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- Can Medicare Part D creditable coverage disclosure notices be provided electronically?
- From the February 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company’s major medical plan includes prescription drug coverage. In the past, we have provided paper Medicare Part D creditable coverage disclosure notices to Part D eligible individuals. Can we provide these notices electronically? ANSWER: CMS has ...
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- 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 ...
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- 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 ...
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- What are the new mandatory reporting requirements for group health plans and when are they effective?
- From the January 08, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We’ve heard that new mandatory reporting requirements apply to group health plans under Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (MMSEA). What are these requirements and when do they become effective? ANSWER: ...
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- 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 ...
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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 ...
