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Effective Immediately: IRS Expands HSA Preventive Care to Include a Long Overdue Provision
07.22.2019
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IRS Expands HSA Preventive Care Safe Harbor to Include Chronic Conditions
On July 17, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2019-45, which expands the definition of preventive care benefits that can be provided by a high deducti...
read morePresident Trump Issues Executive Order Encouraging Transparency in Pricing and Expanding Consumer-Directed Arrangements
07.01.2019
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On June 24, 2019, President Trump issued an Executive Order intending to develop price and quality transparency initiatives to ensure that healthcare patients can make well-informed decisions about their care. This is part of the consumer-driven heal...
read moreFinal Rule Released on Individual Coverage and Excepted Benefit HRAs
06.17.2019
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On June 13, 2019 the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Treasury Department (the “Departments”) released the final rule concerning health reimbursement arrangements (HRA) for individual market coverage and e...
read moreREMINDER: PCORI Fees Due By July 31, 2019
05.30.2019
Client Alerts
Employers that sponsor self-insured group health plans, including health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) should keep in mind the upcoming July 31, 2019 deadline for paying fees that fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). A...
read moreIRS Releases 2020 HSA Contribution Limits and HDHP Deductible and Out-of-Pocket Limits
05.30.2019
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In Rev. Proc. 2019-25, the IRS released the inflation adjusted amounts for 2020 relevant to HSAs and high deductible health plans (HDHPs). The table below summarizes those adjustments and other applicable limits.
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read moreCMS Extends Transition Relief for Non-Compliant Plans through 2020
04.11.2019
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On March 25, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a one-year extension to the transition policy (originally announced November 14, 2013 and extended five times since) for individual and small group health plans th...
read moreDistrict Court Judge in Texas Strikes Down the ACA – But Law Remains in Effect for Now
12.17.2018
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On Friday, December 14, a federal judge in Texas issued a partial ruling that strikes down the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) as unconstitutional. The White House has stated that the law will remain in place, however, pending the appeal proce...
read moreIRS Extends Deadline for Furnishing Form 1095, Extends Good-Faith Transition Relief
11.29.2018
Client Alerts
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Notice 2018-94, extending the deadline for furnishing 2018 Forms 1095-B and 1095-C to individuals from January 31, 2019 to March 4, 2019, as well as penalty relief for good-faith reporting errors.
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read moreIRS Increases Health FSA Contribution Limit for 2019, Adjusts Other Benefit Limits
11.20.2018
Client Alerts
On November 15, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2018-57, which raises the health Flexible Spending Account (FSA) salary reduction contribution limit by $50 to $2,700 for plan years beginning in 2019. The Revenue Pr...
read moreMedical Loss Ratio Rebates
11.20.2018
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Medical Loss Ratio Rebates Under the Affordable Care Act
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has provided guidance on the Affordable Care Act’s (“ACA’s”) medical loss ratio (“MLR”) rule, which requires health i...
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