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- DOL Webpage on Health Care Reform Provides Useful Links and Resources for Employees and Employers
- From the April 08, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has created a new webpage that contains links to a variety of resources relating to the major health care reform legislation—the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)—that became law in March 2010 (see ...
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- Health Care Reform Reconciliation Bill Is Signed Into Law
- From the April 01, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- On March 30, 2010, the President signed into law the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Reconciliation Act), which makes significant changes to some of the health care reform provisions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (see ...
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- Health Care Reform Is Signed Into Law, Bringing Major Changes for Employer-Provided Health Coverage
- From the March 25, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- Historic health care reform legislation was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) brings far-reaching changes for employer-provided health coverage. (As we write this article, Congress is ...
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- HHS Announces Intent to Issue Additional Regulations Implementing the HITECH Act, Including Business Associate Liability
- From the March 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- HHS’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced on its website that it is continuing to work on regulations on the privacy and security provisions of the HITECH Act, passed as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment ...
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- HHS Posts List of Covered Entities Reporting Breaches of Unsecured PHI Affecting More Than 500 Individuals
- From the March 04, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- HHS’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has begun posting on its website a list of breaches of unsecured PHI affecting 500 or more individuals that have been reported to the agency by covered entities. By way of background, ...
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- DOL Releases Model Employer CHIP Notice to Notify Employees Regarding Eligibility for Premium Assistance
- From the February 04, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has announced the availability on its website of a model Employer CHIP Notice that can be used to satisfy the employer notice requirement under the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). By way ...
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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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- 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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- HHS Issues Interim Final Rule to Conform HIPAA Enforcement Regulations to HITECH Act Penalty Revisions
- From the October 29, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- HHS has issued an interim final rule to conform HIPAA’s enforcement regulations to statutory revisions made by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. The HITECH Act, which was enacted as part of the ...
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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 ...
