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Final Rules for Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC)
The agencies have issued final regulations on the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (or “SBC”) requirements under healthcare reform, along...
Feb 17, 2012
Automatic Enrollment Requirements Further Delayed
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires employers with 200 or more full-time employees to automatically enroll all new...
Feb 16, 2012
New FMLA Rule Expands Military Family Leave and Airline Flight Crew Rules
The Department of Labor (DOL) is issuing a notice of proposed rule-making to implement new statutory amendments to the Family and Medical...
Feb 2, 2012
One-Year Waiver on Contraceptive Rules for Religious Organizations
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on January 20 that church- related institutions will be required to provide...
Jan 25, 2012
Revised Guidance on Reporting Healthcare Coverage on Form W-2
The healthcare reform law established new reporting requirements for employer-provided healthcare coverage on Form W-2. This new...
Jan 6, 2012
Supreme Court to Hear Healthcare Reform Arguments
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the cases challenging various aspects of the healthcare reform law that are now before...
Jan 4, 2012
Approach to Defining Essential Health Benefits
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a Bulletin outlining the intended approach toward developing regulations...
Jan 3, 2012
Final Medical Loss Ratio Rules Released
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued final regulations and a fact sheet on the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR)...
Dec 16, 2011
Retiree Healthcare Fund to be Closed
Federal officials have issued a preliminary notice announcing that the agency will deny any reimbursement requests under the Early...
Dec 12, 2011
Distribution of MLR Rebates
New final Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) rules direct group health plan issuers to provide rebates owed under a plan, if any, to the group...
Dec 11, 2011