by Compliance Services at Lockton | October 13, 2014 | CHIPRA, Compliance Services, Employer Mandate, ERISA, Form 5500s, Grandfathered Provisions, Health Plan Identifiers, Health Reform, Insurance Exchanges, Preventive Care, Reporting & Disclosure, Reporting and Disclosure
In the world of employee benefits, one of the sure signs that fall has arrived is a flurry of articles regarding compliance deadlines to be met before the end of the year. To help you get a jump on next year’s issues, we have also included some of the compliance...
by Compliance Services at Lockton | July 22, 2014 | Employer Mandate, Individual Mandate, Insurance Exchanges
Conflicting U.S. court of appeals rulings issued today further muddy the waters over the future of the federal health reform law colloquially known as Obamacare. The fight involves whether individuals enrolled in medical insurance through a federally-operated public...
by Compliance Services at Lockton | May 13, 2014 | Health Plan Identifiers
Lately at Lockton we’ve been receiving questions about the HIPAA requirement that health plans obtain a health plan identifier (HPID) from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Our advice, at least for now, is that clients should not rush out to...
by Compliance Services at Lockton | April 30, 2014 | Dollar Limits, Employer Mandate, Health Reform
Most employers are familiar with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision that sets upper limits on the out-of-pocket (OOP) maximums that non-grandfathered group health plans may apply to essential health benefits. (We’re referring to these as the “ACA cost-sharing...
