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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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- 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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- 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 ...
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- IRS Issues New Form 8928 on Excise Taxes for Failures to Comply With HSA Comparability, COBRA, HIPAA, and Other Group Health Plan Mandates
- From the February 04, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the final version of Form 8928, a new reporting form provided for in IRS excise tax regulations finalized in September 2009. (See our Checkpoint Newsstand article.) Here are some highlights: Violations Triggering Excise Taxes. The Instructions ...
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- Updated Mandatory Reporting User Guide Clarifies and Eases HRA Reporting Requirements, Among Other Changes
- From the January 14, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- CMS has again updated its Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Mandatory Reporting User Guide for group health plans. The revised version includes guidance on reporting for HRAs, as well as other topics of interest to “responsible reporting entities” (RREs), ...
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- 2009 Form M-1 Now Available; Virtually Unchanged From 2008
- From the January 07, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has announced the availability of the 2009 Form M-1, Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs) and Certain Entities Claiming Exception (ECEs), which is virtually unchanged from 2008. Form M-1 is an annual report that must ...
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- CMS Updates Creditable Coverage and Late Enrollment Penalty Guidance in Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Manual
- From the January 07, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- CMS has revised Chapter 4 of its Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Manual, which addresses Part D creditable coverage period determinations and the late enrollment penalty (LEP). As background, Medicare beneficiaries may incur an LEP if there is a continuous period ...
