Key ACA Rules Put On-Hold Proposed auto-enrollment regulations: Employers who have 200 or more full-time employees will be required to automatically enroll their employees into a health care plan unless the employees... Read More

DOL Audits – ACA Information Requests Recently, the DOL has been using its investigative authority to enforce compliance with healthcare reform law. The following are documents and information you may... Read More

As many of you may know recently the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations on the Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Fee which will be imposed on health insurers and... Read More

As expected, the Department of Labor has postponed the deadline for providing the notice required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) regarding the availability of the new insurance exchanges. As you... Read More

To “Play-or-Pay?” What is Your Company’s Healthcare Reform Strategy In 2014, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will require companies who employ more than 50 full-time employees to... Read More

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced the annual Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLA) for retirement plans and related limitations for the 2013 tax year. Several of the following limits have changed... Read More

Health insurance carriers and sponsors of self-funded group health plans will soon be subject to an annual patient-centered research fee, according to Section 6301 of the Patient Protection and Affordable... Read More

Beginning in tax year 2012 – and reportable on W-2s issued in early 2013 – employers will be required to provide their employees with the total cost of their group... Read More