Prescription Drug Data Collection Reporting Deadline Nears
Employer-based health plans must now submit information about prescription drugs and health care spending to the DOL...
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- Oct 20, 2022
- 6 min
Taxation of Tuition Assistance Plans
HEALTH & WELFARE JOURNAL of PENSION BENEFITS ISSUES IN ADMINISTRATION, DESIGN, FUNDING, AND COMPLIANCE Volume 29 • Number 4 • Summer 2022...
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- Sep 7, 2022
- 1 min
408(b)(2) for Health Plans
This column for the Journal of Pension Benefits, Health & Welfare explains the new rules that extend Section 408(b)(2) of ERISA to health...
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- Jul 20, 2022
- 3 min
The No Surprises Act
The No Surprises Act became effective on January 1, 2022. This Act restricts excessive out-of-pocket costs.
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- Jan 3, 2022
- 3 min
DOL Issues FAB 2021-03 with Guidance on CAA Fee Disclosure Rules for Group Health Plans
DOL Guidance on CAA Fee Disclosure Rules for group health plans
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 5 min
Mental Health Parity After CAA: A Primer and Next Steps
HEALTH & WELFARE JOURNAL of PENSION BENEFITS ISSUES IN ADMINISTRATION, DESIGN, FUNDING, AND COMPLINACE Volume 29 • Number 1 • Autumn 2021...
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- May 17, 2021
- 6 min
Is Your Plan Cybersecure Right Now?
Is Your Plan Cybersecure Right Now? Not a day goes by without another news story about a cybersecurity incident compromising the data of...
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- Apr 20, 2021
- 7 min
COBRA Subsidies (Your Questions Answered)
We have been getting many questions regarding COBRA subsidies under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”), which we answer later...
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- Apr 19, 2021
- 6 min
Educational Assistance Programs Allow Employers to Pay Their Employees’ Student Loans...
Alison Smith Fay A special provision in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) signed by the President on...
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- Mar 11, 2021
- 6 min
CAA Brings Temporary Additional Flexibility for Flexible Spending Accounts
At the end of 2020 Congress enacted the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, which was part of the...
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- Jan 7, 2021
- 5 min
We're Off To The Races: Restatement Period Opens for Pre-Approved Defined Contribution Plans
In June, the IRS announced that they were issuing opinion letters for pre-approved defined contribution plan documents. Now that it is...
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- Dec 31, 2020
- 5 min
Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz, Oh, What A Relief It Is!
The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (the “CAA”) was signed into law on December 27, 2020 and provides, among many other things, a...
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- Sep 30, 2020
- 4 min
Look Before You Leap: Multiple Employer Plans Now A Target Of Fee Litigation
Defined contribution plans continue to be the targets of litigation alleging that the plans have been mismanaged and that their ...
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- Aug 31, 2020
- 4 min
California Fully-Insured Health Plans Affected by New Criteria for Registered Domestic Partnerships
On July 30, 2019, Governor Newsom of California signed into law SB30, which amends California Family Code criteria to register a ...
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- Aug 19, 2020
- 5 min
When Does a COVID-19 Furlough or Layoff Trigger a Partial Termination for Your Qualified Plan? (P2)
We posed this question in our May Newsletter. Since then the IRS has issued coronavirus-related guidance on partial ...
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- Jun 30, 2020
- 5 min
Plan Fiduciaries What About All That COVID-19 Regulatory Relief
Plan sponsors and other fiduciaries breathed a collective sigh of relief at the end of April when the Department of Labor extended,...
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- Jun 19, 2020
- 4 min
COVID-19 Safe Harbor and Other Relief but Action May Be Needed
Just as we went to press, the IRS issued a cornucopia of helpful COVID-19 guidance, including relief specifically allowing...
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- Jun 19, 2020
- 8 min
New Electronic Disclosure Regulations Provide Additional Safe Harbor for ERISA Disclosures 2020-06
Temporary unavailability due to website maintenance or unforeseeable events or circumstances beyond the control of the administrator will...
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- May 19, 2020
- 5 min
When Does a COVID-19 Furlough or Layoff Trigger a Partial Termination for Your Qualified Plan? (P1)
The short answer is –it depends. And at this point in the pandemic, it is probably too early to conclude one way or the other. Relevant...
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- Apr 19, 2020
- 7 min
Educational Assistance Programs Allow Employers to Pay Their Employees’ Student Loans with Pre-Tax D
A special provision in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act)¹ signed by the President on March 27, 2020...
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