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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
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
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
Supreme Court considers constitutionality of individual mandate
- Hodgson Russ LLP
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- USA
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- April 27 2012
At the end of March, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires most U.S. residents to maintain health care coverage for themselves and their dependents
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
Enforcement of insured plan nondiscrimination rules delayed
- Hodgson Russ LLP
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- USA
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- January 4 2011
As many employers are by now well aware, the Affordable Care Act imposes nondiscrimination rules on insured non-grandfathered group health plans
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