Posts from September 2013.
Jamie Scott
HHS has issued a report summarizing the health plan choices and premiums available under the 36 federally facilitated exchanges and 11 of the state-run exchanges. The report is not a complete listing of premiums, but instead focuses on the plans with the lowest premiums in each state and shows the estimated premiums before and ...
HHS has issued a report summarizing the health plan choices and premiums available under the 36 federally facilitated exchanges and 11 of the state-run exchanges. The report is not a complete listing of premiums, but instead focuses on the plans with the lowest premiums in each state and shows the estimated premiums before and ...
Lyndsey Barnett
In the first two months following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a portion of DOMA, guidance from the federal agencies was non-existent to slow at best on how employers were supposed to react to the decision in their employee benefit plans. The agencies are finally starting to pick up the pace. In the past week ...
Jamie Scott
There seems to have been a recent rash of thefts involving electronically stored health information, including names and social security numbers. Most stolen health information is taken by stealing the flash drive, laptop or desktop on which the information is stored. It is difficult to tell in these cases whether the target of ...
Bob Saelinger
Yesterday the IRS issued well over 100 pages of proposed regulations dealing with the massive new reporting requirements imposed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on large employers (more than 50 employees), insurance carriers and self-insured employers. These proposed regulations (issued under IRC sections 6055 and 6056) are ...
Yesterday the IRS issued well over 100 pages of proposed regulations dealing with the massive new reporting requirements imposed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on large employers (more than 50 employees), insurance carriers and self-insured employers. These proposed regulations (issued under IRC sections 6055 and 6056) are ...