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- IRS Provides Guidance on Tax Treatment of Employer-Provided Health Benefits for Children Under Age 27
- From the April 29, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- Recent health care reform legislation generally requires group health plans offering dependent coverage for children to continue providing that coverage for adult children until age 26. (See our Checkpoint Newsstand articles.) The legislation also extends the Code Section 105(b) ...
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- DoD Issues Final Regulations on TRICARE Incentive Prohibition
- From the April 15, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The Department of Defense (DoD) has issued final regulations regarding the TRICARE incentive prohibition, which prohibits employers from offering financial or other benefits to TRICARE beneficiaries as incentives not to enroll (or to terminate enrollment) in employer-sponsored health plans ...
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- DOL Webpage on Health Care Reform Provides Useful Links and Resources for Employees and Employers
- From the April 08, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has created a new webpage that contains links to a variety of resources relating to the major health care reform legislation—the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)—that became law in March 2010 (see ...
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- Lawsuit Challenges Validity of MHPAEA Regulations
- From the April 08, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- A coalition of managed behavioral healthcare organizations (MBHOs) has filed a lawsuit against the DOL, HHS, and Treasury to block implementation of regulations issued to enforce provisions of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity ...
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- Health Care Reform Reconciliation Bill Is Signed Into Law
- From the April 01, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- On March 30, 2010, the President signed into law the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Reconciliation Act), which makes significant changes to some of the health care reform provisions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (see ...
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- Health Care Reform Is Signed Into Law, Bringing Major Changes for Employer-Provided Health Coverage
- From the March 25, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- Historic health care reform legislation was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) brings far-reaching changes for employer-provided health coverage. (As we write this article, Congress is ...
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- Claim for Failure to Provide COBRA Notice Should Have Been Brought Under PHSA, Not ERISA
- From the March 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The employee in this case took FMLA leave. When she left, her work as payroll supervisor for a school was up-to-date, but when she returned from leave, she found that employee benefits reconciliations had not been completed in ...
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- When is a qualified beneficiary considered entitled to Medicare for purposes of terminating COBRA coverage early?
- From the March 04, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We understand that our group health plan can terminate a qualified beneficiary’s COBRA coverage early if he or she becomes entitled to Medicare after electing COBRA. When is a qualified beneficiary considered to be entitled to Medicare? ...
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- What happens if an employee on FMLA leave doesn't pay her share of health coverage premiums on time?
- From the February 11, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: An employee on unpaid FMLA leave agreed to pay her share of premiums for coverage under our company’s major medical plan by sending in a personal check, but she has missed the due date for the first ...
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- Agencies Issue Long-Awaited MHPAEA Regulations for Group Health Plans
- From the February 04, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL, HHS, and Treasury have issued long-awaited regulations implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). As background, the MHPAEA expanded the mental health parity provisions for group health ...
