by Rory Akers, JD | July 20, 2020 | Compliance Services, Health Reform / ACA
So few health plans remain “grandfathered” under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that many benefits professionals may have forgotten there was once a time when most health plans dodged, at least temporarily, several key ACA-imposed benefit mandates due to their...
by Jay Kirschbaum | July 15, 2020 | Compliance Services, Employer Mandate, Reporting and Disclosure
The IRS has alarmed many employers over the last few years by sending 226-J letters assessing potential penalties for alleged violations of the employer mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While in most cases the employers have been able to dodge those...
by Ed Fensholt | July 9, 2020 | Employer Mandate, Essential Health Benefits, Preventive Care
The Supreme Court has handed the Trump administration a major, but perhaps temporary, victory in the long-simmering fight over whether employer-sponsored group health plans can be required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to provide no-cost contraceptives to their...