Archive for the ‘Health Care Reform Law’ Category
Coverage for Preventive Health Services under Health Care Reform
Under health care reform, certain preventive health care services must be provided without cost-sharing in the first plan year beginning on or after August 1, 2012. Various women’s health services, including contraceptive services, are considered “preventive.” Religious employers with an objection to providing contraceptive services now have an alternative for compliance with the health care reform mandate.
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BREAKING NEWS: Government Issues SBC and Uniform Glossary Template to Describe Health Coverage
BREAKING NEWS: Continuing on the path of implementing health care reform, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor jointly issued a template for the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) and Uniform Glossary required by the Affordable Care Act. The SBC and Uniform Glossary are intended to give consumers clear, consistent and comparable information about health plan benefits and coverage. Health insurers and group health plans must provide the information by September 23, 2012.
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IRS Issues Revised Form W-2 Health Coverage Reporting Requirements
The IRS issued revised guidance on reporting the cost of employer-sponsored health coverage. Notice 2012-9 clarifies prior guidance and provides details for employers on complying with the new health coverage reporting requirement. Under the Affordable Care Act, most employers are required to inform employees about the cost of employer-sponsored group health plan coverage. The aggregate [...]
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Obama Administration Submits Legal Brief Supporting Individual Mandate
As the next move in the continuing saga over the constitutionality of health care reform, the Obama administration submitted a 130-page legal brief to the Supreme Court Friday afternoon defending the constitutionality of the requirement that Americans purchase health insurance beginning in 2014 or face a penalty. This “individual mandate” is the most hotly contested [...]
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2012 Healthcare Exchange Forecast
The law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP has complied a “Look Ahead to 2012” for exchange watchers that gives a sense of the current landscape, the big decisions to come and what steps, if any, each state may take toward establishing an exchange this year.
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Wisconsin Halts Health Care Exchange Preparation
Almost as fast as Wisconsin started its preparations for state insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, Republican Governor Walker issued an emergency rule stopping work on the development of a Wisconsin exchange. Governor Walker, a vocal critic of health care reform, appended Wisconsin to the multi-state lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of health care [...]
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PA Will Create Health Care Exchange
The Corbett administration announced on Tuesday that it was moving forward with developing a state-run insurance exchange. The next steps for Pennsylvania are to apply for a federal grant to develop the exchange and the General Assembly will need to develop legislation for putting the exchange in place. Read More…
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Delay of SBC Effective Date: Welcome news for group health plans and insurers
The three government agencies responsible for the implementation of health care reform (HHS, DOL and Treasury) jointly issued FAQs Thursday addressing the ACA-required Summary of Benefits and Coverage Explanation (SBC). Under the ACA,…
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Individual Mandate Upheld in Federal Court
On Thursday, September 8 , 2011, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reached an unanimous decision.
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AHIP Conference about Exchanges 9/15/11 – 9/16/11
You can get a chance to speak with exchange officials at a two-day AHIP conference starting Thursday.
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