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CER fees funding the patient-centered outcomes research trust

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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March 13 2013

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the "Act") includes provisions that promote research to evaluate and compare health outcomes and the

The Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act the immediate implications for group health plans

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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June 18 2012

During the week of March 26, 2012, the Supreme Court heard an unprecedented three days of oral argument on the question of the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA

Health care reform update: final regulations impose reinsurance “contribution” on fully insured and self-insured plans starting in 2014

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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March 28 2012

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides for a State-based transitional reinsurance program to help stabilize premiums for coverage in the individual health insurance market during the first three years of operation of the Exchanges (2014-2016

HIPAA covered health plans beware: HHS Office for Civil Rights kicks off HIPAA Audit Program

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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March 7 2012

Since November 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has been conducting audits of covered entities (the “HIPAA Audit Program”) for compliance with the privacy and security requirements under HIPAA and the HITECH Act (collectively, the “Privacy & Security Rules”

New guidance on distribution of medical loss ratio (MLR) rebates creates issues for group health plan sponsors

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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February 15 2012

Hey, I just got a rebate from my insurance company for my group health plan!

IRS issues guidance on Form W-2 reporting for health coverage costs

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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May 16 2011

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires for the first time that the value of employer-sponsored health coverage must be reported on employees' Forms W-2, even though the health coverage is excludable from gross income and wages for employment tax purposes

HHS issues interim regulations on early retiree health insurance program plan sponsors must be ready

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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May 13 2010

On May 5, 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued interim final regulations ("Interim Regulations") for the early retiree reinsurance program (the "Program") enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA

Becoming reconciled to health care reform: President Obama signs landmark health reform legislation; further action by Senate to finalize changes is expected

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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March 23 2010

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

COBRA credit expansion enacted as part of Department of Defense Appropriations Act

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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December 23 2009

An expansion of the COBRA premium subsidy originally adopted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”) was signed into law by the President on December 19, 2009 as part of H.R. 3326 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010