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2013 benefit limits

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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January 14 2013

The IRS and the Social Security Administration have announced the cost-of-living adjustments for various benefit plan limits for 2013. Limits

Mandatory fees on health plan insurers and plan sponsors to fund research

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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April 18 2012

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations on the fees imposed on specified health insurance issuers and plan sponsors of self-funded health plans under the Affordable Care Act to help fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Future guidance outlined for automatic enrollment, employer responsibilities and waiting periods

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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February 23 2012

This month, the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury released yet another page from their Affordable Care Act playbook in substantially identical forms

Final summary of benefits and coverage rules a rocky compliance road for employer plans

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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February 20 2012

On February 14th the Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services (the Departments) issued final regulations regarding the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) Rules under the Affordable Care Act

New guidance issued for reporting the cost of health coverage on Forms W-2

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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January 9 2012

In March of 2011, the Internal Revenue Service (Service) issued Notice 2011-28 which provided interim guidance regarding the informational reporting to employees of their employer-sponsored group health plan coverage (the 2011 Notice

Reporting the cost of health coverage on Forms W-2

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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April 5 2011

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service (Service) issued Notice 2011-28 which provides interim guidance regarding the informational reporting to employees of their employer-sponsored group health plan coverage (the Notice

Nondiscrimination rules delayed for insured health plans

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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January 1 2011

The Affordable Care Act imposes, for the first time, nondiscrimination rules on non-grandfathered, insured group health plans similar to those that apply to self-insured plans under Section 105(h) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code

The next generation of appeals procedures new federal external review process and model notices

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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August 27 2010

On August 23, 2010, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (the Departments) announced the release of EBSA Technical Release 2010-01 (the Technical Release), which establishes an interim federal external review process for non-grandfathered self-insured group health plans

Health care reform availability of coverage for adult children

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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May 17 2010

On May 13, 2010, the Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services (the Departments) issued interim final rules (the Rules) to implement Section 2714 of the Public Health Services Act regarding the mandated expansion of eligibility for adult dependent children

Number two and counting - Congress extends and expands the COBRA subsidy program

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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March 5 2010

At the beginning of this year, employers, insurers and COBRA administrators revised their procedures and notices to incorporate the extension of the COBRA subsidy added by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010