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Legal challenges to health care reform continue to work through the courts
- Hodgson Russ LLP
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- USA
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- April 15 2011
In late January, a district court in Florida ruled that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is unconstitutional
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
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
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
IRS issues notice regarding nondiscrimination rule for insured plans
- Hodgson Russ LLP
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- USA
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- November 29 2010
The IRS issued Notice 2010-63 inviting public comments on the application of rules prohibiting insured group health plans from discriminating in favor of highly compensated individuals (HCIs
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
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
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- Workarea - Healthcare
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- Author - Daniel R. Sharpe
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