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- CMS Updates Medicare Secondary Payer User Guide With Guidance for Responsible Reporting Entities and Group Health Plans
- From the June 04, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- CMS has again 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/19686 (Premium ...
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- Can our employees make pre-tax payroll contributions to their HSAs if we don't have a cafeteria plan?
- From the May 28, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company offers a high-deductible health plan (HDHP), and many participants contribute to their own HSAs. Several have asked whether they could make pre-tax contributions to their HSAs so that they could get their income tax savings ...
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- DOL Delays Final Investment Advice Regulations for an Additional 180 Days to Allow More Time for Legal and Policy Review
- From the May 21, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has delayed for an additional 180 days the effective and applicability date of its final regulations regarding investment advice for participants and beneficiaries of individual account plans (including 401(k) plans). The regulations, originally scheduled to be effective ...
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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 ...
