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September 2012 employee benefits update

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USA
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October 8 2012

All group health plans that offer prescription drug coverage to Medicare-eligible employees (under either an active plan or retiree plan) must provide an annual creditable coverage disclosure notice to Medicare-eligible participants and dependents no later than October 15, 2012

Employee benefits

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
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USA
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August 15 2012

Plan administrators of defined contribution plans that permit participant direction of investments must provide a new fee disclosure to plan participants by August 30, 2012

United States Supreme Court upholds PPACA

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USA
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June 28 2012

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) issued its long awaited decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Act), upholding the constitutionality of the individual mandate provision of the Act as a valid exercise of Congress's power under the Taxing Clause and limiting the Medicaid expansion by striking, as an unconstitutional exercise of Congress's power under the Spending Clause, the provision of the Act that authorizes the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary (the Secretary) to withdraw existing Medicaid funds from States that fail to implement the expanded Medicaid coverage requirements in the Act

IRS publishes proposed regulations imposing fees to fund patient-centered outcomes research

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
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USA
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May 14 2012

On April 17, 2012, the IRS published proposed regulations addressing the fees issuers of certain health insurance policies and plan sponsors of self-insured health plans will be charged to fund comparative effectiveness research

IRS issues notices requesting comments on regulations implementing minimum essential coverage requirements

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
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USA
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May 14 2012

The IRS published three notices requesting comments on issues pertaining to regulations implementing the minimum essential coverage requirements as required by PPACA

Form W-2 information reporting of health care costs

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
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USA
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January 9 2012

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) made changes to reporting requirements on Form W-2 to include the aggregate cost of applicable employer-sponsored health coverage

Informational reporting cost of employer-sponsored health coverage for 2012 Form W-2

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
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USA
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December 29 2011

Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012 (i.e., beginning with the Forms W-2 issued in January 2013), PPACA requires employers that provide health care coverage to their employees to report the aggregate cost of applicable employer sponsored coverage on Forms W-2

Repeal of Form 1099 tax reporting requirement in PPACA

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
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USA
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May 20 2011

A bill repealing expanded Form 1099 tax reporting requirements that were included in PPACA was signed into law by President Obama on April 14

Delay of nondiscrimination rules for insured group health plans

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
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USA
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January 26 2011

On December 22, 2010, the IRS issued Notice 2011-1, which delayed the effective date for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requirement that nongrandfathered insured plans comply with rules "similar to" the nondiscrimination rules of Code section 105(h)(2

IRS issues guidance on funding relief for multiemployer defined benefit plans

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC
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USA
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December 22 2010

On November 26, 2010, the IRS issued Notice 2010-83, providing further guidance on the funding relief added by the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 (PRA 2010