by Ed Fensholt | December 28, 2018 | Health Reform
Updated Jan. 22, 2019 The other shoe drops on the Trump administration’s contraceptives coverage rule A second federal judge has issued an injunction against the Trump administration’s recently final regulation on contraceptive coverage under group health plans. The...
by Mark Holloway | November 2, 2018 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform / ACA, State and Local Issues
The once-dead health insurance responsibility disclosure (HIRD) form for Massachusetts employers has been resurrected in time for the flurry of end-of-year reporting requirements. The commonwealth’s 2006 health reform law, which served as a model for the federal ACA,...
by Scott Behrens | September 11, 2018 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform, Health Reform / ACA, Reporting & Disclosure
The House of Representatives is scheduled to consider a package of bills that would make significant changes to employer requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Reports suggest the package will pass through the Republican-controlled House this week; however,...
by Ed Fensholt | September 5, 2018 | Health Reform
When I was a boy, I would sometimes seek permission from my father to do something that I was fairly sure (if not entirely certain) my mother would disapprove of. Dad would inevitably say, “OK by me, but ask your mother.” Dad’s reluctance to be the decider was...
by Ed Fensholt | August 15, 2018 | Compliance Services, ERISA, Insurance Exchanges, State and Local Issues, Uncategorized
The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), an employee benefits advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Seattle, seeking to overturn a Seattle initiative compelling large hotels to provide generous and heavily subsidized health insurance to their...
by Mark Holloway | August 13, 2018 | Compliance Services, Employer Mandate, Reporting & Disclosure, Tax Issues
By now, you’re likely aware that the IRS has sent hundreds of letters to employers indicating that they may owe penalties because of noncompliance with the ACA employer mandate. Penalties can occur when a full-time employee purchases coverage on a state insurance...
