Early Access to Federal Small Business Exchange Launched
Day PitneyOn October 27, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced that the Federally-Facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace Early Access…
Little Interest in Small Business Exchanges Thus Far
An article in InsuranceNewsNet reported that only 2% of all eligible businesses have investigated small business health options program (SHOP) exchanges in the 15 states,…
IRS Releases Instructions for Employer Mandate Reporting Forms
On August 28, the Internal Revenue Service released draft instructions to two forms that large employers will use to report information required by the Affordable…
On July 14, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new enforcement guidance on the treatment of pregnant employees under the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act…
Treasury Issues Final Regulations on Taxability of Accident and Health Insurance Premiums Paid by Retirement Plans
Posted in Employer/Employee Matters, Legislation and Public Policy, Private Insurers, Tax Matters/IRS
On May 12, the Department of Treasury issued final regulations on the tax treatment of payments by qualified retirement plans for accident and health insurance.…
Post-Windsor Decision Holds Exclusion of Same-Sex Spouse Does Not Violate ERISA
Posted in Employer/Employee Matters, Legislation and Public Policy, Litigation, Private Insurers, State Matters
On May 1, 2014, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held in Roe v. Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield…
New Jersey Supreme Court Upholds Appellate Divisions Decision to Toss Whistleblower Suit
Posted in Electronic Health Records, Employer/Employee Matters, HIPAA and the HITECH Act, Hospitals and Institutions, Litigation, Privacy and Data Protection, State Matters
As previously posted here, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled in a March 2013 decision that a nurse could not prove his Conscientious Employee Protection…
Supreme Court Creates Limited Contraceptive Exemption from Affordable Care Act Requirements
David DoyleOn Monday, June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court barred the federal government from penalizing several closely held, for-profit corporations for failing to cover morning-after pills…
Courts Issue Contradictory Opinions Regarding Tax Credits Under the Affordable Care Act: Implications for Employers
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Employer/Employee Matters, Legislation and Public Policy, Litigation, Private Insurers, State Matters, Tax Matters/IRS
On July 22nd, two contradictory decisions on the application of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended (the ACA) were issued.…
Conflicting Court Decisions Put Legality of ACA Subsidies in Doubt
On July 22, two different U.S. Courts of Appeals issued conflicting decisions regarding the legality of the federal governments provision of subsidies to enrollees for…