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Deadline for Employers to Recieve MLR Rebates Is Near

Employers that hold insured group health plans could soon receive a medical loss ratio (MLR) rebate from their health insurance issuers. For 2025, issuers that…

What is Cadillac Tax?

Cadillac / Exercise Tax is a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that was designed to disincentive employers from offering benefit-rich plans. However, as…

Exchange Notice Requirements for Employers

Highlights Compliance Deadlines Employers were required to provide the Exchange Notice by Oct. 1, 2013, to individuals who were current employees before then. There is…

Spending Resolution Affects ACA Taxes

Highlights The Cadillac tax was delayed for an additional two years, until 2022. An additional one-year moratorium on the health insurance providers fee applies for…

2016 Election – Impact on Compliance Issues

Highlights Republican candidate Donald Trump will become the 45th president of the United States. Republicans also retained majorities in both the U.S. Senate and House…

Mental Health Benchmarking

As of 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires most individual and small group health insurance plans, including plans sold on the Marketplace and Medicaid…

Comparison of HSAs to HRAs and FSAs

This table details ACA changes to what is considered a qualified medical expense for reimbursement purposes from FSAs, HSAs, HRAs and Archer MSAs. …

Health Reform Questions – Applying Employment Breaks for Schools

Question: A local school district hires Mary, a long-time substitute, to be a substitute for Jane during Jane’s six week maternity leave and, during that period,…