Recently released guidance provides for a blanket exemption from healthcare reform's restrictions on annual dollar limits until 2014 for...

Healthcare reform requires that health insurers and group health plans (including grandfathered plans) provide consumers with clear,...

The agencies have issued three new sets of rules for health insurance Exchanges addressing premium credits for coverage, access to...

A federal appeals court has sided with 26 states that filed a lawsuit to block health reform by ruling that the healthcare law mandate...

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

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 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) created a process to review and approve waivers from the restrictions related to annual...

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

As the national healthcare reform law continues to evolve, regulators are now focusing on how to define “essential benefits” — the basic...

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...

The employee free choice voucher provision that was part of last year’s healthcare reform law has now been officially repealed. This is...

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

Under the Patient Accountability and Affordability Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was entrusted with the...

The federal government continues to support the needs of working women who breastfeed their infant children. The healthcare reform law...

A Florida federal judge has found the entirety of the health reform law unconstitutional, ruling that Congress exceeded its...