Jun 11, 2020 | Affordable Care Act, Announcements, IRS, News, PCORI
As in years past, all self-funded employer health plan sponsors are required to file and pay their Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee no later than July 31, 2020. As part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, Congress last year...
Mar 5, 2020 | Affordable Care Act, Government, News, Self-funding
On Monday, March 2, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a third major case on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with the potential to wipe out the entire law – including the employer mandate requiring minimum essential coverage be offered to employees. The New York Times...
Feb 17, 2020 | Affordable Care Act, Announcements, Compliance, Health Care Reform, Specialty Drugs, USPSTF
Per the Affordable Care Act (ACA), employer-sponsored health plans will be required to cover the HIV specialty drugs Pruvada and Descovy at 100% beginning their first plan year following June 19, 2020. The requirement follows a United States Preventive Services Task...
Dec 20, 2019 | Affordable Care Act, Announcements, Cadillac Tax, Caroline Fraker, IRS, News, PCORI, Self-funding
On December 19, the Senate passed the $1.4 trillion end-of-year spending package that will fund the government through September 2020. The bill brings self-funded employers good news and bad news: If signed by President Trump, it would finally repeal the so-called...
Aug 9, 2019 | Affordable Care Act, Announcements, Compliance
In 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the final regulations on the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) non-discrimination provisions, also referred to as Section 1557. At that time, MedBen brought these new provisions to your attention and...
Apr 4, 2019 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Regulatory
While the legal future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) recently made the headlines, another legal decision related to the ACA also has a direct bearing on self-funded employers. On March 28, a federal judge struck down the Department of Labor’s expansion of...
