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Enrollment Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

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Benefit Plan Guidance for the End of the Public Health Emergency and “Outbreak Period”

With President Joseph Biden’s administration having announced its intent to end the presidential COVID-19 National Emergency on May 11, 2023, and with the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ("Public Health Emergency") set to...more

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Return to Normal? Benefit Plan COVID-19 Deadline Extensions to End

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After a long three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration has announced its intent to end the presidential COVID-19 national emergency on May 11, 2023. Employers should prepare their benefit plans for a...more

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[Webinar] COBRA Premium Assistance: Are You Prepared to Comply? - April 20th, 11:00 am - 11:30 am PT

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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 provides for health insurance premium subsidies of 100% for eligible former employees from April 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021, and a special enrollment period for previously terminated...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: A New Lease on Life for the Affordable Care Act?

On March 10, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Act”). This $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package not only includes a whole host of healthcare-related provisions, but, along with...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

COBRA and DCAP Provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) was signed into law March 11, 2021. Particularly relevant to employers are its provisions regarding premium subsidies and additional enrollment rights for certain individuals in...more

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Third Stimulus Requires Employers To Offer Free COBRA Coverage Offset By Medicare Tax Credits

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On March 11, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) as part of a new (third) COVID-19 stimulus relief bill. ARPA assists qualifying individuals who lose coverage under an employer’s group...more

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Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Changes in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “ARPA”), which President Biden is expected to sign this week, includes a handful of provisions affecting employee benefit plans and publicly-traded companies’ tax deductions for...more

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COBRA Subsidies (Finally) Arrive

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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “ARPA”), which President Biden is expected to sign into law on Friday, March 12, contains several new rules impacting COBRA benefits. The ARPA provides up to six months of free COBRA...more

McDermott Will & Emery

DOL Issues Clarification for ERISA-Governed Group Health Plans

Two days before the one-year anniversary of the official start of the COVID-19 outbreak, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued a last-minute notice clarifying its prior guidance that relaxed the deadlines for the Employee...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Top 7 Things Health and Welfare Sponsors Should Be Thinking About Now

It’s hard to believe August is already here, and with 2021 annual enrollment and year-end rapidly approaching, there are a number of issues health and welfare plan sponsors should be thinking about now. Here’s a list of...more

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Do We Need a Plan Amendment for That? Top FAQs to Decide

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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have gotten daily calls and emails from our clients asking how furloughs, layoffs, the CARES Act, and a host of other pandemic-related changes affect the benefit plans that they...more

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Oh What a Relief It Is - For Health Plan Participants

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On Tuesday, shortly after the IRS extended deadline relief to employee benefit plans, the U.S. Department of Labor granted its own relief for a number of deadlines related to the administration of employee...more

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2019 ERISA Welfare Plan Checklist

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We recognize that many of our clients sponsor ERISA welfare benefit plans and are currently undergoing their open enrollment process and issuing related participant communications. To assist our clients with that process, we...more

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