May 15, 2023 | Affordable Care Act, Announcements, Compliance, PCORI, Regulatory
It is once again time to start thinking about warmer weather, cook-outs, and – yes – paying your PCORI fee. As in years past, all self-funded employer health plan sponsors are required to file and pay their PCORI fees no later than July 31, 2023. As part of...
Feb 17, 2023 | Affordable Care Act, Birth Control, Compliance, News, Prescription
On February 2, 2023, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (the “Tri-Agencies”) proposed a rule to expand women’s access to birth control under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The proposed rule revises the exemption allowances...
Jan 24, 2023 | Affordable Care Act, Compliance, Forms, IRS, Medicare, PCORI, Reporting
To keep you “in the know” about mandatory regulatory due dates for health plan sponsors, the MedBen Compliance team recently compiled a “Self-funded Plan Sponsors Annual Compliance Deadlines” list. We encourage you to download this document and...
Jan 4, 2023 | Affordable Care Act, Cafeteria plans, Consumer-driven Health Plans, Health insurance exchanges, IRS
Once again, the IRS is seeking to increase access to federal Health Insurance Exchange coverage… this time, by offering greater flexibility to sponsors of cafeteria plans. As explained in Notice 2022-41, the IRS has expanded the change-in-status rules for...
Dec 23, 2022 | Affordable Care Act, Compliance, IRS, Regulatory
First, the good news: Just in time, the IRS has issued a final rule making permanent the automatic 30-day extension deadline to furnish employees their Affordable Care Act (ACA) 1095 forms. The final rule (Information Reporting of Health Insurance Coverage and...
Nov 28, 2022 | Affordable Care Act, Compliance, Form 1094, Form 1095, IRS, Regulatory
Now is the time for self-funded employers to start thinking about and complying with a critical health care reform mandate: Providing the IRS with an accurate accounting of health coverage for full-time employees via IRS Forms 1094 and 1095. Per the Affordable Care...
