by Ed Fensholt | February 12, 2021 | Affordable Care Act, Compliance Services, Health Reform / ACA
To nobody’s surprise, the federal Department of Justice – now under the direction of the Biden administration – has filed papers with the U.S. Supreme Court reversing the Department’s view, espoused to the court as recently as last November, regarding the...
by Ed Fensholt | November 11, 2020 | Compliance Services, Health Reform / ACA, Uncategorized
As if 2020 has not already wrought enough chaos, many employers are finding that their medical plan eligibility rules are about to add insult to their employees’ injuries triggered by furloughs, layoffs or reduced work hours in 2020. Those reduced hours in 2020 may...
by Ed Fensholt | October 5, 2020 | Compliance Services, Reporting and Disclosure, Tax Issues, The Coronavirus, Uncategorized
The IRS has again (as it has in past years) extended the deadline to furnish Forms 1095-C to Affordable Care Act (ACA) full-time employees. The Service has moved the deadline to furnish the forms for 2020 from Jan. 31 to March 2, 2021. The deadlines for filing 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...
by Ed Fensholt | June 16, 2020 | Compliance Services, Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Health Savings Accounts
But the rules acknowledge adverse implications for HSA eligibility The IRS has proposed regulations that would treat direct primary care arrangement (DPCA) fees as medical care or medical insurance, opening the door to their reimbursement from health reimbursement...
