by Ed Fensholt | December 14, 2017 | State and Local Issues
Employers with at least 20 persons performing work for compensation (or at least 50 persons, in the case of a nonprofit organization) and that have at least one employee who performs work in San Francisco are subject to the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance...
by Ed Fensholt | December 13, 2017 | Benefits Communication, Employee Communications, ERISA
Recent interim rules issued by federal authorities relaxed contraceptive-coverage requirements imposed by the Obama administration. Employers looking to roll back cost-free coverage of contraceptives under their health plans, pursuant to the interim rules, must play...
by Ed Fensholt | November 9, 2017 | Compliance Services, Employer Mandate
As we noted in a recent Lockton Legislative Update, the IRS recently updated its online Q&A regarding enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate. Through its update, the IRS made clear it expects to deliver its first employer mandate penalty...
by Ed Fensholt | November 1, 2017 | State and Local Issues
The Golden State Joins Five Others in Comprehensively Protecting Healthcare Consumers from Certain Balance Billing Practices In our era of managed healthcare plans, insurers and employer sponsors of group health plans go to great lengths to encourage their enrollees...
by Ed Fensholt | October 23, 2017 | ACA Repeal and Replace, Employer Mandate, Health Reform, Health Reform / ACA, Individual Mandate, Reporting & Disclosure
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) imposes health insurance coverage mandates on individuals and employers, but to this point the IRS has been slow to enforce the mandates. That may no longer be the case as the IRS signals it is prepared to begin an enforcement effort in...
