by Rory Akers, JD | June 27, 2017 | Mental Health Parity
The three federal agencies responsible for enforcing mental health parity rules recently issued additional guidance clarifying that eating disorders are mental health conditions — making health insurance benefits for eating disorders subject to the parity...
by Jeff Lowry | May 31, 2017 | Compliance Services
Over the weekend, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill modifying the state’s current regulatory structure regarding telemedicine. Telemedicine is a fast-growing trend in the group health plan world. A telemedicine feature allows covered employees and dependents to...
by Mark Holloway | May 10, 2017 | DOL, ERISA, Life Insurance
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (CT, NY, VT) has affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a class action lawsuit that alleged a group-term life insurance “cross subsidization and kickback scheme” was a violation of the insurer’s and the employer’s...
by Lisa L. Carlson | April 3, 2017 | ADA, Compliance Services, EEOC, GINA, HIPAA, Wellness
Numerous articles have reported that a recent bill passed by the House Education and Workforce Committee – the Preserving Employee Wellness Plans Act (H.R. 1313) – would allow employers to obtain genetic information about their employees which had not previously been...
by Lisa L. Carlson | March 29, 2017 | FMLA, Paid Leave Laws
The regulatory environment related to managing employee leave is becoming more like a giant hairball with each passing year, thanks to the trend of states, counties, cities and even the federal government enacting their own laws with detailed and differing...
by Lisa L. Carlson | December 29, 2016 | Compliance Services, Health Reform
Part II: The ACA Effect The Affordable Care Act has prompted employers to provide more tailored health coverage options to their workforce. Some employers have turned to offering medical benefits that are intended to qualify as “excepted benefits.” An excepted benefit...
