by Mark Holloway | July 3, 2012 | Compliance Services, Health Reform, Preventive Care, Wellness
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recommended health plans screen adults age 18 and older for obesity and offer “intensive, multicomponent behavioral interventions” for people with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater. In 2005, the Task Force made a...
by Mark Holloway | May 14, 2012 | Compliance Services, State and Local Issues
The City of San Francisco has fined a commercial janitorial services company more than $1.3 million for violations of the City’s Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO). The city ordered the company to pay 100% of its required payments to the health reimbursement...
by Mark Holloway | April 23, 2012 | Compliance Services, State and Local Issues
The California Department of Insurance (DOI) is backing a bill in the California State Senate which imposes new limits on certain stop-loss policies sold to small employers whose health plans are self-funded. Such policies guarantee that the small employers’...
by Jeannie Wilcox | February 27, 2012 | Health Reform, Reporting and Disclosure
The IRS has provided additional guidance regarding the obligation on the part of many employers to report health plan coverage values on 2012 Forms W-2 (the Forms that will be issued to employees early in 2013). What does this mean to you, as an employer? Read the...
by Mark Holloway | February 6, 2012 | Compliance Services
The Treasury Department issued a notice on February 1, 2012 that an individual who is eligible to receive medical services at an Indian Health Service (IHS) facility, but who has not actually received such services during the previous three months, is an eligible...
by Ed Fensholt | January 12, 2012 | Compliance Services, Health Reform
Effective January 1, 2013, health flexible spending accounts (FSAs) must limit benefits to $2,500 per calendar year per enrolled employee. The limit appears to apply only to employee pre-tax contributions to health FSAs. Because the vast majority of health FSAs are...
