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Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Online Disclosure Due March 1 | JD Supra
Each year, employers that provide prescription drug coverage to Medicare-eligible individuals through a group health plan must complete a two-step process regarding the prescription drug coverage they offer to active employees and their eligible dependents. The deadline for one of those required steps is fast approaching.
Welcome Healthcare Reporting Simplification Enacted | JD Supra
On December 23, 2024, President Biden signed into law two bills that will simplify employer reporting compliance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The new laws streamline the rules for employers furnishing ACA reporting forms to covered individuals. The Paperwork Burden Reduction Act The Paperwork Burden Reduction Act eliminates the requirement for employers and insurers to automatically distribute ACA reporting forms to employees.
CMS Disclosures Due October 15: Is Your Plan’s Rx Coverage Still Creditable?
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) made several changes to Medicare Part D that may impact whether employer-sponsored coverage will be creditable for the 2025 plan year. With open enrollment season about to begin, plan sponsors that provide prescription drug coverage to Medicare-eligible individuals should double check their plan’s creditable coverage status for 2025. What Is Creditable Coverage?
Managing Welfare Plan Risk: The Fiduciary Committee, Lexis Practical Guidance
Lexis Practical Guidance published an article written by partner Sage Fattahian, associates Allison Fepelstein and Lindsay Goodman, and senior client employee advisor Robert Hunter discussing reasons why employers may want to consider setting up a welfare plan fiduciary committee.
Managing Welfare Plan Risk: The Fiduciary Committee
Fiduciary committees have long been established in connection with retirement plans to manage the investment, legal compliance, and operational risks that can arise under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). Since the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and, more recently, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), welfare plan fiduciaries continue to take on increasing compliance responsibilities.
Plan Sponsors and Administrators: Prepare for the End of the COVID-19 Emergency | JD Supra
The Biden administration intends to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations (Emergency Declarations) attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic on May 11, 2023. The COVID-19 pandemic brought multiple temporary changes for ERISA-governed group health and welfare plans that will sunset at the conclusion of the Emergency Declarations.
New and Updated Women’s Preventive Health Services Guidelines Apply in 2023 | JD Supra
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires non-grandfathered group health plans (and insurers) to provide coverage for certain preventive health services for all adults, women, and children. Preventive services covered under the law must be provided to individuals without cost sharing, i.e., without the requirement to pay a copayment, coinsurance, deductible, or other cost.
Special Telehealth Rules For HSAs Return—Briefly - Employment and HR - United States
United States: Special Telehealth Rules For HSAs Return—Briefly 28 March 2022 by Saghi Fattahian and Robert M. Hunter Morgan Lewis The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, which was signed March 15, again permits first-dollar coverage for telehealth services without jeopardizing health savings account (HSA) eligibility, effective April 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
Special Telehealth Rules for HSAs Return—Briefly | JD Supra
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, which was signed March 15, again permits first-dollar coverage for telehealth services without jeopardizing health savings account (HSA) eligibility, effective April 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. This means that for January, February, and March 2022, there is no telehealth exception allowing high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) to provide telehealth coverage prior to satisfaction of the applicable deductible.
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