by Mark Holloway | August 31, 2015 | Employer Mandate
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revisited its fascination with so-called Minimum Value (MV) Lite plans that, as originally designed, claimed to satisfy the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) minimum value health plan standard without covering inpatient...
by Scott Behrens | July 22, 2015 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform, Preventive Care
In regulations dated July 14, 2015, federal agencies took the next step in addressing religious objections to coverage of contraceptives by issuing final regulations under which certain closely held, for-profit businesses may avoid a requirement that their health...
by Mark Holloway | July 6, 2015 | Health Reform
Buried in the budget law signed by the President last December is the Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act of 2014. Known as EHCCA, this act exempts some expat coverage from several thorny Affordable Care Act-related requirements, and treats the coverage as...
by Compliance Services at Lockton | July 2, 2015 | Health Reform
The trade bill signed into law this week included provisions steeply increasing the penalties related to employers’ Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting (e.g., reporting required to be done on Forms 1094-C and 1095-C). The bill also reinstated the trade-related Health...
by Scott Behrens | July 1, 2015 | Health Reform, Reporting & Disclosure
The steady drumbeat announcing the coming leviathan of Affordable Care Act-related employer reporting continues to grow louder, even as we wait for the IRS to issue the final forms and instructions that will be used for reporting 2015 information in early 2016. This...
by Mark Holloway | June 25, 2015 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform
The Supreme Court today concluded that the ACA’s reference to exchanges established by “the State” is ambiguous. Does it mean one of the 50 states? Does it include the federal government’s exchange? The Court applied long-standing rules for resolving or interpreting...
