHS and IRS Release Updates on the SHOP Marketplace, Fees, Taxes, and Payment Parameters

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/11/2013

Before departing for the 2013 Thanksgiving holiday, the Obama administration released several new regulatory announcements and guidance relating to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The new guidance delays...more

Reminder: PCORI Fee Due July 31 for Employers With Self-Insured Health Plans

Dechert LLP on 7/31/2013

As previously reported, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) established the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (the “PCORI”) for the purpose of assisting patients, clinicians, purchasers and...more

Certain Employers That Sponsor Group Health Plans Must Report And Pay The Patient-Centered Outcome Research Institute Fee By July...

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 7/29/2013

As previously mentioned in the June 11, 2013 edition of The Fast Laner, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act created the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) that is to be partially funded through...more

The Employer’s Playbook for Affordable Care Act Compliance: Self-Insured Plans - Remember - July 31, 2013 Deadline for Paying...

Saul Ewing LLP on 7/25/2013

Media coverage of the one year delay in certain Affordable Care Act provisions might mislead some employers into thinking they have no obligations. Many requirements still take effect this year and in 2014. Here is one of the...more

PCOR Trust Fund Fee Due Soon for Many Plans

Morgan Lewis on 7/25/2013

Calendar-year plans should use updated IRS Form 720 and related instructions to file by July 31 deadline. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), for plan years ending on or after October 1, 2012, plan sponsors of...more

Important Reminder Regarding PCORI Fees

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/23/2013

An important deadline is looming under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for employers that sponsor certain self-insured group health plans and issuers of certain health insurance policies. Under the ACA, employers and insurers...more

ACA’s “Pay-Or-Play” Penalty Delayed Until 2015

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/16/2013

Last week, in a move welcomed by many employers, the Obama administration announced that it would delay implementation of certain key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) until 2015....more

Health Care Reform Employer Mandate Delayed; DOMA Struck Down - What Now For Employers?

Poyner Spruill LLP on 7/16/2013

Health Care Reform Employer Mandate and Reporting Provisions Delayed until 2015 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury unexpectedly announced on July 2, 2013 the delay of the employer shared responsibility ‘pay or play’...more

IRS Guidance Released on the Delayed Implementation of the Affordable Care Act's Play or Pay Rules - Penalties Will Not Apply to...

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 7/11/2013

On the heels of last week’s announcement that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) reporting requirements and Play or Pay penalties will not go into effect until 2015, the IRS has released transition relief clarifying that the...more

ACA "Pay Or Play" Deadline Extension — What It REALLY Means

Polsinelli on 7/10/2013

On July 2, 2013, the U.S. Treasury announced that the Obama Administration is implementing a one-year delay of the employer and insurer reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act of 2010 ("ACA"). ...more

What the Obamacare Delay Means Right Now

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 7/9/2013

On July 2, 2013, the Department of the Treasury and the White House announced via social media that the employer reporting requirements and employer shared responsibility/play-or-pay penalty are being delayed until 2015. ...more

Play or Pay Rules—Compliance Delayed Until 2015

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/5/2013

On July 2, 2013, the Obama administration announced through the U.S. Department of the Treasury that the penalties for employers under the “Play or Pay Rules” will not go into effect until 2015....more

Affordable Care Act Shared Responsibility Penalty Delayed Until 2015

Morgan Lewis on 7/4/2013

Employers welcome a one-year delay in the Shared Responsibility excise tax. On July 2, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) made a surprise announcement—in an unusual place—that implementation of the employer...more

PCORI Fees for Many Plan Sponsors Are Due July 31

Snell & Wilmer on 7/1/2013

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (collectively, the “Affordable Care Act”), established the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (“the...more

Healthcare Reform White Paper: Countdown To 2014

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 6/27/2013

Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA” or the “Act”) is now over three years old, the Act’s core requirements will not take effect until 2014....more

PCORI Fee Deadline Looms For Self-Insured Health Plans

Burr & Forman on 6/27/2013

The Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute was created under the Affordable Care Act to "promote the use of evidence-based medicine by disseminating comparative clinical effectiveness research findings." The Institute is...more

The Affordable Care Act’s Patient-Centered Outcomes Fee Deadline is Approaching - Many Employers with Self-Insured Plans Must...

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 6/25/2013

As part of the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies offering certain health insurance policies and employers, including public agencies, that sponsor certain self-insured plans may be responsible for reporting and paying...more

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