by Compliance Services at Lockton | May 22, 2015 | Dollar Limits, Health Reform
UPDATE: “Embedded” Out-of-Pocket Limits Might Will Be Required for 2016 Plan Years Tri-agency guidance issued May 26, 2015 confirmed that the embedded out-of-pocket limits interpretation explained in the following article applies to non-grandfathered...
by Compliance Services at Lockton | January 15, 2015 | Compliance Services, Dollar Limits, Domestic Partners, Employer Mandate, ERISA, Essential Health Benefits, Form 5500s, Health Reform, Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Health Savings Accounts, HIPAA, Life Insurance, Medicare, Mental Health Parity, Misc Health Reform, Preventive Care, Reporting & Disclosure, Reporting and Disclosure, Tax Issues
Compliance deadlines for health and welfare plans continue to abound as we start 2015. In the listing below, we focus on compliance deadlines during the first half of 2015. Although Jan. 1 has passed, we have also included items having compliance deadlines related to...
by Compliance Services at Lockton | April 30, 2014 | Dollar Limits, Employer Mandate, Health Reform
Most employers are familiar with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision that sets upper limits on the out-of-pocket (OOP) maximums that non-grandfathered group health plans may apply to essential health benefits. (We’re referring to these as the “ACA cost-sharing...
by Mark Holloway | June 4, 2012 | Adult Child Coverage, Dollar Limits, Health Reform
HHS recently issued a final regulation on student health care coverage offered by colleges and universities. The regulation defines “student health insurance coverage” as a type of individual health insurance coverage provided by an institution of higher...
by Mark Holloway | February 20, 2012 | Dollar Limits, Essential Health Benefits
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has issued a set of twenty-two frequently asked questions on essential health benefits (EHBs) under the Patient Protection and...
