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  1. 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 ...
    [MMSEA Section 111 MSP Mandatory Reporting GHP User Guide, Version 2.3 (May 22, 2009); and Alert: Compliance Guidance Regarding Obtaining Individual HICNs and/or SSNs for Group Health Plan (GHP) Reporting and MMSEA 111 - HICN, SSN Collection - Model Language (May 26, 2009)]
  2. 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 ...
  3. 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 ...
    [Investment Advice—Participants and Beneficiaries, Final Rule; Delay of Effective Date and Applicability Date, 74 Fed. Reg. 23951 (May 22, 2009)]
  4. 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 $...
    [Rev. Proc. 2009-29 (May 14, 2009)]
  5. 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. ...
    [EEOC Informal Discussion Letter (Mar. 6, 2009)]
  6. 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 ...
    [HSA Basics (tri-fold brochure) — for use in 2009 (Apr. 2009)]
  7. 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 ...
    [IRS Information Letter 2009-0053 (Jan. 27, 2009)]
  8. 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 ...
    [IRS Information Letter 2009-0033 (Mar. 4, 2009)]
  9. 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, ...
    [Investment Advice—Participants and Beneficiaries, Final Rule; Delay of Effective Date and Applicability Date, 74 Fed. Reg. 11847 (Mar. 20, 2009)]
  10. 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 ...
    [IRS Information Letter 2009-0010 (Dec. 18, 2008)]

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