by Mark Holloway | October 21, 2011 | Adult Child Coverage, Health Reform, State and Local Issues
One of the nearly immediate benefit mandates under the health reform law is the obligation on the part of health plans to cover eligible employees’ dependent children to age 26. The mandate includes a corollary provision in the federal tax law that makes the extended...
by Mark Holloway | September 20, 2011 | Compliance Services, Medicare
A provision in last year’s federal health reform law accelerated Medicare Part D’s annual enrollment period, beginning this year. The annual enrollment period used to run from November 15 to December 31; however, for this year and future years, the annual enrollment...
by Jeannie Wilcox | August 25, 2011 | Health Reform, Reporting and Disclosure
Coming soon to a group health plan near you: a summary of benefit coverage – or SBC. Federal agencies have issued proposed rules, including sample SBC documents and instructions, and a new SBC glossary that will need to be included with your four-page SBC. Mark...
