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- 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 ...
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- 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. ...
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- Requiring Older, Medicare-Eligible Retirees to Pay Larger Portion of Premium Contribution Under Health Plan Did Not Violate ADEA
- From the April 30, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- After years of providing 100% employer-paid coverage under two retiree health plans, the employer in this case amended the plans so that more recent retirees would have to share in future premium increases under a specified formula. Benefits under ...
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- How do the rules under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) affect group health plans and employers?
- From the April 16, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We’ve heard that group health plans and employers will soon be impacted by rules under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). How will group health plans and employers be affected? ANSWER: You’re right that GINA ...
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- 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 ...
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- 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&#...
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- 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 ...
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- 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)). ...
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- 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/...
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- Health Plan Insurer Could Not Terminate COBRA Coverage When Qualified Beneficiary Became Covered Under Medicaid
- From the February 12, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- A mother sued her health plan insurer after it denied medical benefits for her minor son, who incurred overwhelming medical expenses after a near drowning accident. The son was a COBRA qualified beneficiary who had elected COBRA coverage under the ...
