IRS final regulations issued earlier this year provide guidance on compliance with the employer coverage mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including determining full-time status and offering coverage with minimum value. In addition, the government has also issued final and proposed regulations regarding 90-day waiting periods under the ACA.

While both sets of final

Even before passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), group health plan sponsors and administrators faced a significant array of notice and disclosure obligations. Those obligations have only increased with passage of the ACA, and in many cases existing disclosure requirements have been revised.
Continue Reading Health Care Reform – Summary of Notice and Disclosure Obligations

Although the employer shared responsibility (“coverage mandate”) rules under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) have been delayed one year (to 2015), there are a number of other PPACA requirements that will still be going into effect in 2014.
Continue Reading Health Care Reform – Updated Employer Compliance Timeline and Checklist

Pundits have written much about the Affordable Care Act’s forthcoming Health Insurance Exchanges, but they have paid little attention to employers’ obligations to notify employees of those Exchanges.  The state-based Exchanges, also known as the Health Insurance Marketplace, are expected to go into effect on January 1, 2014, with open enrollment beginning on October 1, 2013.  Employees may purchase health insurance through these Exchanges.
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