Affordable Care Act, Form 720, Fees

Reminder: PCORI Fees Due By July 31, 2024

Woodruff Sawyer on 6/12/2024

Employers that sponsor self-insured group health plans, including health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) should keep in mind the upcoming July 31, 2024 deadline for paying fees that fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes...more

You’ve Got Another PCORI Fee Coming!: Congress revives the PCORI fee and filing obligations

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial on 3/5/2020

In the wee hours of December 2019, Congress revived the PCORI fee and filing obligations of employer sponsors of self-insured group health plans. In accordance with the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, employer...more

PCORI Fee Resurrected

Burr & Forman on 1/8/2020

In the summer of 2019, I wrote a short blog on the death of the PCORI fee — Ding, Dong, the PCORI Fee is Dead!. When enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act, the fee was set to expire with plan/policy years ending after...more

Ding, Dong, the PCORI Fee is Dead!

Burr & Forman on 7/8/2019

Insurance carriers and employer sponsors of health plans were not exactly thrilled with the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. You might say, the Affordable Care Act was viewed as the “wicked witch.” Although the...more

PCORI Fee Due by July 31, 2017

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/20/2017

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee was established under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to advance comparative clinical effectiveness research. The PCORI fee is assessed on issuers of health insurance...more

Reminder: PCORI Fee Due July 31 for Employers With Self-Insured Health Plans

Dechert LLP on 7/31/2013

As previously reported, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) established the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (the “PCORI”) for the purpose of assisting patients, clinicians, purchasers and...more

Certain Employers That Sponsor Group Health Plans Must Report And Pay The Patient-Centered Outcome Research Institute Fee By July...

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 7/29/2013

As previously mentioned in the June 11, 2013 edition of The Fast Laner, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act created the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) that is to be partially funded through...more

PCORI Fee Payment and Filing Deadline is July 31, 2013

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 7/26/2013

The Affordable Care Act has established a new annual fee, imposed on group health plans, which will be used to fund the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. The amount of the fee is $1 times the average number of...more

The Employer’s Playbook for Affordable Care Act Compliance: Self-Insured Plans - Remember - July 31, 2013 Deadline for Paying...

Saul Ewing LLP on 7/25/2013

Media coverage of the one year delay in certain Affordable Care Act provisions might mislead some employers into thinking they have no obligations. Many requirements still take effect this year and in 2014. Here is one of the...more

PCOR Trust Fund Fee Due Soon for Many Plans

Morgan Lewis on 7/25/2013

Calendar-year plans should use updated IRS Form 720 and related instructions to file by July 31 deadline. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), for plan years ending on or after October 1, 2012, plan sponsors of...more

Important Reminder Regarding PCORI Fees

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/23/2013

An important deadline is looming under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for employers that sponsor certain self-insured group health plans and issuers of certain health insurance policies. Under the ACA, employers and insurers...more

ACA’s “Pay-Or-Play” Penalty Delayed Until 2015

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/16/2013

Last week, in a move welcomed by many employers, the Obama administration announced that it would delay implementation of certain key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) until 2015....more

Health Care Reform Employer Mandate Delayed; DOMA Struck Down - What Now For Employers?

Poyner Spruill LLP on 7/16/2013

Health Care Reform Employer Mandate and Reporting Provisions Delayed until 2015 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury unexpectedly announced on July 2, 2013 the delay of the employer shared responsibility ‘pay or play’...more

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - July 2013

Proskauer Rose LLP on 7/12/2013

As Amy Covert and Aaron Feuer discuss below, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co. where it is expected to rule next term on whether plan sponsors may dictate in the...more

IRS Guidance Released on the Delayed Implementation of the Affordable Care Act's Play or Pay Rules - Penalties Will Not Apply to...

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 7/11/2013

On the heels of last week’s announcement that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) reporting requirements and Play or Pay penalties will not go into effect until 2015, the IRS has released transition relief clarifying that the...more

ACA "Pay Or Play" Deadline Extension — What It REALLY Means

Polsinelli on 7/10/2013

On July 2, 2013, the U.S. Treasury announced that the Obama Administration is implementing a one-year delay of the employer and insurer reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act of 2010 ("ACA"). ...more

What the Obamacare Delay Means Right Now

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 7/9/2013

On July 2, 2013, the Department of the Treasury and the White House announced via social media that the employer reporting requirements and employer shared responsibility/play-or-pay penalty are being delayed until 2015. ...more

Play or Pay Rules—Compliance Delayed Until 2015

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/5/2013

On July 2, 2013, the Obama administration announced through the U.S. Department of the Treasury that the penalties for employers under the “Play or Pay Rules” will not go into effect until 2015....more

Affordable Care Act Shared Responsibility Penalty Delayed Until 2015

Morgan Lewis on 7/4/2013

Employers welcome a one-year delay in the Shared Responsibility excise tax. On July 2, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) made a surprise announcement—in an unusual place—that implementation of the employer...more

PPACA Update: Employer Shared Responsibility Mandate Delayed Until 2015

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 7/4/2013

Many employers received a welcome, though temporary, reprieve Tuesday, when the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Department”) announced a one-year delay in the effective date of one of the key requirements of the Patient...more

Treasury Announces Large Employer Play or Pay Penalties Will Be Delayed For One Year

Snell & Wilmer on 7/3/2013

On July 2, 2013, the Treasury Department informally announced that large employers will have an additional year to comply with the employer shared responsibility penalty provisions in Section 4980H of the Internal Revenue...more

Healthcare Reform White Paper: Countdown To 2014

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 6/27/2013

Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA” or the “Act”) is now over three years old, the Act’s core requirements will not take effect until 2014....more

The Affordable Care Act’s Patient-Centered Outcomes Fee Deadline is Approaching - Many Employers with Self-Insured Plans Must...

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 6/25/2013

As part of the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies offering certain health insurance policies and employers, including public agencies, that sponsor certain self-insured plans may be responsible for reporting and paying...more

IRS Issues Q&As On Affordable Care Act Research Trust Fund Fees – First Filings Due July 31, 2013

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog on 6/14/2013

The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes a number of new taxes and fees to be assessed to pay for many of the new federal health care mandates....more

IRS Says PCORI Fees Are Deductible

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 6/13/2013

As employers plan for paying various health care reform fees, one question that arises is whether the fees owed are tax deductible. In particular, it has been unclear whether the fees paid pursuant the Affordable Care Act to...more

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) › Form 720 › Fees

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