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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. 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)]
  3. CMS Issues Medicare Part D Benefit Parameters for 2010
    From the April 09, 2009 EBIA Weekly
    Under Medicare Part D regulations, most group health plan sponsors offering prescription drug coverage to Part D eligible individuals (including active or disabled employees, retirees, COBRA participants, and beneficiaries) must disclose to Part D eligible individuals and to CMS whether ...
    [Announcement of Calendar Year (CY) 2010 Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates and Medicare Advantage and Part D Payment Policies (Apr. 6, 2009)]
  4. CMS Updates Creditable Coverage Disclosure to CMS Form
    From the April 02, 2009 EBIA Weekly
    Under Medicare Part D regulations, most group health plans offering prescription drug coverage to Part D eligible individuals must disclose to CMS whether the coverage is creditable or noncreditable. In September 2007, CMS updated the “Disclosure to CMS Form&#...
    [Creditable Coverage Disclosure to CMS Form (Mar. 24, 2009)]
  5. 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 ...
    [MMSEA Section 111 MSP Mandatory Reporting GHP User Guide, Version 2.1 (Mar. 4, 2009)]
  6. EEOC Issues Proposed Regulations on GINA's Employment Nondiscrimination Requirements
    From the March 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
    The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) was enacted to prevent discrimination on the basis of genetic information in health insurance and employment (see our article at http://www.ebia.com/WeeklyArchives/HIPAA/Statutes/19394 (Premium Access subscription required)). ...
    [Regulations Under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, Prop. DOL Part 1635, 74 Fed. Reg. 9056 (Mar. 2, 2009)]
  7. EEOC Announces Proposed Regulations on GINA's Employment Nondiscrimination Provisions
    From the February 26, 2009 EBIA Weekly
    The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) was signed into law in May 2008 to prevent discrimination on the basis of genetic information in health insurance and employment (see our article at http://www.ebia.com/WeeklyArchives/HIPAA/Statutes/...
    [EEOC Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Regulations Implementing Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (Feb. 25, 2009)]
  8. White House Asks Agencies to Delay Publication, Effective Dates of Regulations Pending Review
    From the January 22, 2009 EBIA Weekly
    On Inauguration Day, President Obama’s Chief of Staff issued a memorandum to executive department agencies and heads, advising them of the President’s plan for managing the Federal regulatory process so as to give his appointees and ...
    [Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, 74 Fed. Reg. 4435 (Jan. 26, 2009)]
  9. CMS Issues Revised Guidance and Model Disclosure Notices for Part D Eligible Individuals for Use After January 1, 2009
    From the January 15, 2009 EBIA Weekly
    CMS has posted on its website revised guidance and model disclosure notices that are to be provided to Medicare Part D eligible individuals after January 1, 2009. The revisions reflect CMS’s decision to eliminate one of the three ...
    [Creditable Coverage Guidance and Model Disclosure Notices to be used after January 1, 2009 (Jan. 5, 2009)]
  10. 2008 Form M-1, Including Self-Compliance Tool, Made Available by the DOL With Few Changes From the Previous Year
    From the January 08, 2009 EBIA Weekly
    DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has issued the 2008 Form M-1, Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs) and Certain Entities Claiming Exception (ECEs). Subject to certain limited exceptions, this annual report must be filed with the ...
    [Form M-1 (2008); DOL News Release No. 08-1837-NAT (Dec. 17, 2008)]

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