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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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- What premiums may we charge for an employee who is continuing health plan coverage under USERRA?
- From the January 07, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: One of our employees has just been called to service in the uniformed services. He wants to continue coverage for himself and his dependents under our company’s major medical plan during his absence and is entitled to ...
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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 ...
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- Do the MSP mandatory reporting rules require that HICNs or SSNs be provided to CMS?
- From the November 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We’ve heard that the Medicare Secondary Payer mandatory reporting rules require that health insurance claim numbers or Social Security numbers be provided to CMS. In the past, it has been difficult to obtain those numbers for our ...
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- EEOC Revises Its "Equal Employment Opportunity Is the Law" Poster to Address ADA Amendments and GINA
- From the November 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The EEOC has revised its “Equal Opportunity is the Law” poster, which employers must post to notify employees of current federal employment discrimination laws prohibiting job discrimination based on race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, religion, age, ...
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- New Law Expands FMLA Leave Rights for Employees Who Are Relatives of Veterans and Members of the Armed Forces
- From the October 29, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The President has signed defense-related legislation that includes amendments to the FMLA’s provisions regarding qualifying exigency leave and covered servicemember leave for employees who are relatives of servicemembers. Here are highlights of the changes that are likely ...
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- CMS Proposes Policy and Technical Changes to Medicare Part D Regulations, Including COB and MSP Provisions
- From the October 22, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- CMS has proposed policy and technical changes to the regulations for the Medicare Part D program that are intended to clarify participation requirements, strengthen beneficiary protections, improve payment rules, and implement new policy. As discussed below, some of the proposed ...
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- Requiring Employees to Complete Health Risk Assessments in Order to Receive HRA Reimbursements Violates the ADA
- From the October 15, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- An EEOC informal discussion letter discusses whether an employer’s requirement that employees complete a health risk assessment in order to receive medical expense reimbursements from the employer’s health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) violates the ADA. The assessment ...
