by Ed Fensholt | March 28, 2012 | Health Reform, Individual Mandate
Day two of the oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court, regarding the constitutionality of the federal health reform law’s “individual mandate,” did not disappoint. If Monday’s oral arguments (largely dealing with jurisdictional issues) were tantamount...
by Ed Fensholt | March 26, 2012 | Health Reform, Individual Mandate
Although we don’t have the final score, it appears the high-profile challenge to the federal health reform law’s “individual mandate” has survived its first-round matchup in the Supreme Court’s version of the NCAA’s March Madness. For those of you addicted to the...
by Jeannie Wilcox | March 22, 2012 | Health Reform, Insurance Exchanges
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued final and interim final regulations on the establishment of the state health insurance exchanges that will begin operation in 2014. The final regulations will be effective May 26, 2012, with HHS...
by Mark Holloway | March 20, 2012 | Health Reform
In early February, the Obama administration announced a compromise on the requirement that non-grandfathered health insurance plans offered by religiously-affiliated employers offer free birth control to female participants. Insurance companies that underwrite the...
by Mark Holloway | March 5, 2012 | Health Reform, Preventive Care
On Thursday, March 1st, 2012, the United States Senate narrowly defeated a proposal by Republican Roy Blunt of Missouri, that would have permitted not only church-affiliated organizations such as Catholic hospitals, universities, schools and charities to opt out of...
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...
