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 U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced that April 1, 2018 is the applicable date for employee benefit plans to comply with...

The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued the first annual adjustment of civil monetary penalties for a wide range of benefit-related...

The Department of Labor (DOL) is ramping up its enforcement efforts heading into 2013 to make sure health and welfare plan sponsors are...

The healthcare reform law calls for guidance from various agencies (often jointly), including the Department of Health and Human Services...

The Department of Labor (DOL) is issuing a notice of proposed rule-making to implement new statutory amendments to the Family and Medical...

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

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

It has come to our attention that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will not grant an automatic extension of the Form 5500 deadline for...

The new national health insurance reform act - the Affordable Care Act - requires group health plans and health insurance issuers that...

Conner Strong's recently issued legislative bulletin COBRA Subsidy Extension Through May 31 outlined the further COBRA premium reduction...

The White House and Health and Human Services (HHS) web sites provide general information about health reform and question and answer...

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is the federal agency with enforcement jurisdiction over...

Conner Strong’s recently issued legislative bulletin Additional Details on COBRA Subsidy Extension Now Available outlined the COBRA...