PCORI Fee Amount Adjusted for 2020
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) imposes a fee on health insurance issuers and self-insured plan...
Final 2021 Benefit Payment and Parameters Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule for benefit payment...
Status of Court Case Challenging ACA Constitutionality
On March 2, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court (Supreme Court) announced that it will hear the court case...
Option For Some To Renew Policies That Do Not Fully Meet ACA Standards
In the fall of 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a transitional...
President Signs Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (The...
IRS Releases Final 2019 ACA Reporting Instructions and Forms
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final instructions for both the 1094-B and...
December 2019 | SSG Compliance Recap
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the Patient Protection and Affordable...
Proposed 2020 Benefit Payment and Parameters Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule for benefit payment...
IRS Extends Deadline for Employers to Furnish Forms 1095-C and 1095-B
On November 29, 2018, the IRS released Notice 2018-94 to extend the due date for employers to...
Ask the Experts: Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Rebates
Question: Our company received a rebate check from our health insurance carrier. As the employer,...
PCORI Fee Increase for Health Plans
On November 5, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2018-85 to announce that...
