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Healthcare Summary of Benefits and Coverage

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Employers, Remember Your SBC and New Template!

Employers conducting their annual group health plan open enrollments this fall must remember to include a summary of benefits and coverage (SBC), along with a uniform glossary to that SBC, as required by the Affordable Care...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Additional Guidance Issued on Summary of Benefits and Coverage Disclosure Requirements

The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury recently issued new guidance and templates regarding the summary of benefits and coverage requirement under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Affordable Care Act: New Requirements for Summary of Benefits and Coverage

The Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health & Human Services have issued new guidance on the content requirements for health plan summaries of benefits and coverage (“SBCs”). Plan sponsors should ensure that the SBCs...more

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More Guidance Issued on Summaries of Benefits and Coverage

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The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a set of frequently asked questions, together with a new template, for the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) that applies to group health plans and individual health insurance. The...more

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What Employers Need to Know About Healthcare Reform for 2013

As the end of 2012 approaches, we consider what a notable year it has been for the future of healthcare reform, starting with the United States Supreme Court’s decision to uphold key provisions of the Patient Protection and...more

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2013 and 2014 under the Affordable Care Act

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With the close of 2012 approaching fast, employers should consider the following checklist of items as the nation moves ahead with compliance with the Affordable Care Act. Effective in 2013: The following list...more

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Group Health Plans: Year-End Action Items, Upcoming Changes, New Guidance

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As 2012 closes, group health plan sponsors turn their attention to completing 2012 tasks, implementing upcoming 2013 changes, and preparing for the full impact of ACA in 2014. As 2012 draws to an end, employers pass...more

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What Every Employer Should Know About the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

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After months of uncertainty, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal healthcare reform law known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). What does this landmark law mean for employers now and in the near and distant future? ...more

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What Employers Need to Know for 2012 and 2013 Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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With the end of 2012 quickly approaching, and for 2013 planning purposes, this newsletter provides a high-level list of the important changes to be aware of under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the...more

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End of Year Action Items – Plan Now for 2012-2013 Compliance

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With year-end fast approaching, now is the time for plan sponsors to review their employee benefit plans to ensure that they have been updated for any changes in the law, that required notices have been distributed, and to...more

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Reminder: Upcoming Health Care Reform Deadlines

Under the health care reform enacted in 2010 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (referred to collectively here as “PPACA”) new obligations are...more

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Benefits Update, No. 3, August 2012: Timeline Of Health Insurance Reform

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As everyone knows, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was upheld in a somewhat surprising Supreme Court decision last month. (For a recap of the decision see our Legal Alert on the case). Set out below is a...more

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Timeline Of Health Insurance Reform

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Excerpt from Health Insurance Reform Timeline chart: - W2 inclusion of cost of employer-sponsored health coverage for employers who filed more than 250 Forms W2 in prior year. 2012 Forms W2, due 1/31/13 -...more

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Health Care Reform Upheld—Now What for Employers?

This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate under the Affordable Care Act (to see our National eAuthority on the ruling, click here). So what does this mean for employers? The most important thing...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Health Care Reform Update: Supreme Court Ruling Mandates Timely Employer Actions

The Supreme Court’s decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sibelius upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) leaves in place the market reforms and tax provisions that have become...more

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Supreme Court Upholds Healthcare Reform - It's Time for Employers To Get To Work

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Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). In what is easily the most significant decision this term, and arguably one of the most important rulings...more

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Legal Alert: FAQs Issued on SBC Requirement

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Executive Summary: The Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury recently issued an additional guidance providing answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding the implementation...more

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Agencies Issue FAQs on SBC Requirements

The tri-agency task force has released new FAQs on the rules requiring group health plans and health insurers to issue Summaries of Benefits and Coverage (SBCs) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)....more

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