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Employer health plans to pick up the tab for older employees

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 3 2008

Congress recently approved a Bill (S. 2499) that empowers federal regulators at the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that employer health plans pay the medical bills of older employees even after these employees become eligible for Medicare

EEOC issues rule on retiree health insurance and guidance on testing

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 23 2008

During December 2007, the EEOC issued important instructions to employers concerning retiree health insurance and pre-employment testing

EEOC issues final regulations retiree health benefits may be coordinated with Medicare eligibility

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 29 2008

On December 26, 2007, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published a final rule allowing employers to coordinate retiree health plans with Medicare (or a comparable state health program) without violating the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (“ADEA”

Wellness Program Checklist: DOL releases field assistance bulletin

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 19 2008

On December 13, 2006, the DOL, Treasury, and Health and Human Services published joint final regulations on the nondiscrimination provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”

Rhode Island's play or pay proposal

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 26 2008

Earlier this month, Rhode Island’s Lt. Governor, Elizabeth Roberts, proposed the Healthy Rhode Island Reform Act of 2008

Employment-based health care is not dying

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 19 2008

In February 2008, the Employee Benefit Research Institute (“EBRI”) released a summary of its December 2007 policy forum which sought to assess reports that the U.S. employment-based health benefits system was declining

Developments affecting health plans

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 28 2008

The San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance requires certain employers doing business in San Francisco to make minimum health care expenditures for their covered employees working in San Francisco

New Jersey case - push back on out of network payments

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2008

In one of the largest class action ERISA settlements ever achieved, Health-Net, Inc. has agreed to pay $215 million to resolve allegations regarding improper payments to members who submitted claims for out of network (OON) healthcare services

CMS eliminates Medicare Advantage midyear benefit enhancement

  • Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 5 2008

Effective this contract year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) eliminates midyear benefit enhancement (MYBE) to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans

Potential opportunity for employers to reduce workers compensation costs

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 4 2008

Two bills have been introduced in the Ohio legislature that could reduce workers compensation related costs for Ohio employers