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- CMS Updates Group Health Plan User Guide for MSP Mandatory Reporting
- From the January 08, 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 version of the guide (see our article at http://www.ebia.com/WeeklyArchives/GHPM/Statutes/19561 (Premium Access ...
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- Technical Correction Clarifies Mental Health Parity Effective Date for Plans Maintained Under Collective Bargaining Agreements
- From the December 23, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The emergency economic stabilization legislation, which included an expansion of the mental health parity requirements for group health plans, was enacted in October 2008 (see our article at http://www.ebia.com/WeeklyArchives/GHPM/Statutes/19536 (Premium Access subscription required)). ...
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- DOL's Final FMLA Regulations Expand Upon Qualifying Exigency and Covered Servicemember Leaves, and Much More!
- From the November 20, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has finalized its FMLA regulations. Proposed changes to the original regulations (which date back to 1995) were issued in February 2008 (see our article at http://www.ebia.com/WeeklyArchives/GHPM/Statutes/19296 (Premium Access subscription required)). The ...
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- CMS Posts Group Health Plan User Guide on Its MSP Mandatory Reporting Website
- From the October 30, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- Beginning January 1, 2009, insurers or TPAs of group health plans (and plan administrators or fiduciaries of self-insured and self-administered group health plans) will be required to report information from plan sponsors and plan participants to help CMS ...
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- Agencies Issue Final Regulations on Hospital Lengths of Stay for Newborns and Mothers
- From the October 23, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS, DOL, and HHS have issued final regulations regarding the hospital length-of-stay requirements for newborns and mothers that apply to group health plans and group health insurance issuers under the Code, ERISA, and the PHSA. These requirements ...
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- New Veterans' Benefits Law Amends USERRA to Expedite Enforcement and Address Statute of Limitations Issue
- From the October 16, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- On October 10, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2008, which includes provisions to improve compensation and pension, housing, labor and education, and insurance benefits for veterans. Among the Act’s changes, ...
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- Legislation Extends Existing Health Coverage for Dependent College Students in Cases of Medically Necessary Leaves of Absence
- From the October 09, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- On October 9, 2008, President Bush signed Michelle’s Law, which is intended to allow seriously ill college students, who are covered dependents under health plans, to continue coverage for up to one year while on medically necessary leaves ...
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- New Law Expands Mental Health Parity Requirements for Group Health Plans
- From the October 09, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The mental health parity requirements for group health plans have been expanded as part of the emergency economic stabilization legislation that was signed by President Bush on October 3, 2008. (For information about the bicycle commuting fringe benefit that was ...
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- ADA Amendments Act Modifies Definition of Disability and Makes Other Changes
- From the October 02, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- On September 25, 2008, President Bush signed into law the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, which modifies the definition of disability and makes other changes to the ADA, effective as of January 1, 2009. According to a statement in the ...
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- CMS Provides Additional MSP Mandatory Reporting Guidance on Website
- From the September 25, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- Beginning January 1, 2009, insurers or TPAs of group health plans (and plan administrators or fiduciaries of self-insured and self-administered group health plans) will be required to gather and report information from plan sponsors and plan participants to ...
