by Lisa L. Carlson | May 30, 2018 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform / ACA
The IRS has announced a three-tenths of 1 percent increase in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer mandate affordability threshold for 2019. A minimum value healthcare coverage offer to an employee won’t be considered “affordable” in 2019 unless the employee’s...
by Mark Holloway | April 12, 2018 | Compliance Services, Essential Health Benefits
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the inflation-adjusted out-of-pocket (OOP) limits that will apply to non-grandfathered plans for plan years beginning in 2019. The OOP limit includes the plan’s deductible and cost-sharing amounts for...
by Mark Holloway | March 20, 2018 | ACA Repeal and Replace, Compliance Services, Employer Mandate, Health Reform, Health Reform / ACA, Individual Mandate
This week marks the eight-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In that span the law has survived numerous legal challenges, including more than one decision from the US Supreme Court. In a landmark decision in 2012, the high court ruled that the ACA...
by Ed Fensholt | December 29, 2017 | Compliance Services, EEOC, Health Reform
IRS puts damper on prepaying 2018 property taxes, Court rescinds EEOC wellness regs…for 2019, Oregon may jump on “Let’s tax health insurance!” bandwagon We have a mixed bag for you in this last blog post of 2017: A pair of tax issues (one federal, one state), and a...
by Mark Holloway | November 15, 2017 | Health Reform, State and Local Issues
Beginning next year, the ghost of Massachusetts health reform will be back to haunt employers in the form of a new tax. The tax will apply to some Massachusetts employers as a way to help fund the commonwealth’s combined Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance (CHIP)...
by Ed Fensholt | November 9, 2017 | Compliance Services, Employer Mandate
As we noted in a recent Lockton Legislative Update, the IRS recently updated its online Q&A regarding enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate. Through its update, the IRS made clear it expects to deliver its first employer mandate penalty...
