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Don’t You Forget About Me: Terminating Employees and Benefits to Think About

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No matter the size of your organization, at some point in time employees leave. As we noted previously, it behooves human resources and other departments to provide departing employees with an exit letter that includes...more

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IRS Reduces 2024 Affordability Percentage

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) decreased the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affordability percentage for 2024 to 8.39%. This percentage is used to assess whether an applicable large employer’s (ALE) lowest-premium health plan...more

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How Employers Can Prepare for the Paid Leave Oregon Program

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The Paid Leave Oregon program commences on January 1, 2023.  As an initial step, most Oregon employers must alert employees about the program and begin paying into the state insurance plan.  The law requires employers post...more

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Congress Reopens Door For HSA With No-Deductible Telehealth, But With a Hole

Effective April 1, 2022, high-deductible health plans can once again offer first-dollar coverage for telehealth and other remote services without making participants ineligible for health savings account (“HSA”)...more

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Digging into the New HRA Regulations Part 4: Excepted Benefit HRAs

New regulations issued by the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the “Departments”) have expanded the use of health reimbursement arrangements (“HRAs”), including permitting the use of HRAs to...more

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Direct Contracting 101: Collaborations Between Employers and Health Care Providers

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As employers continue to encounter escalating health care costs, many are exploring the "direct contracting" option, which allows for direct service and pricing negotiations with health care providers. While the direct...more

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IRS Transition Relief Reinstates $6,900 Family Limit for 2018 HSAs

On April 26th, the IRS released Rev. Proc. 2018-27, effectively reinstating a $6,900 limit on 2018 health savings account (“HSA”) contributions for family coverage. This is welcome relief for individuals who planned on...more

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State Male Contraceptive Laws May Create HSA Problems for Employers

States such as Illinois, Maryland, and Oregon that have enacted laws requiring health insurers to cover certain male contraception on a first-dollar basis may be creating traps for unwary employers that sponsor...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Massachusetts Employers: Prepare for Supplemental Unemployment Tax Assessments

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Massachusetts employers will soon see the impact of House Bill 3822, signed last year by Governor Charlie Baker. In an effort to offset the significant shift from commercial to publicly subsidized health care coverage, in...more

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April 18, 2017 is the Deadline to Make Contributions to a Health Savings Account for 2016

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If you were eligible in 2016 to make contributions to a Health Savings Account (H.S.A.) and you have not already made the maximum contribution for the year, you have until April 18, 2017 to make your contribution. Unlike...more

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Potential Implications to the ACA Under the Incoming Republican Administration – Part I: the Insurance Industry

In the uncertain atmosphere surrounding the process of ‘repealing’ and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there are some clues as to what we can expect to come next, at least with regard with the health insurance...more

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Appellate Division Finds c.78 Health Benefits Contributions Requirements Do Not Apply to Public Sector Disability Retirees

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Last month, in Brick Twp. PBA Local 230 v. Twp. of Brick, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey confirmed that N.J.S.A. 40A:10-21.1, P.L. 2011, c. 78, § 42, more commonly known as Chapter 78, does not...more

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The Intersection of Bankruptcy and Health Savings Accounts: Are HSA Accounts Exempt From Bankruptcy Estate?

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In 2003, Congress passed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (the "Act"). The Act authorized states to create health savings accounts ("HSAs") with tax-preferred treatment to encourage...more

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Further Guidance on ACA Market Reforms

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Following up on the issuance of final regulations on various market reform provisions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the IRS has issued a notice with Questions and Answers that take a more detailed look at specific ACA...more

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Governor Rauner and AFSCME Extend Master Agreement, But Only Through September

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Earlier this week, Governor Rauner and AFSCME Council 31, the union representing almost 40,000 state workers, agreed to temporarily extend the terms of the 2012-2015 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and prohibit a strike...more

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