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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal subsidies to reduce the number of uninsured citizens. less -
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Reminder: PCORI Fees Due By July 31, 2024

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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

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Self-Insured Health Plans: Adjusted PCORI Fee Announced for 2024

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As discussed in a previous blog, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is an independent nonprofit research organization that funds comparative clinical research, among other things. PCORI is funded through...more

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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

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Compliance Alert: Reminder PCORI Fees Due By July 31, 2023

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Employers that sponsor self-insured group health plans, including health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) should keep in mind the upcoming July 31, 2023 deadline for paying fees that fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Self-Insured Health Plans: August 1st PCORI Fee Due Date is Rapidly Approaching

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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (“PCORI”) is an independent nonprofit research organization that funds comparative clinical research, among other things. PCORI is funded through annual fees — provided for in...more

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Compliance Alert: Reminder PCORI Fees Due By July 31, 2022

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Employers that sponsor self-insured group health plans, including health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) should keep in mind the upcoming July 31, 2022 deadline for paying fees that fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes...more

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

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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

Burr & Forman

PCORI Fee Resurrected

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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

Snell & Wilmer

2015 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List Health & Welfare

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As 2015 comes to an end, we are pleased to present you with our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. Like last year, we are presenting our “To Do” Lists in three separate Employee Benefits Updates. Part 1 of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Adjusted ACA Fee Amounts for the 2015/2016 Policy or Plan Years and Additional Payment Options

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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

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PCORI Fee Inflation Adjustment

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In Notice 2015-60 (October 9, 2015), the IRS announced that the PCORI fee will rise to $2.17 per covered life for plan years ending on or after October 1, 2015 and before October 1, 2016. For plan years ending on or after...more

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

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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

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PCOR Trust Fund Fee Due Soon for Many Plans

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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

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Healthcare Reform White Paper: Countdown To 2014

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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

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PCORI Fee Deadline Looms For Self-Insured Health Plans

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The Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute was created under the Affordable Care Act to "promote the use of evidence-based medicine by disseminating comparative clinical effectiveness research findings." The Institute is...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

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

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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

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Health Care Reform Update: July 31 Fee Deadline for Most Self-Insured Plans

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The IRS has released a revised version of Form 720 “Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return” for sponsors of self-insured health plans to pay annual fees imposed under the Affordable Care Act. The fee for 2013 is $1 per covered...more

Perkins Coie

Revised IRS Form 720, Updated For Reporting Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Fees, Now Available: Due By July...

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The Affordable Care Act (the ACA) established the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (the Institute) in order to provide comparative clinical effectiveness research data so that patients, health care providers,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Guidance for Self-Insured Health Plans and Payment of PCORI Fees: IRS Revises Form 720

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For plan sponsors and insurers wondering how to pay the fee for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (which is due by July 31, 2013 for calendar year plans), the IRS has revised Form 720 to provide needed...more

BakerHostetler

New Affordable Care Act Fees Impact Group Health Plans in 2013 and 2014

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On July 31, 2013, the first of various fees will be due that are imposed by the Affordable Care Act on self-insured group health plans and/or issuers of insured health policies providing accident and health coverage. Beyond...more

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Health Care Reform Update: Many Self-Insured Plans Subject to New Annual Fees This Year

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New regulations have been issued under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) implementing annual fees and reporting requirements on self-insured health plans and indirectly on fully insured plans. The...more

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