In Revenue Procedure 2022-34, the IRS slightly decreased the affordability percentage from 9.61% to 9.12% for 2023. This percentage determines which applicable large employers may face penalties under...
Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade Decision: What Employers Should Know
The Supreme Court released its decision regarding abortion rights on June 24, essentially reversing the previous Roe v. Wade and Pla...
The deadline for Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files is July 1, 2022
The Transparency in Coverage (TiC) rule is part of the federal transparency efforts that require insurers and group ...
Join Kaiser Permanente's webinar that includes a panel of experts to help you understand regulation, provide insights on key considerations around the machine-readable files data, and share perspectiv...
Health plans must provide enrollees with timely access to care, including an appointment within a specific number of days or hours.
Effective July 1, 2022, a new timely access to care requirement f...
Under the “Transparency in Coverage” Final Rule (TiC), issued in 2020 by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, U.S. Department of Labor, and U.S. Department of the Treasury, effective 7/...
1. Do I need to file a Form 5500?
A Form 5500 filing is required for each employee welfare benefit plan sponsored by an employer that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERIS...
Fully insured carriers and most self-insured health plan sponsors must pay annual Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fees to the IRS. They are also required to report the same on For...
Did you know that when an individual delays Medicare enrollment there is a 6 month lookback period? If an individual delays enrollment and continues to contribute to an HSA, or if their employer contr...
The Dept. of Labor (DOL) has an important reporting requirement that applies to all self-funded benefit plans in which employers have had at least 51+ employees during the preceding calendar year....
The IRS has issued proposed rules that would change the way employer-sponsored coverage would be treated when determining if a family is eligible for premium tax credits (PTC) when purchasing individu...
CalSavers is a retirement savings program for private sector employees whose employers don’t offer a retirement program. More specifically, it gives employees the opportunity to defer their wages, thr...