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A growing number of employers are adding telemedicine arrangements to their overall benefits package.  The reports we are receiving from employers and participants alike are that these programs are both popular and beneficial.  Unfortunately, there is a broad array of legal pitfalls dotting the telemedicine landscape.  Employers who fail to […]

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced in March that, as part of its continued efforts to assess compliance with the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, it is beginning a new phase of audits of covered entities and their business associates. […]

Although the regulatory environment surrounding the Affordable Care Act has been mercifully quiet this year – providing employers and employee benefit practitioners a brief chance to catch their breath – the IRS did announce a number of important changes late last year that affect all employers with at least fifty […]

Just as employers were revving up to comply with the new IRS reporting requirements for employer-provided medical coverage, the IRS announced that it was extending the deadlines. To view this Alert in PDF, click here. Although the IRS’s December 28, 2015, announcement in Notice 2016-04 didn’t quite come in time […]

We have recently received a number of questions about the Medicare Part D notice requirement. Although this requirement is not new – it first took effect in November 2005 – we thought that, as we approach its ten-year anniversary, it might be worthwhile to review what is required. To view […]

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), many of the questions we have received from our clients focus on tricky issues that arise repeatedly with employers both large and small.  To help employers navigate the often rocky regulatory terrain of federal health care reform, we thought it would […]

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, many of the questions we have received from our clients focus on tricky issues that arise repeatedly with employers both large and small. To help employers navigate the often rough regulatory terrain of federal health care reform, we thought it would be […]

Well, it’s finally that time: On New Year’s Day, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (“PPACA’s”) long-awaited (and, for some employers, dreaded) “pay or play” mandate went live.  This mandate – which is officially known as the “employer shared responsibility” mandate – requires employers with 50 or more “full-time” […]

On October 31, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued guidance modifying the so-called “use it or lose it” rule for health flexible spending accounts (“Health FSAs”).  The timing of this new guidance (Notice 2013-71) – on Halloween – was actually fitting, as it is difficult for some to determine […]

As many of you are likely well aware, this summer, the federal government postponed, until 2015, the enforcement of federal health care reform’s so-called “pay or play” mandate, which requires employers with 50 or more full-time employees to offer affordable health insurance to all full-time employees and their dependents.  Failure to […]