by Mark Holloway | July 14, 2016 | Misc Health Reform
In late 2014, Congress enacted a law intended to clarify how the requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) applied to health insurance provided to US expatriates—both US nationals abroad and foreign nationals in the US. The Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification...
by Mark Holloway | July 5, 2016 | Compliance Services, Uncategorized
The Office of Civil Rights of the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has issued new, final regulations that will prohibit discrimination in health activities and programs (including some employer health plans) for plan years beginning in 2017. The...
by Mark Holloway | March 1, 2016 | Employer Mandate
Your Auditor May Want to Know. After close to six years, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has matured into the massive regulatory behemoth we always feared it would be. After some fits and starts, including delays and transition rules, 2016 marks the first year of...
by Mark Holloway | October 28, 2015 | Mental Health Parity, Preventive Care, Wellness
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), US Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the three agencies responsible for policing everyone’s two favorite laws, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the federal mental health parity law,...
by Mark Holloway | August 31, 2015 | Employer Mandate
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revisited its fascination with so-called Minimum Value (MV) Lite plans that, as originally designed, claimed to satisfy the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) minimum value health plan standard without covering inpatient...
