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‎2024 Healthcare Affordability Percentage Makes Benefits More Expensive for Employers‎

The employee benefits 2024 open enrollment season is quickly approaching and, with newly released IRS guidance, employers should be careful to ensure the health plan they offer employees is considered affordable. According to...more

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President Biden Announces Healthcare Provisions in Build Back Better Framework

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Last week, President Biden presented an outline of a $1.75 trillion Build Back Better (BBB) social spending reconciliation framework resulting from months of negotiations with House and Senate Democrats. Congressional...more

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OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion on Manufacturer-Provided Travel Assistance

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) on July 8, 2021, issued Advisory Opinion No. 21-08, a favorable opinion authorizing a manufacturer of gene therapy to provide...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

A Review of the Affordable Care Act at 10 Years, Part 2: Medicaid Expansion

This post is the second installment in our blog series looking back on the 10-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and will examine Medicaid expansion under the ACA. Medicaid is joint federal-state program that...more

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Are You in Compliance? Rhode Island and New Hampshire Restrict Noncompetition Agreements

As 2020 approaches, employers in New England may want to review their noncompetition agreements to determine whether they comply with recently enacted laws in Rhode Island and New Hampshire. In 2019, both states passed laws...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Court Rules that Federal Government Must Make Cost Sharing Reduction Payments to Insurers

ACA plans scored a major victory last week when a federal court held that health plans participating on the ACA exchanges are entitled to unpaid cost sharing reduction (CSR) payments from the federal government. The case –...more

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ML Strategies – 2018 Health Care Preview

Happy New Year!?! 2017 was an eventful year for health care, and now we can all sit back and relax with very little concern that major health policy will be on the table in 2018. Right? Why must Speaker Ryan ruin our...more

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2017 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 1) Health & Welfare

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As 2017 comes to an end, we are pleased to present our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we are presenting our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. This Part 1 will cover...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

USAC Releases 2015 Federal Poverty Guidelines for the Lifeline Program

The Department of Health and Human Services released an update to the federal poverty guidelines (“FPG”) for 2015 for the 48 states and DC, Alaska, and Hawaii. In order to qualify for the Lifeline program, an applicant must...more

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New Federal Poverty Guidelines for 2014 Released

The Department of Health and Human Services released its annual update of the federal poverty guidelines (“FPG”) for 2014. This updates the income levels used to qualify applicants for Lifeline-supported service, although...more

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The Affordable Care Act’s “Play Or Pay” Mandate: How It Works

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The Affordable Care Act added the so-called “Play or Pay” mandate or “Employer Shared Responsibility” provisions to the Internal Revenue Code (the Code). Starting in 2014, certain employers may be subject to a penalty tax,...more

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