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Mayer Brown

United States: Health and Welfare Hot Topics

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At A Glance - In recent months, there have been a number of important developments in the United States relating to health and welfare plans. This list of hot topics identifies the key areas for employers and plan sponsors to...more

Lathrop GPM

Fifty Years of ERISA

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On Labor Day fifty years ago, September 2, 1974, President Ford signed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) into law. It is a combination of tax and labor law incorporating trust law like fiduciary...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Which Should You Choose: Health Savings Accounts vs. Health Reimbursement Accounts

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When it comes to pre-tax savings for qualifying medical expenses, employers have several options available to offer employees. Two of the more popular options are health savings accounts (HSAs) and health reimbursement...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

You Say It’s Your Birthday?! Well, It’s ERISA’s Birthday, Too!

Employee benefits law is mostly drawn from two federal sources—the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA. Just what is “ERISA,” though? Its official reference is the “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.” That means the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Health Reimbursement Arrangements: An Option for Small Employers

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Though the employer shared responsibility provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) do not apply to small employers (generally, employers with fewer than 50 full-time equivalent employees), many...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

Managing Welfare Plan Risk: The Fiduciary Committee

Fiduciary committees have long been established in connection with retirement plans to manage the investment, legal compliance, and operational risks that can arise under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,...more

Saul Ewing LLP

A Wellness Check for Your Employee Benefit Plans Part 3: Health and Welfare Surprises

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In the past two weeks, we have presented a few items that plan sponsors can review in hopes of curbing common employee benefits and executive compensation errors.  This week in our Employee Retirement Income Security Act of...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

COBRA Notice Litigation Update: Recent Decision Signals Some Skepticism of Plaintiffs’ Claims

Since 2016, plaintiffs’ counsel have filed over 70 putative class actions, mostly against large plan sponsors, alleging deficiencies in election notice requirements as mandated under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

2023 ERISA Welfare Plan Automatic Participant Disclosures Checklist

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ERISA requires plan sponsors to distribute SPDs to inform participants of their benefits, rights, and obligations under the plan and describe how the plan operates. Department of Labor (DOL) regulations (available here)...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

PCORI Fee Deadline is Almost Here

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If you sponsor a self-insured group health plan (including an HRA), make sure you set a calendar alert for July 31 to pay the annual PCORI fee (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute fee) for the 2022 plan year. The...more

Woods Rogers

Does the Fun Ever Stop? COVID-19 Tolling Ends for COBRA Deadlines

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On April 10, 2023, President Biden signed legislation to end the COVID-19 national emergency effective immediately, including ending the requirement to extend COBRA deadlines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Plan administrators...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Preparing for the End of the COVID-19 Emergency: Deadline Tolling

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The Biden administration previously announced its intent to end the COVID-19 National Emergency (NE) and the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023 (read our series introduction for more information). On April...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The End of the COVID-19 Emergency Declarations

Today marks the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency that first began on March 13, 2020. The end of the public health emergency has a wide range of implications for employer sponsored benefit plans. This alert...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Preparing employee benefit plans for the emergency exit

The end of an era looms for employee benefits plans, as the Biden administration has announced the end of both the Public Health Emergency and the National Emergency periods on May 11, 2023. The two emergency periods were...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Agencies Release FAQs Confirming Impact of End of the COVID-19 Emergency Declarations on Employee Benefit Plans

Employers should prepare now for impacts to their employee benefit plans when the COVID-19 Outbreak Period expires. On March 29, 2023, in anticipation of the ends of both the National Emergency and Public Health Emergency,...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

COVID National Emergency Ends Early Impacting Health Plans

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On April 10, 2023, President Biden signed a resolution ending the COVID-19 National Emergency. As we had previously reported, the National Emergency originally was scheduled to end on May 11, 2023 – at the same time as the...more

Alston & Bird

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: The End of the COVID Mandates and Outbreak Period Extensions

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The National Emergency brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic may be at an end, but there are still administrative details to sort out. Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group provides in-depth analysis for how...more

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No Change in DOL/Treasury Guidance for Employer Health Plans Issued Before Declared End of COVID-19 National Emergency

What does the April 10, 2023, early end of the COVID-19 National Emergency declaration mean for employer health plans? Well, nothing, actually....more

Woodruff Sawyer

Compliance Alert: Agencies Informally Indicate That the Outbreak Period Tied to the COVID-19 National Emergency Ends July 10, 2023

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On April 10, 2023, the President signed H.J.Res. 7, which ended the COVID-19 national emergency on April 10, 2023, approximately one month earlier than anticipated. However, prior to the passage of H.J. Res. 7, the DOL and...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Compliance Alert: Agencies Issue Guidance on the End of COVID-19 Emergencies

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On January 30, 2023, President Biden issued a Statement of Administration Policy announcing his intent to end the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies on May 11, 2023. However, on April 10, 2023, the President...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

The National Emergency Ends…. But Wait, There’s More!

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We previously wrote about President Biden’s announcement to end the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) and National Emergency (NE) periods on May 11, 2023, and the practical ramifications for employer group health plan...more

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Update: Big Headline, Small Impact: Legislation Ends COVID-19 National Emergency

Important Update: Based on informal comments from the U.S. Department of Labor, it appears that the tolling of benefit plan deadlines will end on July 10, 2023, as described in our earlier blog on this subject,...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Agencies Release Revised Instructions for 2022 Reference Year RxDC Reporting

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On March 3, 2023, federal agencies released revised Prescription Drug Data Collection (RxDC) Reporting Instructions applicable to the 2022 reference year. RxDC reporting for the 2022 reference year is due on or before June 1,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: New Deadlines for Group Health Plans

With the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) set to end on May 11, 2023, federal agencies have published FAQs explaining how the end of the PHE will affect previously extended deadlines relating to COBRA, HIPAA special...more

Kaufman & Canoles

ESOPs & Employee Benefits Q1 2023 Client Update

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Welcome to Spring! We hope the new season finds you ready for the upcoming benefits changes that 2023 has in store. ...more

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