by keyseradmin | Mar 15, 2023 | Employee Benefits
Abstract Goal: To examine the conditions that might lead employers to offload the provision of health benefits. Issue: Employer-sponsored health benefits have persisted despite recent policy changes and broader trends, such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), private...
by keyseradmin | Mar 15, 2023 | Compliance, Employee Benefits
By Michelle S. Lewis & Ali Qamar On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced that the declared COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency will end on May 11, 2023. This announcement signals a near end to the extended deadlines currently in...
by keyseradmin | Nov 16, 2022 | Compliance, Employee Benefits, HR Consulting
By Paul M. Hamburger, Proskauer Rose LLP It is that time of year again—time to plan for and implement annual open enrollment processes. At least it is that time for the typical group health plans that operate on a calendar-year basis. For most plans, this means it is...
by keyseradmin | Nov 16, 2022 | Compliance, Employee Benefits, HR Consulting
By Alex Mattingly The IRS has released the cost-of-living adjustment for the limit on permitted annual salary reduction contributions to health FSAs. The limit of $2,850 for taxable years beginning in 2022 has been increased to $3,050 for 2023. We are still waiting on...
by keyseradmin | Nov 16, 2022 | Compliance, Employee Benefits, HR Consulting
On August 4, 2022, the Biden Administration published its long-anticipated proposed rulemaking on Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) Section 1557’s nondiscrimination in health programs and activities requirements (“Proposed Rule”). Strengthening civil rights protections and...
by keyseradmin | Nov 16, 2022 | Compliance, Employee Benefits
In a dispute involving an alleged failure to provide a COBRA election notice to a participant at the correct address, a district court addressed the respective liabilities of a self-funded health plan’s TPA and its employer/plan sponsor for providing COBRA...
