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Health Reimbursement Arrangement Update
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Employers that sponsor self-insured group health plans, including health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) should keep in mind the upcoming July 31, 2023 deadline for paying fees that fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes...more
The arrival of a new year marks the time to begin preparing annual 1095-C filings with the IRS and select state governments. Fortunately for employers, there aren’t any new 1095-C codes for the 2022 tax year. Still, with...more
We recently held a webinar regarding changes pertinent to the 2023 ACA reporting season. After receiving numerous questions from attendees during the event, we thought it best to compile them and share them for your reference...more
Employers and employees are continually feeling the pinch of rising health care costs. 2020 provides a potentially better approach to consider: Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs)....more
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released final regulations... that permit employers to set aside pre-tax funds into health reimbursement arrangements (“HRAs”) that can be used by employees to pay for premiums and other...more
Sponsors of health plans have long known that the only constant in life is change. In 2020, that is surely to remain true....more
A number of changes and new legislation will be impacting your company’s employee benefit plans in 2020. Here is a summary of the highlights of what is to come in the new year....more
This Client Advisory highlights important developments in the law governing employee benefit plans and executive compensation over the past year. It offers insight into what these developments mean for employers and plan...more
As we previously reported, on June 13, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”) issued a coordinated set of final regulations (“final rules”) permitting employers...more
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury (the “Agencies”) recently released final regulations1 that create new opportunities for employers to provide health reimbursement arrangements (“HRAs”) to...more
On September 30th, the IRS issued proposed regulations that establish safe harbors for compliance with the employer mandate in the context of individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (or “ICHRAs”). These proposed...more
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury recently issued joint final regulations expanding the availability of health reimbursement arrangements (“HRAs”) by introducing two new types of HRAs –...more
New regulations issued by the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the “Departments”) have expanded the use of health reimbursement arrangements (“HRAs”), including permitting the use of HRAs to...more
The U.S. agencies in charge of issuing guidance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) recently finalized regulations that essentially reverse prior agency guidance on stand-alone health reimbursement...more
The IRS issued final regulations on June 20, 2019 (the “Final Regulations”), which will allow employers to offer two new categories of health reimbursement accounts (“HRAs”) for plan years beginning on or after January 1,...more
The Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services have released final rules removing the prohibition on pairing HRAs with individual health policies. The final rules also allow certain HRAs and other...more
Several years ago, a trend was emerging that consisted of third-party, private marketplaces where employers could have their employees purchase health care with an “allowance” of sorts. This “allowance” could be facilitated...more
As part of our ongoing series on the final regulations expanding the availability of health reimbursement accounts (“HRAs”), we discussed the newly-created Individual Coverage HRAs, which generally allow for employers to...more
Starting in 2020, employers will be able to offer health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) that work in conjunction with individual coverage or Medicare without running afoul of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) market reform...more
• The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) issued Final Rules regarding a new type of health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) – the individual coverage HRA...more
One potentially unintended consequence of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was the demise of the average health reimbursement account (HRA). Such benefits were seen to violate the ACA prohibitions on annual and lifetime limits,...more
On June 13, 2019, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services issued final regulations, effective January 1, 2020, that allow an employer to reimburse employee premiums for individual health insurance...more
Effective January 1, 2020, employers may put aside pre-tax funds into a health reimbursement arrangement (“HRA”) that can be used by an employee to pay for premiums and other out-of-pocket costs related to the purchase of an...more
On June 13, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Department of Labor, and Department of Health and Human Services issued final regulations which expand the options for employers to fund health insurance for employees. ...more
As discussed in our June 18th blog entry, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”) recently released final regulations expanding the use of health reimbursement...more