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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

HHS GINA proposed regulations HIPAA-covered entities impacted

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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October 13 2009

Section 105 of the Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act of 2008 ("GINA") provides that a group health plan or health insurer may not use or disclose genetic information for purposes of underwriting

GINA interim final regulations wellness and disease management programs impacted

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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October 13 2009

Title I of the Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act of 2008 ("GINA") generally prohibits group health plans, health insurance issuers in the group and individual markets and issuers of Medicare supplemental policies from using genetic information to discriminate and from collecting genetic information

Medicare reporting applies to uninsured liability claims employers may be required to register

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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August 5 2009

The Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 ("MMSEA") implements new mandatory reporting requirements (referred to as "Section 111 Reporting") to allow Medicare to identify medical claims where another entity, not Medicare, is responsible for payment pursuant to the Medicare Secondary Payor rules

Form W-2 reporting delayed

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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October 12 2010

The Affordable Care Act provides generally that the aggregate cost of employer-sponsored health coverage must be reported on a Form W-2

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

Early retiree reinsurance program - HHS releases interim final regulations

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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May 11 2010

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) charged the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with establishing a temporary Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (the Program) for employment-based health plans that provide health coverage to early retirees

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

Annual limit waiver guidance updated

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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November 8 2010

Today, OCIIO amended the annual limit waiver application process for mini-med plans, including adding a participant notice requirement

Agencies amend grandfather plan rules

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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USA
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November 15 2010

Today, the agencies amended the grandfather plan rules to allow employers to change insurers without losing grandfather status

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