Leavitt Group Bulletins on Health Care Reform
Leavitt Bulletins are written by Leavitt's ERISA attorneys and provide informative,
practical explanations of specific provisions of the Health Care Reform law, regulations
and other guidance. These Bulletins are detailed enough to keep you informed, and
are also understandable -- not written in legal-ese! Read new Bulletins as they
are published to stay abreast of new legal developments on Health Care Reform. And
if you need a quick refresher on specific Health Care Reform provisions, just print
out the applicable Bulletin from the list below.
Health Reform Articles
March 1, 2012 Deadline: Employers Must Report Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Status to CMS
HCR Guidance on Automatic Enrollment, Employer Shared Responsibility and Waiting Periods
New Guidance Sets September 2012 Effective Date for Uniform Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC)
Matrix of W-2 Reportable & Non-Reportable Health Care Costs, Updated for IRS Notice 2012-9 (1/6/2012)
IRS Amends Prior Guidance on W-2 Reporting of Health Coverage Costs
California New-Hire Notice Posted on DLSE Website
Payroll Tax Cut Temporarily Extended to February 29, 2012
HHS Allows States Flexibility in Defining “Essential Health Benefits”
Form W-2 Reporting of Health Care Costs in 2012
2012 Annual List of Open Enrollment Notices and Action Items for Group Health Plans
New California Laws Affecting Benefits and Employment in 2012
New ACA FAQs on the Summary of Benefits and Coverage and the MHPAEA
CHIP Notice: Employers Must Notify Employees Annually of Possible Premium Assistance from Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
US Supreme Court to Decide Constitutionality of Health Care Reform Law
HCR: DC Appeals Court Upholds Constitutionality of Individual Mandate
Health Care Reform Timeline for 2012
IRS Announces 2012 Dollar Limits and COLA Increases Affecting Benefits Plans
Health Care Reform: Institute of Medicine Issues Long-Awaited Report on Essential Benefits
NLRB Delays Effective Date of New Posting Requirement
Cola's Dollar Amount
2012 HCR Provisions
Administration Appeals Health Care Reform Case to Supreme Court
Upcoming Deadlines for Medicare Part D Notice & NLRB Poster
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Dismisses Two Cases Challenging Health Care Reform
IRS Proposes "Affordability" Safe Harbor to Benefit Employers
2010 Small Business Health Care Tax Credit: Still Time to File if You are an Eligible Employer!
Clarifications to California's Paid Leave Law for Organ and Bone Marrow Donors
HHS Issues Long-Awaited Guidance on Uniform Summary of Benefits
MOST RECENT COURT OF APPEALS CASE STRIKES DOWN INDIVIDUAL MANDATE
HHS ISSUES PROPOSED RULES FOR STATE HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES
HHS Adopts Additional Guidelines for Women's Preventive Services
HHS Will End Existing Annual Limit Waiver Process September 22, 2011
Blue Shield “2% pledge”: Must group health plan sponsors share the October 30% premium credit with plan participants?
Appeals Court Upholds Health Care Reform Law's Individual Mandate
IRS, DOL & HHS Issue Amendments to Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Processes for Group Health Plans and Issuers
Medicare Part D Annual Enrollment Period Changed to October 15, Employers Must send Notices Before October 15
Health Savings Accounts - 2012 Dollar Amounts
RECENT HEALTH CARE REFORM UPDATES: as of May 16, 2011
Health Care Reform: Rescissions
Feds Request Public Comments on Shared Responsibility Provisions of HCR Law
California Gov. Brown Signs AB 36
No April Fools’ Day Joke: HCR FAQs part VI issued on April 1st
IRS Delays Effective Date (to January 2014) by which Small Employers must Report Cost of Group Health Coverage on W-2s, & Provides Additional Guidance
DOL Delays Effective Date of New HCR Internal Claims and Appeals Provisions for Non-Grandfathered Plans
California Conforms to Federal Tax Law: No State Tax on Employer-Paid Benefits for Adult Dependents
Paid Leave for California Employees who are Organ and Bone Marrow Donors
Employers Must Disclose Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Status to CMS by March 1, 2011
Bill Introduced to Repeal $2,500 Cap on FSAs and to Allow Reimbursement for Over-the-Counter Drugs from Health FSAs and HSAs
IRS Says Lactation Expenses are Medical Expenses
Federal District Court Dismisses Plaintiffs' Complaint that Individual Mandate is Unconstitutional
Senate Votes NOT to Repeal Health Care Reform
Federal Court in Florida Declares Individual Mandate Unconstitutional and Voids Entire HCR Act
House Votes to Repeal Health Care Reform Law, but Senate Passage Unlikely
Flurry of New Government Guidance on HCR
IRS Issues Notice 2011-1, Delaying the Effective Date of Nondiscrimination Rules for Insured Group Health Plans
HHS Issues Regulations Requiring Insurers to Justify Rate Increases of 10% or More in 2011
IRS issues Guidance for Employers on New 2011 Payroll Tax Rates
HHS Issues Guidance and Model Language for Notice of Waiver of Annual Limits
IRS Issues Final Guidance to Help Small Employers Claim New Health Care Tax Credit
HHS Issues MLR Regulations & Guidance on State Exchanges
Feds allow Insured Group Health Plans to Change Carriers and still Maintain Grandfather Status
Non-discrimination Testing for Insured Plans
CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION 2010
October 21, 2010
Interim Final Rule, “Protecting Young Adults”
Age 26 or Age 27, Two Different Rules
Non-discrimination Testing for Insured Plans
Small Employer Health Insurance Credit
The Grandfather Clause
Age 26 Rule
