by Jeannie Wilcox | July 19, 2013 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform, Insurance Exchanges
Our friends at the American Benefits Council often share valuable information, well worth the read. Below you’ll find some of their latest headlines. House Votes on PPACA Employer, Individual Mandates; House Subcommittee Grills Treasury Official Council Urges Issuance...
by Mark Holloway | May 16, 2013 | Compliance Services, Health Reform, State and Local Issues
In the first two weeks of May, three more states — Rhode Island, Delaware and Minnesota — have passed bills allowing same-sex marriage. Rhode Island’s governor, Lincoln Chafee, signed a same-sex marriage bill on May 2, 2013. Delaware’s bill...
by Mark Holloway | March 25, 2013 | Health Reform
Health reform requires that group health plans and health insurers comply with an external review procedure for appeals of benefit claims. In July 2010, the Department of Labor (DOL), Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Health and Human Services (HHS) issued...
by Mark Holloway | March 15, 2013 | Health Reform, Reporting & Disclosure
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently finalized regulations on an enhanced reporting obligation imposed by the federal health reform law primarily on multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs). A MEWA is an employee welfare benefit plan providing benefits to...
by Jeannie Wilcox | March 13, 2013 | Adult Child Coverage, Health Reform, Preventive Care
Life just got a lot easier under the federal health reform law, for expatriate coverage. Expat coverage has been subject to a confusing patchwork of special rules and exceptions under several key portions of the law, such as certain benefit and administrative...
by Jeannie Wilcox | February 6, 2013 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform
Lockton’s Ed Fensholt, J.D. , Senior Vice President and Director, Compliance Services is part of the upcoming Health Reform Symposium on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 in Overland Park, Kansas – sponsored by the Kansas City Business Journal. The event...
