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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”), which was recently upheld by the Supreme Court, imposes a myriad of obligations on employers and group health plans.

The August 30, 2012, deadline for distributing the newly required fee disclosures to participants in most qualified plans (such as 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, and profit sharing plans is just around the corner.

As you probably already know, the United States Supreme Court announced its long-awaited decision this morning in the cases challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”).

The United States Supreme Court is expected to issue opinions by the end of next week in three separate cases challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”). The decisions in these three cases will affect every employer in this country.

When Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, it added a requirement that employers must report the total cost of an employee’s coverage under an employer-sponsored group health plan on the employee’s Form W-2.

For the last four years, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) has been ratcheting up the amount of information that must be disclosed regarding the administrative operations and expenses of qualified retirement plans.  While the DOL’s intentions may be noble – enhancing the transparency of the fees that such plans incur […]

A “limited benefit plan” (or, as some people refer to it, a “mini-med plan”) is a type of medical plan that offers very limited benefits. Although doctor visits and hospital stays are typically covered, benefits are capped at a fairly low dollar amount. For example, benefits might be capped at […]

Do you have employees who would like to convert their retirement money to a Roth account but are unable to do so because all of their money is locked into your company’s 401(k), 403(b), or 457(b) plan? Are you interested in helping your employees find a way to potentially avoid […]

When Congress enacted Health Care Reform earlier this year, it added a new set of “nondiscrimination” requirements. These new requirements apply to fully insured group health plans that are not “grandfathered.” Read More…

New guidance has been issued on “grandfathered” group health plans. As you may remember from our July 13, 2010, Alert on “grandfathered” plans, “grandfathered” plans qualify for special treatment under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”). Under PPACA, if a group health plan is “grandfathered,” it will not […]