President Donald Trump’s  One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) was signed into law on July 4th. The OBBB was subject to intense negotiation and...

The various federal agencies regularly release Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other indexed dollar limits for health and group benefit...

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (“PCORI”) fee was established as part of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) to fund medical...

The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) generally requires parity between a group...

The various federal agencies regularly release Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other indexed dollar limits for health and group benefit...

At the end of 2024, Conner Strong & Buckelew provided an Update  on new Affordable Care Act (ACA) employer reporting changes signed into...

Group health plan (GHP) sponsors that offer prescription drug (Rx) coverage must, at least annually, notify Medicare Part D eligible...

The extension for first dollar coverage of telehealth care for plan sponsors that offer a high deductible health plan (HDHP) paired with...

The various federal agencies regularly release Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other indexed dollar limits for health and group benefit...

The IRS has issued two new Notices expanding the list of items and services that qualify as “preventive care” under health savings...

The various federal agencies regularly release Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other indexed dollar limits for health and group benefit...

The Affordable Care Act ("ACA”) affordability threshold typically changes every year. As is customary, the IRS has announced  the 2025...

A long-awaited Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Final Rule was issued on September 9, 2024. The Final Rule...

Each year group health plan (GHP) sponsors that provide prescription drug coverage are required to annually disclose to Medicare ( Part D...

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (“PCORI”) fee was established as part of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) to fund medical...

The various federal agencies regularly release Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other indexed dollar limits for health and group benefit...

The IRS has issued an alert reminding taxpayers and health FSAs, HRAs, HSAs, and MSAs administrators that personal expenses for general...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is now accepting Prescription Drug Data Collection (RxDC) submissions for “reference...

Considerations for Plan Sponsors The recent proposed class action lawsuit filed against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) related to the handling...

Employer provided dependent care assistance under an Internal Revenue Code section 129 Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP) has...