The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued two final rules providing details on the information that employers must report to the IRS...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final regulation on the transitional reinsurance program (TRP) fee created by...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a new proposed rule for public comment, “Administrative Simplification:...

The Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services have released final regulations implementing the 90-day limit on...

The Treasury and the IRS have issued final regulations implementing the employer shared responsibility (mandate) provisions under the...

One of the major elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) is the creation of various insurance Exchanges...

The most recently issued guidance from the DOL comes in the form of another set of “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs). FAQ XVIII...

New proposed rules recently released by the Departments (IRS, DOL, and HHS) broaden the categories of health coverage that qualify as...

Under healthcare reform’s preventive services rules, a non-grandfathered, non-excepted group health plan must cover contraceptive drugs,...

Group health plans are prohibited from imposing excessive waiting periods on an otherwise eligible employee (or dependent) under...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) created a transitional reinsurance program (TRP) fee to help partially offset the...

The IRS recently issued Notice 2013-71 which clarifies when non-calendar year cafeteria plans can permit employees to change their 2013...

The healthcare reform exchange Marketplace is now “open for business” and millions of users have visited the healthcare.gov website....

Enrollment into the health insurance Marketplaces (health reform “exchanges”) is currently underway. Enrollment began October 1, 2013 and...

Starting October 1st, one of the major elements of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will begin with the launch of...

In a very brief Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) document issued on September 11, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor formally clarified...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) imposes cost-sharing limits on non-grandfathered group health plans beginning with...

One of the major elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) is the creation of various insurance Exchanges...

The Obama administration issued final rules addressing how healthcare reform’s contraceptive coverage mandate applies to religious...

The Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decisions struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which stated that...