Health Plans Must Provide Price Comparison Tool for 2023 Plan Years HIPAA Guidance on Audio-only Telehealth Form 5500 Is Due by Aug. 1, 2022 for Calendar Year Plans Health Plans Must Provide Price Comparison Tool for 2023 Plan Years HIPAA Guidance on Audio-only Read more…
REMINDER: PCORI Fees Due By July 31, 2022 HSA/HDHP Limits Increase for 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023 Requirement to Post Machine-Readable Files (MRFs) Begins July 1, 2022 REMINDER: PCORI Fees Due By July 31, 2022 Employers that sponsor self-insured group health plans, Read more…
HSA/HDHP Limits Increase for 2023 May is Mental Health Awareness Month 2022 Proposed Change to Affordability for Family Coverage IRS Suspends Notices to Delinquent Filers of Some Returns HSA/HDHP Limits Increase for 2023 On April 29, 2022, the IRS released Revenue Procedure 2022-24 to provide the Read more…
Telehealth Coverage for HDHPs Extended OSHA Announces Enforcement Effort for High-hazard Health Care Facilities EEOC Guidance on COVID-19 and Disability Under the ADA Telehealth Coverage for HDHPs Extended A spending bill signed into law on March 15, 2022, extends the ability of high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) Read more…
OSHA Announces Enforcement Effort for High-hazard Health Care Facilities Women’s Preventive Services Guidelines Updated Agencies Indicate Focus on MHPAEA Enforcement IRS Adds to FAQs on Tax Credits for Leave Under FFCRA and ARPA OSHA Announces Enforcement Effort for High-hazard Health Care Facilities Women’s Preventive Read more…
CMS Guidance on Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandate Coverage of OTC COVID-19 Tests Required Medicare Part D Disclosures due March 1, 2022 for Calendar Year Plans 5 Ways HR Can Support Mental Health CMS Guidance on Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandate On Jan. 13, 2022, the Read more…
Upcoming ACA Reporting Deadlines Increased Civil Penalty Amounts for Certain Violations Supreme Court Reviews Federal Vaccine Mandates HR Brief Upcoming ACA Reporting Deadlines Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting under Section 6055 and Section 6056 for the 2021 calendar year is due in early 2022. Specifically, Read more…
Consolidated Appropriations Act and Mental Health Parity FAQs HSA Limits Increase for 2022 IRS Issues Guidance on Taxability of DCAP Benefits for 2021 and 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act and Mental Health Parity FAQs The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) amended the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 Read more…
Congress Passes the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ARPA’s COBRA Subsidy Provisions IRS Publishes Guidance for 2021 Employee Retention Credit DOL Issues FAQs, Model Notices for COBRA Subsidy Under ARPA Congress Passes the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Congress has passed, and President Biden has signed, the American Read more…
Temporary COVID-19 Relief for Section 125 Plans Wellness Incentive Proposed Regulations Withdrawn Attraction and Retention Challenges Amid COVID-19 Clarifying Guidance for Health FSA and DCAP COVID-19 Relief Temporary COVID-19 Relief for Section 125 Plans On Feb. 18, 2021, the IRS released Notice 2021-15 to clarify special Read more…
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