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The recent budget legislation passed by Congress (“CAA 2026”) expands the types of service providers that must provide compensation disclosures to plan administrators of group health plans subject to ERISA. These are commonly...more
February 16, 2026 was not just another regulatory waypoint—it marked the compliance deadline for significant changes affecting The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Notices of Privacy...more
On January 30, 2026, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published a proposed regulation that would significantly increase transparency requirements for pharmacy benefit managers...more
Season 2, Episode 2: Reimagining Employer-Sponsored Healthcare with Jack Hill of Nomi Health In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, host Eric Tower speaks with Jack Hill, Senior Vice President of Enterprise...more
On Feb. 3, 2026, President Donald Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (CAA 2026), a sweeping piece of legislation including provisions that will substantially impact employer-sponsored health...more
HCCA's Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is a three-and-a-half-day interactive education program with a focus on the vast body of privacy laws and regulations in place to help you protect PHI and other critical data. Our...more
Here are the top 10 workplace compliance items you should tackle in February 2026, based on the latest labor and employment law updates...more
If your business is required to maintain a notice of your HIPAA privacy practices, you must act quickly to make sure your notice is updated to comply with new requirements established in a 2024 final rule. Specifically, you...more
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations require updates to the Notice of Privacy Practices that health plan sponsors furnish to plan participants and health care providers furnish to...more
ERISA class action litigation did not let up in 2025. Retirement plan fee litigation – which has dominated for several years – remained steady, with new, or in some cases refined, theories targeting 401(k) forfeitures and...more
Although much of our attention this fall was focused on the government shutdown, health plan sponsors may be interested in several less-publicized developments affecting group health plans....more
InTandem Capital Partners has announced it has completed an investment in The Phia Group. ...more
The IRS rolled out its 2026 retirement plan dollar limits on Nov. 13, marking the final regulatory release of annual adjustments that will impact all kinds of employee benefits next year. Since these updates are scattered...more
Join our Employee Benefits team for a concise webinar covering the top benefits issues plan sponsors should begin thinking about before year-end. From compliance deadlines and administrative issues to plan document changes...more
Insight, innovation, and practical strategy for professionals in the managed care space - Compliance professionals in managed care face an ever-changing landscape shaped by evolving regulations, emerging risks, and...more
California recently enacted California Senate Bill 41 ("SB 41"), a landmark law that fundamentally overhauls the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers ("PBMs") in the state and has big implications for ERISA plan sponsors....more
From our years of counseling clients on effective pharmacy benefit management (PBM) contracting – from procurement to contract execution – Wiley Rein knows that many Plans (health plans/plan sponsors/collectives/third party...more
Ideal for professionals with some compliance knowledge and experience, HCCA’s Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy offers practitioners a deeper understanding of effective compliance management in a healthcare setting. The...more
It’s that time of year when employers are finalizing their open enrollment materials. Along with benefit changes and annual disclosures, employers should also review their Summary of Benefits and Coverage (“SBC”) and...more
On September 9, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, sitting en banc, ruled that a county health insurance plan’s exclusion denying coverage for gender-affirming surgery did not violate Title VII of the...more
The DOL recently released its Spring Regulatory Agenda, which contains several important retirement and health plan initiatives for this year. Plan sponsors should be aware of the following items on the DOL’s proposed...more
The federal government may continue to enforce the Affordable Care Act’s preventive-care mandates, thanks to the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management. In a 6-3 bipartisan opinion written by...more
A federal judge in Texas just tossed out Biden-era reproductive healthcare privacy protections, halting a 2024 final rule with nationwide effect. The rule, which largely took effect in December and created new HIPAA privacy...more
A recent wave of cases has attempted to apply the theory of liability for retirement plan excessive fee cases to health plans – specifically, arrangements with pharmacy benefit managers. Though the cases thus far have...more