Business Better Podcast Episode - An Introduction to Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation
Behind the Curtain: Enhanced Provider Enrollment Oversight
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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