Details for Final Regulations of Individual Mandate Published The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final rules on Tuesday for the individual mandate provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable... Read More

What the PPACA Delays Mean Recent delays have highlighted the administrations overall concerns with the complexities of integrating healthcare reform and the need for more time for effective implementation of... Read More

The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued temporary guidance for the Employee Notice of Coverage Options. Employers are not required to provide Notices under this temporary guidance. If preferred, employers... Read More

GSA will continue to provide additional information after further guidance is published Lost in the news of the Play or Pay mandate for large employers being delayed is the additional... Read More

ACA’s employer mandate will not take effect until 2015 The Obama administration unexpectedly announced Tuesday that it is delaying the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act... Read More

Employer Notification Templates Now Available Perhaps one of the most important elements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — the Health Insurance Exchange/Marketplace — will open on October 1, 2013.... Read More

Meeting Minimum Value The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) benefit standards for large employers, 50 or more full-time-equivalent employees, have begun taking shape and will differ from those... Read More

Fringe Benefit Rate Requirement for Service Contract Act Increase to $3.81 The U.S. Department of Labor has released its annual memorandum noting a rate increase for Service Contract Act (SCA)... Read More

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Fees Government Service Administrators (GSA) continues to partner with our clients in achieving compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requirements. PPACA... Read More

Health Insurance Marketplace Notice One of the upcoming Affordable Care Act (ACA) action items is the preparation and distribution of a notice to employees about the health insurance exchanges that... Read More

Wellness Incentive Programs Employer-based wellness incentive programs have existed in the U.S. for a number of years, but the scope of potential incentive programs were expanded by the American Care Act... Read More

Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) The HRA was created by the IRS in 2002 to permit employers to provide pre-tax dollars to employees to pay for medical care and services. The... Read More