Affordable Care Act, U.S. Treasury, Healthcare

New York’s 1332 Waiver Extends Affordable Coverage to Additional Groups

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/2/2024

On March 1, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury approved New York’s section 1332 waiver that expands affordable coverage to additional groups of New Yorkers. The waiver essentially suspends New...more

Federal Rules Limit “Junk” Health Plans

Rivkin Radler LLP on 4/5/2024

On March 28, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury collectively issued final rules with respect to short-term and limited duration insurance (STLDI) plans in an effort to reduce healthcare...more

Agencies Issue FAQs on Surprise Billing and Cost-Sharing Rules Coordination

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/25/2023

A recent article by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and National Public Radio (NPR) raised the prospect that patients may still see surprise medical bills despite the enactment of the No Surprises Act (NSA)....more

Meet Me at the Corner of No Surprises and …

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/21/2023

Summary - The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury have issued guidance that coordinates application of the No Surprise Billing rules under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, with the...more

Treasury Releases Proposal to Address ‘Family Glitch’ as Biden Administration Touts Coverage Gains

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/7/2022

On April 5, President Biden held an event at the White House celebrating coverage gains since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Joined by Vice President Harris and former President Obama, President Biden...more

President Biden’s Executive Orders: Impact On Employee Benefits And Healthcare

Roetzel & Andress on 3/3/2021

In the opening days of his administration, President Biden has signed a flurry of Executive Orders impacting multiple sectors of the U.S. economy. This article summarizes the Orders that impact employee benefits and...more

What the HRA is going on with HRAs?

Burr & Forman on 7/11/2019

On June 13, the Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services jointly released final regulations dealing with health reimbursement accounts (“HRAs”). These regulations fulfill the Trump administration’s...more

Agencies Issue Final Regulations Expanding Access to Health Reimbursement Arrangements

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 7/11/2019

On June 13, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor (DOL), the Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (collectively, the “Departments”)...more

Student Health Insurance Plans and the ACA: Agencies Provide Enforcement Relief that Allows Colleges and Universities to Continue...

Franczek P.C. on 10/25/2016

Late last week, the Departments of Labor (“DOL”), Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and the Treasury (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued a very welcome FAQ that will allow higher education institutions to continue...more

Health Care Update - November 2015

Mintz - ML Strategies on 11/4/2015

Ways & Means Leadership Changes – Health Policy Implications Looming: As Congress pushes forward with a two-year budget deal, and new Speaker Paul Ryan begins his tenure as the top Republican in the House of...more

New Affordable Care Act FAQs Issued

Franczek P.C. on 10/28/2015

On October 23, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of the Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”) jointly issued answers to frequently asked questions regarding the...more

Manatt on 1332: Hawaii Posts Nation's First State Innovation Waiver Proposal

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/28/2015

Overview - On September 9 Hawaii became the first state to post a draft 1332 waiver proposal for public comment. While Hawaii's waiver proposal is focused on the state's unique 40-year-old employer mandate, the 40-page...more

Final Rule Regarding Preventive Services Under ACA

Franczek P.C. on 9/16/2015

The Department of the Treasury, DOL, and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued final rules regarding coverage of certain preventive services required to be provided under ACA without cost sharing by...more

Employee Benefits Alert - July 2015

Franczek P.C. on 8/4/2015

Major Revisions to Qualified Plan Determination Letter Process Announced - Effective January 1, 2017, the staggered five-year determination letter remedial amendment cycles for individually designed plans will be...more

Final Rules for Preventive Services

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/3/2015

The U.S. Departments of Treasury, Labor (DOL) and Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued interim final regulations and Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on the cost-free coverage of preventive services under the...more

Departments Issue Additional Guidance on Preventive Services

Franczek P.C. on 6/22/2015

The Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Treasury (collectively, the Departments) issued guidance in the form of FAQs on the ACA’s preventive services mandate. The ACA requires non-grandfathered...more

Alert: Health Plan Update on Out-of-Pocket Limitations

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 6/19/2015

The Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) established limitations on the annual out-of-pocket costs that a health plan may impose on a participant. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor and the...more

New Guidance on Cost-Sharing Limits and Provider Nondiscrimination Rules

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/29/2015

The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury have jointly issued a new set of FAQs that clarifies the application of the rules establishing cost-sharing limits. For 2016, non-grandfathered group...more

The ACA’s Toyota tax

McAfee & Taft on 5/20/2015

For several years now, employers have spent a great deal of time focusing on the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) play-or-pay mandate. Numerous articles have been written and numerous educational seminars have been given...more

Guidance Clarifies Preventive Care Requirements

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/14/2015

Recent guidance issued jointly by the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury clarifies how the Affordable Care Act's requirement to provide cost-free coverage for preventive care applies to...more

The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers, Week 17: Cherry Bomb in the Gold Fish Pond, or Third-Party Staffing...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 9/4/2014

With two seemingly simple and straightforward definitions in the final regulations implementing the Affordable Care Act’s pay-or-play rules—i.e., definitions of “employer” and “employee”— the Treasury Department and IRS have...more

Of Mice and Elephants: Halbig and King and The Struggle of Two Federal Appeals Courts to Find Meaning in Words That May or May Not...

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 7/25/2014

At issue in Halbig v. Burwell and King v. Burwell is whether or not subsidies to buy insurance on an exchange are available in both state and federal exchanges. On its face the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) provides for...more

The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers, Week 26: Fitting a Round Peg (the Public Health Service Act 90-day...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 6/30/2014

The Departments of the Treasury/IRS, Labor and Health and Human Services (the “Departments”) recently issued a final regulation under the 90-day waiting period limitation, which is included among the Affordable Care Act’s...more

Final Regulations on Orientation Periods Released

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 6/25/2014

On June 20, the Federal regulatory agencies in charge of health care reform guidance (the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services) released final regulations (“Final Regulations”) clarifying the...more

New FAQs Address Effect of Affordable Care Act on COBRA and Other Matters

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/8/2014

In a wide-ranging set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) and other guidance, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services have addressed a number of issues pertaining to the Affordable Care Act...more

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