Snell & Wilmer Benefits

JANUARY 24, 2023

If you sponsor a high deductible health plan (“HDHP”) and have been tracking telehealth relief, your head may be spinning and rightfully so! The relief allows, but does not require, HDHPs to provide telehealth and other remote care services on a pre-deductible basis without making participants health savings account (“HSA”) ineligible.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

OCTOBER 3, 2022

On September 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released 2023 premiums, deductibles and coinsurance amounts for Medicare Parts A and B, and the Medicare Part D income-related monthly adjustment amounts. The post CMS Announces 2023 Medicare Premiums and Deductibles appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Social Security Administration announced the cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits on various employer-sponsored retirement and welfare plans and the Social Security wage base for 2023.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2023 (Public Law 117-328), extended certain key virtual care flexibilities instituted during the COVID-19 public health emergency through December 31, 2024. This includes the telehealth safe harbor for health savings account-eligible high deductible health plans.

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Empuls

AUGUST 27, 2024

Now more than ever, employee benefit packages are considered important for the unwieldy terrain of today's job market. Only those organizations that understand how to use this most powerful approach to their advantage by including comprehensive benefits in kind do well in the market for acquiring and retaining key brainpower.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Bulletin includes Notice 2024-71, which provides a safe harbor under Internal Revenue Code § 213(d), treating amounts paid for condoms as medical care expenses eligible for reimbursement under various health plans. It also includes Notice 2024-75, which expands the list of preventive care […]

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Snell & Wilmer Benefits

MARCH 29, 2022

Section 307 of the 2022 CAA extends the relief permitting high deductible health plans (“HDHPs”) to provide telehealth and other remote care services free of charge before a participant meets their required deductible, but there’s a catch. and “ COVID-19 and Cafeteria Plans – To Amend or Not to Amend? ”.

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HR Lineup

MAY 28, 2024

As we step into 2024, the landscape of employee benefits and perks is continuously evolving. These programs go beyond the traditional healthcare and retirement plans, incorporating elements that cater to employees’ holistic well-being.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

DECEMBER 28, 2022

On December 23, 2022, US Congress approved a year-end omnibus legislative package, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA 2023), which consists of all 12 fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills and numerous other provisions, including health policy changes.

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Empuls

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Employee benefits platforms Employee benefits platforms are plentiful in the UK, and almost 27 percent of the top companies plan to invest further using one or the other perks and benefits platforms to provide discount schemes, e-vouchers, digital rewards and many more services to employees who use these platforms.

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Empuls

MAY 29, 2023

Employee satisfaction is linked with workplace productivity and output. This is the reason why most of the companies go above and beyond to provide better welfare programs and other things that help them in taking care of their employees.

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Qandle

AUGUST 24, 2022

HRMS module 5: Benefits administration. When it comes to employee benefits, benefits management is all about helping workers make informed decisions and giving them access to relevant information in a timely manner. In addition, the payroll function will withhold the appropriate amounts for taxes and deductions.

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Corporate Synergies

AUGUST 27, 2018

Healthcare plan participants typically use pharmacy benefits more than any other part of the health & welfare program. Pharmacy benefits are also the fastest-growing in terms of cost. Choosing the right PBM (pharmacy benefit manager) can keep your members happy and your program costs under control.

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McNees

JANUARY 13, 2023

trillion dollar spending bill, contains provisions which modify the laws applicable to welfare benefit plans and retirement benefit plans. Below is a high-level list of the provisions of the Act which are effective in 2023 and which may affect your plan: Welfare Benefit Plans. The Act, a $1.7

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

MAY 3, 2023

The Biden administration originally announced its intent to end the COVID-19 National Emergency (NE) and the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023 (read our prior article for more information).

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Snell & Wilmer Benefits

MARCH 2, 2023

The Biden Administration recently announced its plan to end both the National Emergency and Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (together, the “COVID-19 Emergencies”) on May 11, 2023. 1] Required deadline extensions benefiting plan participants with respect to COBRA, HIPAA special enrollment, and ERISA claims and appeals deadlines.

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Snell & Wilmer Benefits

MARCH 2, 2023

The Biden Administration recently announced its plan to end both the National Emergency and Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (together, the “COVID-19 Emergencies”) on May 11, 2023. 1] Required deadline extensions benefiting plan participants with respect to COBRA, HIPAA special enrollment, and ERISA claims and appeals deadlines.

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Higginbotham

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

White House Announces End of COVID-19 Emergency Periods – How This Will Impact Health Plans The Biden Administration has announced its plan to end the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023.

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Benefits Notes

APRIL 7, 2023

Shortly after, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services announced the intent to end the Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) on the same day. The end of the NE and PHE will have significant impacts on group health plans. This is the first in the series of alerts.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

APRIL 5, 2023

The Biden administration has announced its intention to end the COVID-19 National Emergency (NE) and the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023 (read our series introduction for more information).

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

MARCH 22, 2023

The Biden administration has announced its intent to end the COVID-19 National Emergency (NE) and the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023 (read our prior article for more information). This article explores […] The post Telehealth and the End of the COVID-19 Emergency appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG.

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