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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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- Trial Court Dismisses Retirees' Claims That Terminating Their Medical and Prescription Drug Benefits Violated the ADEA
- From the December 11, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- This is the first decision we’ve seen that applies the 2007 final EEOC regulations exempting Medicare coordination for retirees from the ADEA (see our article at http://www.ebia.com/WeeklyArchives/GHPM/Statutes/19256 (Premium Access subscription required)). ...
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- How does the Pregnancy Discrimination Act affect our company's group health plans?
- From the December 04, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We know that our company is subject to the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). How does this affect our group health plans? ANSWER: The PDA (which amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) prohibits employers from discriminating ...
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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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- What is meant by the prohibition against taking Medicare entitlement "into account" under a group health plan?
- From the October 23, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Many of our Medicare-entitled employees are eligible for our company’s major medical plan. We have heard that group health plans cannot take Medicare entitlement “into account.” What does this mean? ANSWER: Under the Medicare ...
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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 ...
