California’s 60-Day Cap on Eligibility Waiting Periods
Jul 30, 2013
July 30, 2013
California Assembly Bill 1083 (chaptered September 30, 2012) brings California law governing group health insurance products and HMOs, into conformity with insurance market reforms and ...
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Podcast Interview: How the ACA is (Re)Shaping the Delivery of Healthcare
Jul 30, 2013
July 25, 2013
I had recently had the pleasure of interviewing attorney Mark F. Weiss of The Advisory Law Group on how he sees the Affordable Care Act shaping the delivery of healthcare in the present...
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ACA Developments: Individual Mandate Transitional Relief; Nondiscrimination Regulations Yet to Issue
Jul 09, 2013
July 3, 2013
The IRS recently issued Notice 2013-42, which grants transition relief from the individual shared responsibility penalty for persons whose employers offer group health coverage on a non-ca...
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Employer Pay or Play Penalties Postponed Until 2015
Jul 09, 2013
July 3, 2013
In an online memo titled Continuing to Implement the ACA in a Careful, Thoughtful Manner, Mark Mazur, the Treasury Departments Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, announced July 2, 2013 ...
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Model "Notice of Marketplace Coverage Options" Released
May 14, 2013
May 13, 2013
The U.S. Department of Labor released, on May 9, 2013 Technical Release 2013-02 on the Notice of Exchange employer disclosure responsibility under the Affordable Care Act, together with an...
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ACA Implementation for Small to Mid-Sized Employers: A Short Podcast
May 14, 2013
May 4, 2013
Recently, Mark Weiss of the Advisory Law Group interviewed me on Affordable Care Act compliance issues for small to mid-sized employers. You can listen to the resulting podcast on Marks W...
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Agencies Update SBC Language for 2014; Extend Enforecment Relief
May 01, 2013
April 25, 2013
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) on April 23, 2013 issued the fourteenth in a series of Frequently Asked Questio...
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New Rules on 90-Day Waiting Period Limitation Announce End of “Certificates of Creditable Coverage”
Apr 19, 2013
Proposed Regulations published in the Federal Register on March 25, 2013 explain how the maximum 90-day limitation on waiting periods will operate under employer-sponsored group health and insured indi...
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ACA Guidance on Cost-Sharing Limits, Preventive Care and More
Mar 04, 2013
February 22, 2013
In FAQ XII on Affordable Care Act implementation, issued February 20, 2013, more helpful guidance was provided to plan sponsors and insurers (issuers, in ACA parlance) on a variety ...
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“Notice of Exchange” Deadline Postponed Until Further Guidance Issues
Mar 04, 2013
January 27, 2013
Employers will have additional time in which to provide written notice to employees of the availability of health exchanges, per a Frequently Asked Questions issued on January 25, 2...
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