Employer-provided group health plans must meet certain requirements to be compliant with health care reform. Some of the health care mandates include:

SHOP Enrollment

BAS
27.03.2014
Health Care Reform (ACA)

Small employers may use the SHOP exchange marketplace to offer health plan coverage to their employees.

New IRS and Employee Reporting Requirement for Employers with 50 or ...

BAS
20.03.2014
Health Care Reform (ACA)

The IRS released final regulations governing reporting requirements for employers and insurers under health care reform. Beginning in 2015, two new reporting ...

Three Components of Health Care Reform

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13.03.2014
Health Care Reform (ACA)

Health Care Reform can be divided into three main tenets: The Individual Mandate, Exchanges, and Pay-or-Play. A brief overview of each of these components follows.

Blue Button Program Adopted by Several Pharmacies

BAS
06.03.2014
Health Care Reform (ACA)

Over the past few weeks, several large U.S. pharmacies and grocery stores have committed to participating in the Blue Button Initiative. The Blue Button initiative is a ...

Final Regulations on Waiting Periods and Certificates of Creditable ...

BAS
27.02.2014
Health Care Reform (ACA)

The U.S. Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services issued another round of regulations on health care reform requirements. These regulations address ...

IRS Revises Individual Penalties for Lack of Health Coverage

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20.02.2014
Health Care Reform (ACA)

Health care reform requires virtually all individuals to have minimum essential health coverage or pay a penalty on their tax return. This health care reform requirement ...

Employer Mandate to Provide Health Coverage Delayed Again

BAS
13.02.2014
Health Care Reform (ACA)

Regulations issued this week once again delay, for some employers, the requirement to offer health coverage to all full-time employees.

Excepted Benefits Expanded under Health Care Reform

BAS
06.02.2014
Health Care Reform (ACA)

The Affordable Care Act applies to health plans, excluding plans that provide “excepted benefits.” The government recently proposed rules expanding what coverage ...

Wellness Programs Under Health Care Reform

BAS
30.01.2014
Health Care Reform (ACA)

Many employers are implementing wellness programs for their employees as health care reform has made wellness programs more desirable.

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