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PPACA penalties: what individuals without coverage will pay

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 14 2012

As we press forward with implementation of health care reform, one of the things that has not been fully discussed is the penalty for not having “minimum essential coverage.”

More on PPACA: multiemployer plans and shared responsibility

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 28 2013

Earlier this month, Treasury and the IRS published a proposed rule regarding the shared responsibility penalty. The proposed rule describes how the

Wellness plans and the ADA safe harbor: Seff v. Broward revisited

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 22 2012

Many plan sponsors are unaware of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act as it relates to health insurance

To insure or self-insure: that is a good question

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 28 2011

So how does one decide to self-insure a health plan or go the fully-insured route?

COBRA audits another worry for employers

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2012

In March of this year, the Internal Revenue Service published a guide to be used by its examiners in monitoring compliance by employers and group health plan sponsors with the requirements under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA

Benefit plan discrimination testing: the same, but different

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 13 2012

Although it is not yet in effect, or fully defined, Section 2716 of the Public Health Service Act was revised under PPACA to provide that the anti-discrimination provisions of IRS Code Section 105(h) would apply to insured health plans

COBRA subsidy extended again

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 3 2010

Last night, President Obama signed a stop-gap bill that extends the COBRA subsidy eligibility through March 31

The importance of being accurate: misstated COBRA date leads to penalties

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 15 2010

With all of the changes to COBRA and questions about the subsidy for COBRA participants, it is important to keep in mind that accuracy of information is still very significant

DOL issues model CHIPRA notice

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 11 2010

The Department of Labor (DOL) issued a model Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) notice on February 4, 2010

Pension relief signed into law under "Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010"

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2010

On June 25, President Obama signed pension funding relief into law under the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010