HR News Archive

Question: Why did the ABA decide to form its own healthcare plan? Answer: For several years, member banks have asked whether the ABA can find a way for banks to come together in a large, viable healthcare plan to help reduce the costs banks are ...Read More

Employers that provide prescription drug coverage must annually provide a notice related to the credibility of said coverage to all employees, dependents, and COBRA beneficiaries – no later than the beginning of the annual Medicare open enrollment period of October 15th. Which Employers Must ...Read More

By Jennifer Kirby, Compliance Alliance Nearly a year ago, a Texas district court judge completely rejected investment industry advocacy groups’ arguments that the Department of Labor exceeded its authority in crafting the Fiduciary Rule. On March 15,  the United States Court of Appeals for the ...Read More

Some employers sponsor a high-deductible health plan and concurrently a self-funded health reimbursement account (“HRA”) to which it contributes to reimburse certain amounts towards deductibles, co-pays, and other out-of-pocket expenses. An HRA is an employer-sponsored health plan and as such is subject to COBRA. ...Read More

You of course know that the brief government shutdown ended via a short-term continuing funding resolution. Included therein is a further postponement of the so-called “Cadillac Tax” on high-value health plans. This provision, which had bi-partisan support, postpones the tax from its already-delayed effective ...Read More

The president signed an executive order this morning that purports to open some additional options that are not subject to the basic ACA tenets. The order has not been published as yet, so we are going only on what information is available from the ...Read More

Unless you have been completely out of pocket the past few days, you are aware that Republican Senators have put forth a revised health reform bill. It is substantially similar to their original offering that we outlined in our Alert on June 22. Of ...Read More