The Department of Labor has now provided long-awaited guidance on how the employer shared responsibility provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as the “employer mandate”, interacts with fringe benefit requirements of the McNamara-O’Hara Service ...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) estimates that almost 600,000 employers offer some type of employee wellness program, such as nutrition classes, smoking cessation programs and health risk assessments. EEOC has now Proposed New Rules ...
On February 10, 2014, the Department of the Treasury and IRS released final rules implementing the Employer Shared Responsibility Payment of Code Section 4980H, commonly referred to as the employer mandate. The final rules are ...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) imposes several new fees on health plans, including the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Fee (PCORI) and the Traditional Reinsurance Fee. The reinsurance fee has a significantly ...
The federal agencies (Department of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services) responsible for implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) issued further guidance regarding health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs). These are some of ...
