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As of December 23, 2024, employer-sponsored group health plans that are subject to the HIPAA Privacy Rule must begin complying with new obligations created by the Final HIPAA Privacy Rule to Protect Reproductive Health Care (the Final Rule). The Final Rule, which was issued by the Department of Health and […]

As you may be aware, the first annual Gag Clause Prohibition Compliance Attestation (GCPCA) – which was mandated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 and which nearly all group health plans and health insurance issuers must complete – is due no later than December 31, 2023. To help guide […]

Revisions to the Form 5500 released earlier this year are about to make life a little easier for many small employers that sponsor defined contribution plans. Specifically, the revised form reflects a change to the methodology small employers must use to count participants for purposes of Form 5500 reporting and […]

On January 30, 2023, President Biden issued the long-anticipated announcement that the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies will end soon. (Yes, two different “emergencies” are currently in effect, with different consequences flowing from each, but the distinction between them is not important for our purposes.) According to the official […]

To read the Alert in PDF format, click here. On December 29, 2022, the President signed legislation that makes major changes to the current laws governing retirement plans. These changes have an impact on all retirement plans and will require plan amendments at some point in the future. If you […]

To read this Alert in PDF format, click here. In our recent Alert on March 25, 2021 (see here), we briefly addressed some of the latest COBRA developments regarding (i) how to calculate COBRA deadlines now that the COVID-19-inspired suspension of the original deadlines has been lifted, and (ii) who […]

To read this Alert in PDF format, click here. If you’re an employer and you offer a group health plan to your employees that is subject to COBRA, you will be affected by two recent developments coming out of Washington: New Guidance Regarding Suspension of COBRA Deadlines. The Department of […]

To read this Alert in PDF format, click here.  In what is fast becoming an annual holiday tradition, Congress enacted a massive spending bill in the last week of the year that also includes provisions affecting the benefits employers offer to their employees. The “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021” includes, among […]

To read this Alert in PDF format, click here. The last few months have seen a dizzying amount of COVID-19-inspired federal legislation, regulations, and agency guidance affecting employee welfare benefit plans.  Last week, we published an Alert describing how the IRS had increased the maximum annual carryover limit for Health […]

To read this Alert in PDF format, click here. If you offer a Health Flexible Spending Account (“Health FSA”) to your employees, you are probably already familiar with the rules that apply, including the following: Participants must make an election during open enrollment as to how much, if anything, they […]