Affordable Care Act, Benefit Plan Sponsors, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Fifty Years of ERISA

Lathrop GPM on 9/5/2024

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

Group Medical Captives, Level Funding and US Healthcare Policy

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/19/2024

In a recent article in Managed Healthcare Executive, Peter Wehrwein examines the trend of self-funding of group health benefits by smaller employers who used to depend mainly or entirely on fully insured programs....more

ESOPs & Employee Benefits Q1 2024 Client Update

Kaufman & Canoles on 4/5/2024

On behalf of the ESOPs & Employee Benefits team, we hope you’re enjoying the first days of Spring, when the longer days allow more time to ponder the ever-changing landscape of employee benefits compliance. Please find below...more

Health Reimbursement Arrangements: An Option for Small Employers

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/28/2024

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

Managing Welfare Plan Risk: The Fiduciary Committee

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits on 2/12/2024

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

Year-End Health Benefits Roundup 2023

Alston & Bird on 12/7/2023

It was a lively year for health benefits. Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group unpacks 2023, from the end of the COVID-19 emergencies to the much-anticipated Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act...more

The Time Has Come, A Fact’s A Fact: Consider Adding a Welfare Plan Committee

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial on 9/29/2023

The time may have come to add a welfare plan committee to your company’s governance of employee benefit plans. New legal obligations and other developments impose fiduciary risks for welfare plans similar to what already...more

COVID-19 Deadline Extensions and Coverage Mandates for Benefit Plans Scheduled to End

Smith Gambrell Russell on 2/8/2023

On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced its plan to end the COVID-19 public health and national emergency declarations on May 11, 2023, more than three years after the declarations initially took effect. ...more

The Reversal of Roe: Impact on Employer-sponsored Benefits post-Dobbs

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 7/25/2022

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (the “Court”) issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning the long-standing precedent of Roe v. Wade. In its 6-3 decision, the Court...more

Medical Travel Reimbursement Benefits Under the Supreme Court’s New Dobbs Decision

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/24/2022

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its highly anticipated decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, No. 19-1392. The Dobbs decision expressly overrules the two key precedents that...more

Roe Overturned! Meeting Employee Healthcare Needs Post-Roe

BCLP on 6/24/2022

The constitutional right to abortion has been eliminated. The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, undoing a federal standard that had legalized abortions since 1973. ...more

Group Health Plans Must Provide Free Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Tests Effective January 15, 2022 – Six Takeaways

Snell & Wilmer on 1/21/2022

On January 10, 2022 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (collectively the “Departments”) issued Affordable Care Act FAQs Part 51 which addresses, in relevant part, payment for over-the-counter...more

2021 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 1) Health and Welfare

Snell & Wilmer on 11/11/2021

We are pleased to present our annual End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we present our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. This Part 1 covers year-end health and welfare plan issues....more

Group Health Plan Transparency Disclosure Rules Finalized: What Plan Sponsors Should Know

Dickinson Wright on 3/24/2021

The Department of Labor (DOL), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (collectively, Agencies) issued final regulations in November 2020 requiring non-grandfathered group...more

The LHD/ERISA Advisor - March 2021

Hinshaw & Culbertson - The LHD/ERISA Advisor on 3/8/2021

As we look ahead to 2021, we start our second edition of Hinshaw's LHD/ERISA Advisor by reporting on key cases that closed out 2020. Through The Advisor, our team of attorneys nationwide strive to report on legal developments...more

Health Plan Changes in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Jackson Walker on 1/22/2021

The protections for participants and their beneficiaries in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) were expanded by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”). Some of the changes build on concepts in...more

2020 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 1) Health and Welfare

Snell & Wilmer on 9/28/2020

We are pleased to present our annual End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we present our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. This Part 1 covers year-end health and welfare plan issues....more

A Simplified View Of The Supreme Court’s 2019-2020 Workplace Law Term

Fisher Phillips on 8/10/2020

Supreme Court decisions are often the most challenging pieces of legal guidance to understand. They are rarely straightforward and usually contain so much analysis that it becomes hard to get to the bottom of what was...more

ERISA Newsletter - Fourth Quarter 2019

Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/17/2020

Editor's Overview - Happy New Year. We wrap-up 2019 with an article that reflects on significant developments in ERISA litigation during 2019, and takes a look at what's on the horizon for 2020. The courts (at all levels)...more

Year-End Challenges and Opportunities: Congress Passes SECURE Act, Caddy Tax Repeal, and More

Groom Law Group, Chartered on 1/10/2020

On Thursday, December 19, the Senate passed two spending bills to fund the government through September 30, 2020, one of which (H.R. 1865, the “Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020” or the “Act”) contains the...more

Many New Changes And Offerings Impacting Employee Benefit Plans In 2020

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 12/27/2019

A number of changes and new legislation will be impacting your company’s employee benefit plans in 2020. Here is a summary of the highlights of what is to come in the new year....more

2019 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 1) Health & Welfare

Snell & Wilmer on 10/18/2019

As 2019 comes to an end, we are pleased to present our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we present our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. This Part 1 covers year-end health...more

ERISA Newsletter - Third Quarter 2019

Proskauer Rose LLP on 10/11/2019

In this edition of our Newsletter, we take a look at a pair of cases that, while unrelated, together remind us of the importance of having clear plan rules in place that reflect the plan sponsor’s intention. The first article...more

2019 ERISA Welfare Plan Checklist

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 10/9/2019

We recognize that many of our clients sponsor ERISA welfare benefit plans and are currently undergoing their open enrollment process and issuing related participant communications. To assist our clients with that process, we...more

A New Day for the HRA

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/30/2019

The Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services have released final rules removing the prohibition on pairing HRAs with individual health policies. The final rules also allow certain HRAs and other...more

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