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IRS Guidelines: Addressing Claims Substantiation for FSAs

Learn about the IRS claims substantiation requirement for FSAs and ensure compliance with guidelines to avoid penalties. Understand the process and necessary documentation.

IRS Releases PCORI Fee Adjustments

The IRS released Notice 2022-59, which provides the adjusted PCORI fees for plan years ending in October 2022 through September 2023. Employers who sponsored self-funded…

End of the Public Health Emergency

Date Issued: April 2023 Background The Public Health Emergency (PHE), originally declared by HHS in March 2020 and renewed every three months since then. The…

ACA: Electronic Filing for Most Employers to Begin 2024

Important Dates March 31, 2023: The deadline for filing 2022 returns with the IRS electronically. For returns that must be filed in 2023, the threshold…

Health Plans Impacted by COVID-19 Emergency Periods Coming to an End

The Biden Administration had originally planned to end the national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) related to COVID-19 on May 11, 2023, which was…

COVID-19 National Emergency Concludes Earlier Than Anticipated

On April 10, 2023, President Biden signs resolution ending the COVID-19 national emergency that had been in place since 2020. The Biden administration had announced…

Medical Expense FAQs Released as Part of National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health

Highlights The IRS released FAQs that focus on when costs related to general health, nutrition and wellness can be paid or reimbursed by an HSA,…

Health Plans Brace for Impact as COVID-19 Emergency Periods Near End

COVID-19 Emergency Periods Public Health Emergency: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initially declared a PHE due to COVID-19 on January 31,…

Prescription Drug Data Collection (RxDC) Reporting

The No Surprises Act (NSA), enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), includes transparency provisions requiring group health plans to report information…

Illinois Governor Signs Paid Leave for ‘Any Reason’

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed into law the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (the Act), which requires employers to provide most employees with…

Health Plans Must Submit Gag Clause Attestations by End of the Year

Important Dates December 27, 2020: The CAA’s prohibition on gag clauses became effective on this date. December 31, 2023: Health plans and issuers must submit…

Final Rule Expands IRS Requirement for Filing Electronically

On February 23, 2023, the IRS issued a final rule that significantly expands the requirement to file certain information returns electronically, including the Affordable Care…

Guidance on Telework and FMLA Eligibility Issued by DOL

Guidance Highlights Employee Worksite: For FMLA purposes, a teleworking employee’s worksite is the office to which they report or from which assignments are made. 50…

Humana Exiting Employer Group Commercial Medical Products Business

Humana announced on February 23, its plan to exit the employer-based insurance business over the next 18 to 24 months. The company will instead focus…

EEOC Issues Guidance on Hearing Disabilities and the ADA

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new guidance on January 24, 2023, that explains how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to applicants…