The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has increased penalties for violating federal minimum wage, overtime, and posting and safety requirements, effective January 23, 2019. The increased monetary fines apply to... read more →
Employer groups that offer prescription drug coverage to Medicare eligible employees, dependents and/or retirees, need to provide annual creditable disclosures to both their eligible plan participants and the federal Centers... read more →
Implementation of the "Cadillac Tax," the Affordable Care Act's excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage, has been delayed until 2022. Previously, this tax—which would impose a 40% tax on plans... read more →
Important information for prospective individual medical enrollees who did not enroll at open enrollment: Amerihealth (NJ): Coverage effective dates can only be 1st or 15th of the month. For when... read more →
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun enforcing the employer shared responsibility provision (aka "employer mandate" or "pay or play" provision) of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for the 2015... read more →
Effective January 1, 2017, the New Jersey Small Employer Health Coverage Program (SEH Program) aligned its definition of a "Small Employer" for health insurance coverage purposes with the federal definition.... read more →
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing relief to certain Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Part A and individual coverage bought through a health insurance "exchange" to... read more →
On May 4, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). An earlier version of the House bill, called the American... read more →
The ACA created Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Sections 6055 and 6056 which require employers, insurers, and other reporting entities report health insurance information to the IRS for purposes of enforcing the... read more →
Employers and health insurance issuers must provide the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) and Glossary to all employees who are offered and who enroll in group coverage, per the... read more →
