Under health reform, non-grandfathered plans are required to provide coverage for certain recommended preventive services (such as...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released a July 2011 report on employee benefits in the United States. Data in the report are from...

On Monday, July 25, 2011 the New Jersey Division of Local Government Services issued a Local Finance Notice, 2011-20, “Implementing the...

As part of healthcare reform, non-grandfathered plans are required to comply with new claims and appeal rules that are broad reaching and...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) established a new uniform standard for certain medical expenses. Effective January...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released the inflation-adjusted amounts for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) effective for calendar...

The Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) requires that employers sponsoring plans with prescription drug coverage (not just employers with...

It has been nearly a decade since the Department of Labor (DOL) issued electronic disclosure regulations establishing a safe harbor for...

Starting in 2014, employers with 50 or more full-time (FT) employees that do not offer affordable health coverage to their FT employees...

The Department of Labor recently released a report required by the national healthcare reform act that provides detailed statistics on...

On April 14, 2011, President Obama signed the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act, (H.R.4) into law. This repeals the...

The agencies have issued additional Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding implementation of the healthcare reform provisions. Like...

Employers are required to provide a written statement to each employee showing the amounts paid to the employee during the calendar year,...

The federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) provides that for all purposes of federal law, such as the Employee Retirement Income Security...

The government agencies have issued a technical release modifying and extending the previous enforcement grace period for certain new...

During consideration of the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act (H.R. 1) – the measure to fund federal government agencies, programs...

Over the past several weeks NJ’s Governor and Legislative leaders have issued substantive proposals for re-shaping how public workers...

One of the more complicated compliance issues for sponsors of health and welfare plans is whether welfare benefits are taxable to...

The IRS has issued new guidance (IRS Notice 2011-5) to allow participants to continue to use flexible spending account (FSA) and health...

IRS has issued Notice 2011-1 to announce that compliance with the insured plan nondiscrimination rule will not be required until years...