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- IRS Releases 2010 HSA Contribution Limits and HDHP Minimum Deductibles and Out-of-Pocket Maximums
- From the May 14, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the 2010 cost-of-living adjustments for HSA contribution limits and for HDHP deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums. HSA Contribution Limits. The 2010 annual HSA contribution limit for individuals with self-only HDHP coverage is $...
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- Informal Discussion Letter Indicates That Requiring Health Risk Assessments to Obtain Health Coverage Violates the ADA
- From the May 07, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- In this informal discussion letter, an EEOC official addresses whether an employer’s requirement that employees participate in a health risk assessment in order to obtain coverage under the employer’s self-funded health plan violates the ADA. ...
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- Treasury Department Posts 2009 Version of "HSA Basics" Brochure on Its Website
- From the April 30, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The Treasury Department has posted the 2009 version of its “HSA Basics” brochure in the section of its website dedicated to providing information about health savings accounts (HSAs). The brochure briefly covers several fundamental HSA topics, including: who ...
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- IRS Explains Why Standard Mileage Rate for Medical Expenses Is Substantially Less Than Rate for Business Expenses
- From the April 09, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- This IRS information letter explains why the standard mileage rate used to determine medical expense deductions is substantially lower than the rate used to determine business expense deductions. For 2009, the standard mileage rate for medical expenses is 24 cents ...
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- Breast Pumps Used for General Health Are Not Medical Care Expenses
- From the April 09, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- This information letter responds to a letter recommending that the IRS allow breast pumps and related equipment to be reimbursed under a health FSA. The information letter explains that health FSA funds generally must be used for medical care, which ...
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- DOL Delays Final Investment Advice Regulations for 60 Days to Allow for Legal and Policy Review
- From the March 26, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has decided to delay for 60 days the effective and applicability date of its recently published final regulations regarding investment advice for participants and beneficiaries of individual account plans. Those regulations, originally scheduled to be effective March 23, ...
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- IRS Discusses Deductibility of Nursing Home Care for Individual With Alzheimer's Disease
- From the March 19, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- This Information Letter addresses the deductibility of expenses paid to care for an individual with Alzheimer’s disease who was in an assisted care program. Under Code Section 213, expenses paid for medical care of the taxpayer, spouse, or ...
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- CMS Delays MSP Mandatory Reporting for HRAs and Provides Other Guidance for Group Health Plans
- From the March 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- CMS has updated the User Guide for group health plans on its Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) mandatory reporting website. Like the earlier versions of the guide (see our article at http://www.ebia.com/WeeklyArchives/GHPM/Statutes/19626 (Premium Access ...
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- DOL Proposes to Delay Final Investment Advice Regulations, Requests Comments on Delay and Content of Rules
- From the February 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has proposed a 60-day delay in the effective and applicability date of its recently published final regulations regarding investment advice for participants and beneficiaries of individual account plans. Those regulations implement the statutory prohibited transaction exemption for &#...
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- IRS Releases 2009 Reporting Forms and Instructions for HSA, Archer MSA, and Medicare Advantage MSA Trustees and Custodians
- From the January 29, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released Forms 5498-SA and 1099-SA for the 2009 tax year, and their combined Instructions. Trustees and custodians of HSAs, Archer MSAs, and Medicare Advantage MSAs must use Form 5498-SA to report contributions to (and ...
