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Recent cases involving beneficiary designations

Hodgson Russ LLP
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USA
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September 29 2010

Two recent cases are instructive when it comes to determining the validity of beneficiary designations

Conflict between plan and SPD ruled in favor of participant

Hodgson Russ LLP
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USA
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August 31 2010

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently reversed and remanded a decision of a district court that upheld an insurer's decision to deny long-term health benefits

MEWA held to be not fully insured under ERISA

Hodgson Russ LLP
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USA
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April 15 2011

When unrelated employers join together in an association or other group to purchase or arrange for health insurance, the association is defined as a "multiple employer welfare arrangement" or "MEWA" under the law

Same-sex domestic partner policy does not discriminate against opposite-sex couples

Hodgson Russ LLP
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USA
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April 15 2011

Reversing a decision by the Westchester County Human Rights Commission, a New York appeals court recently held that a policy adopted by a local Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) to offer health care to same-sex domestic partners did not unlawfully discriminate against opposite-sex domestic partners

Insurer not a fiduciary when negotiating rates

Hodgson Russ LLP
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USA
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February 11 2011

The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that an insurer was not acting as a fiduciary when it negotiated rates with hospitals that favored its health maintenance organization clients over its self-funded plan clients

More health care reform FAQs issued

Hodgson Russ LLP
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USA
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January 4 2011

Over the past several months DOL, HHS, and the IRS (collectively, the Agencies) have issued a series of frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding the implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Health care reform update

Hodgson Russ LLP
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USA
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July 30 2010

Regulations implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) have been coming out at a steady pace

Small business tax credit for employer health insurance contributions

Hodgson Russ LLP
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USA
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May 28 2010

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued guidance on a tax credit made available through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that benefits certain small employers who help defray the cost of their employees' health insurance premiums

New guidance regarding the age-26 dependent coverage mandate

Hodgson Russ LLP
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USA
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May 28 2010

Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, group health plans that extend coverage to dependent children must continue to make such coverage available until age 26

Mandatory W-2 reporting of the cost of medical coverage delayed

Hodgson Russ LLP
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USA
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October 29 2010

Under the PPACA, employers are required to report the cost of employer-sponsored health coverage on their employees' 2011 Forms W-2 (generally issued in early 2012