New Guidance Related To Health Plans & Health Care Reform (PPACA) Proposed Safe Harbor on Determining "Affordability" for Employer Excise Tax Purposes & Proposed IRS Regulations on the PPACA Premium Tax Credit Starting in 2014, large [...]
Last month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued final regulations under Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). The regulations are effective January 10, 2011, and impact both employment practices and [...]
On March 2, 2010, the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 ("Extension Act") was signed into law extending and expanding (once again) the federal COBRA premium subsidy program. (The program was originally enacted on February 17, 2009, [...]
On January 29, 2010, the IRS, DOL, and HHS issued interim final regulations implementing the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 ("MHPAEA"). The MHPAEA generally requires group health plans that provide mental health [...]