| Accountable Care Orgs. | HHS | Final Rule | Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations | 2011/11/02 (FR Publication) |
| Accountable Care Orgs. | FTC/DOJ | Policy Statement | Statement of Anti-Enforcement Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations Participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program | 2011/10/28 (FR Publication) |
| Accountable Care Orgs. | IRS | IRS Fact Sheet | 2011-11 Tax-Exempt Organizations Participating in the Medical Shared Savings Program through Accountable Care Organizations | 2011/10/20 (Release) |
| Accountable Care Orgs. | HHS | Proposed Rule | Medicare Shared Savings Program; Accountable Care Organizations | 2011/04/07 (FR Publication) |
| Accountable Care Orgs. | IRS | Notice | 2011-20, Solicitation of Comments on Code provisions governing tax-exempt organizations participating in Medicare Shared Savings Program | 2011/03/31 (Release) |
| Adult Children | Labor | FAQs | Young Adults and the Affordable Care Act: Protecting Young Adults and Eliminating Burdens on Businesses and Families | 2010/09 (Release) |
| Adult Children | Treasury, Labor, HHS | Interim Final Rule | Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Dependent Coverage of Children to Age 26 Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2010/05/13 (Release) |
| Adult Children | IRS | Notice | Notice 2010-38 Tax Treatment of Health Care Benefits Provided With Respect to Children Under Age 27 | 2010/04/22 (Release) |
| Annual and Lifetime Limits | Treasury, Labor, HHS | FAQs | FAQs About Affordable Care Act Implementation (Part XI) | 2013/01/24 (Release) |
| Annual and Lifetime Limits | HHS | Guidance | Exemption for Health Reimbursement Arrangements that are Subject to PHS Act Section 2711 | 2011/08/19 (Release) |
| Annual and Lifetime Limits | HHS | Guidance | Concluding the Annual Limit Waiver Application Process | 2011/06/17 (Release) |
| Annual and Lifetime Limits | HHS | Guidance | Consumer Notices on Waivers of the Annual Limits Requirements | 2010/12/09 (Release) |
| Annual and Lifetime Limits | HHS | Guidance | Sale of New Business by Issuers Receiving Waivers | 2010/12/09 (Release) |
| Annual and Lifetime Limits | HHS | Guidance | Waivers of the Annual Limits Requirements | 2010/11/05 (Release) |
| Annual and Lifetime Limits | HHS | Guidance | Process for Obtaining Waivers of the Annual Limits Requirements of PHS Act Section 2711 | 2010/09/03 (Release) |
| Annual Limits | IRS, HHS | Interim Final Rules | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions, and Patient Protections | 2010/06/28 (Release) |
| Association Coverage | HHS | Guidance | Application of Individual and Group Market Requirements under Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act when Insurance Coverage is Sold to, or through, Associations | 2011/09/01 (Release) |
| Automatic Enrollment | IRS | Notice | Notice 2012-17, FAQs From Employers regarding Automatic Enrollment, Employer Shared Responsibility and Waiting Periods | 2012/08/31 (Release) |
| Automatic Enrollment | Labor | Technical Release 2012-1 | Frequently Asked Questions from Employers Regarding Automatic Enrollment, Employer Shared Responsibility, and Waiting Periods | 2012/02/09 (Release) |
| Automatic Enrollment | HHS | Guidance | Frequently Asked Questions from Employers Regarding Automatic Enrollment, Employer Shared Responsibility and Waiting Periods | 2010/10/13 (Release) |
| Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP | HHS | Interim Final Rule | Early Retiree Reinsurance Program | 2010/05/05 (FR Publication) |
| Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) | HHS | Notice | Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Notice regarding the Date by which Plan Sponsors Must Use Funds | 2012/03/21 (Release) |
| Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) | HHS | Notice | Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Notice regarding Incurred Claims Date | 2011/12/13 (Release) |
| Employer Coverage Mandate | Treasury | Proposed Rule | Minimum Value of Eligible Employer-Sponsored Plans and Other Rules Regarding the Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit | 2013/05/03 (Publication) |
| Employer Coverage Mandate | IRS | Proposed Rule | Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage | 2013/01/02 (FR Publication) |
| Employer Coverage Mandate | IRS | FAQs | Questions and Answers on Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions Under the Affordable Care Act | 2012/12/28 (Release) |
| Employer Coverage Mandate | IRS | Notice | Notice 2012-17, FAQs From Employers regarding Automatic Enrollment, Employer Shared Responsibility and Waiting Periods | 2012/08/31 (Release) |
| Employer Coverage Mandate | IRS | Notice | Notice 2012-58, Determining Full-time Employees for Purposes of Shared Responsibility for Employees Regarding Coverage (Section 4980H) | 2012/08/31 (Release) |
| Employer Coverage Mandate | IRS | Notice | Notice 2012-59, Guidance on 90-Day Waiting Period Limitation Under Public Service Act (Section 2708) | 2012/08/31 (Release) |
| Employer Coverage Mandate | HHS | Guidance | Waiting Period Guidance Under Public Health Service and Section 2708 | 2012/08/31 (Release) |
| Employer Coverage Mandate | IRS | Notice | Notice 2012-31 Minimum Value of an Employer Sponsored Health Plan | 2012/04/26 (Release) |
| Employer Coverage Mandate | IRS | Notice | Notice 2011-73, Request for Comments on Health Coverage Affordability Safe Harbors for Employers (Section 4980H) | 2011/09/23 (Release) |
| Employer Coverage Mandate | IRS | Notice | Notice 2011-36, Request for Comments on Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage (Section 4980H) | 2011/06/09 (Release) |
| Employer Nondiscrimination Rules | IRS | Notice | 2011-1 ACA Nondiscrimination Provisions Applicable to Insured Group Health Plans | 2011/01/10 (Release) |
| Employer Reporting | IRS | Notice | Notice 2012-32 Annual Information Reporting of Health Insurance Coverage (§ 6055 reporting) | 2012/05/14 (Release) |
| Employer Reporting | IRS | Notice | Notice 2012-33 Annual Information Reporting of Health Insurance Coverage (§ 6056 large employer reporting) | 2012/05/14 (Release) |
| Employer Responsibilities | Labor | Guidance and Model Notices | Guidance on the Notice to Employees of Coverage Options under Fair Labor Standards Act Section 18B and Updated Model Election Notice under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1975 | 2013/05/08 (Release) |
| Enforcement | Labor, OSHA | Interim Final Rule | Procedures for the Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under Section 1558 of the Affordable Care Act | 2013/02/27 (FR Publication) |
| Essential Benefits | HHS | Final Rule | Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accrediation | 2013/02/25 (FR Publication) |
| Essential Benefits | Treasury, Labor, Health | Proposed Rule | Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation | 2012/11/26 (FR Publication) |
| Essential Benefits | HHS | Final Rule | Data Collection to Support Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits; Recognition of Entities for the Accreditation of Qualified Health Plans | 2012/07/20 (FR Publication) |
| Essential Benefits | HHS | Guidance | Essential Health Benefits: List of the Largest Three Small Group Products by State | 2012/07/03 (Release) |
| Essential Benefits | HHS | Proposed Rule | Data Collection to Support Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits; Recognition of Entities for the Accreditation of Qualified Health Plans | 2012/06/05 (FR Publication) |
| Essential Benefits | HHS | Guidance | Actuarial Value and Cost-Sharing Reductions Bulletin | 2012/02/24 (Release) |
| Essential Benefits | HHS | Guidance | Frequently Asked Questions on the Essential Health Benefits Bulletin | 2012/02/17 (Release) |
| Essential Benefits | HHS | Guidance | Essential Health Benefits: Illustrative List of the Largest Three Small Group Products by State | 2012/01/25 (Release) |
| Essential Benefits | HHS | Guidance | Essential Health Benefits Bulletin | 2011/12/16 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Guidance | Proposed HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014 Overview | 2014/01/01 (Effective Date) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Guidance | Draft HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014 | 2014/01/01 (Effective Date) |
| Exchange Requirements | IRS, Treasury | Final Rule | Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit | 2013/01/30 (Release)
2013/02/01 (Effective Date) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Proposed Rule | Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Programs, and Exchanges: Essential Health Benefits in Alternative Benefit Plans, Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes for Medicaid and Exchange Eligibility Appeals and Other Provisions Related to Eligibility and Enrollment for Exchanges, Medicaid and CHIP, and Medicaid Premiums and Cost Sharing | 2013/01/22 (Federal Register) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | FAQ | Exchanges, Market Reforms and Medicaid | 2012/12/10 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Proposed Rule | Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014 | 2012/12/07 (FR Publication) |
| Exchange Requirements | OPM | Proposed Rule | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Establishment of the Multi-State Plan Program for the Affordable Insurance Exchanges | 2012/12/05 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | IRS | FAQs | ACA Section 1341 Transitional Reinsurance Program FAQs | 2012/11/30 (update)
2014/01/01 (Effective Date) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Proposed Rule | Health Insurance Market Rules; Rate Review | 2012/11/26 (FR Publication) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Guidance | Bulletin on the Transitional Reinsurance Program: Proposed Payment Operations by the Department of Health and Human Services | 2012/05/31 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Final Rule; Correction | Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans; Exchange Standards for Employers, Correction | 2012/05/29 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Guidance | General Guidance on Federally-facilitated Exchanges | 2012/05/16 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Guidance | Bulletin on the Risk Adjustment Program: Proposed Operations by the Department of Health and Human Services | 2012/05/01 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | IRS | Proposed Regulation | Disclosure of Return Information to carry out requirements of health insurance affordability programs | 2012/04/27 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Guidance | Verification of Access to Employer-Sponsored Coverage Bulletin | 2012/04/26 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Final Rule; Interim Rule | Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans; Exchange Standards for Employers | 2012/03/27 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Regulatory Impact Analysis | Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans and Standards Related to Reinsurance, Risk Corridors and Risk Adjustment | 2012/03/16 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Guidance | State Exchange Implementation Questions and Answers | 2011/11/29 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | IRS | Proposed Rule | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Establishment of Exchanges and qualified Health Plans and Standards Related to Reinsurance, Risk Corridors, and Risk Adjustment | 2011/09/30 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Proposed Rule | Exchange Functions in the Individual Market: Eligibility Determinations; Exchange Standards for Employers | 2011/08/17 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | IRS | Proposed Rule | Medicaid Program; Eligibility Changes under the Affordable Care Act of 2010 | 2011/08/17 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | IRS | Proposed Rule | Health Insurance Premium Tax Credits | 2011/08/17 (FR Publication) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Proposed Rule | Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans | 2011/07/15 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Proposed Rule | Standards Related to Reinsurance, Risk Corridors and Risk Adjustment | 2011/07/15 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Guidance | Guidance for Exchange and Medicaid Information Technology (IT) Systems: Version 2.0 | 2011/05/31 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Guidance | Initial Guidance to States on Exchanges | 2010/11/18 (Release) |
| Exchange Requirements | HHS | Guidance | Exchange and Medicaid Information Technology (IT) Systems | 2010/11/03 (Release) |
| External Appeals | Treasury, Labor, Health | Guidance | Content of Notices – Adverse Benefit Determinations and Final Internal Adverse Benefit Determinations for Beneficiaries in Non-Federal Governmental Health Plans | 2012/08/17 (Release) |
| External Appeals | Treasury, Labor, Health | Correction of Amendment to Interim Final Rule | Rules Relating to Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Processes | 2011/07/26 (FR Publication) |
| External Appeals | Treasury, Labor, Health | Guidance | Guidance on External Review for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Offering Group and Individual Health Coverage, and Guidance for States on State External Review Processes | 2011/06/22 (Release) |
| External Appeals, Internal Claims | Treasury, Labor, Health | Amendment to Interim Final Rule | Rules Relating to Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Processes | 2011/06/24 (FR Publication) |
| External Appeals, Internal Claims | Treasury, Labor, Health | Guidance | Updated Instructions for Calculating County Level Estimates Pertaining to the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Standards Set Forth in the Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Processes under the Affordable Care Act | 2011/06/22 (Release) |
| External Appeals, Internal Claims | Treasury, Labor, Health | Guidance | Instructions For Self-Insured Nonfederal Government Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Offering Group and Individual Health Coverage on How To Elect a Federal External Review Process | 2011/06/22 (Release) |
| External Appeals, Internal Claims | Treasury, Labor, Health | Guidance | Extension of Non-Enforcement Period Relating to Certain Interim Procedures for Internal Claims and Appeals under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2011/03/18 (Release) |
| External Appeals, Internal Claims | Treasury, Labor, Health | Interim Final Rule | Interim Final Rules for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Processes under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2010/10/20 (Release) |
| External Appeals, Internal Claims | Treasury, Labor, Health | Guidance | Interim Procedures for Federal External Review Relating to Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for Self-Insured Non-Federal Government Health Plans | 2010/09/23 (Release) |
| External Appeals, Internal Claims | Treasury, Labor, Health | Guidance | Interim Procedures for Internal Claims and Appeals under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2010/09/20 (Release) |
| External Appeals, Internal Claims | Treasury, Labor, Health | Guidance | Issuers in the Individual Market to Establish County Level Estimates Pertaining to the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Standards Set Forth in the Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Processes under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2010/09/01 (Release) |
| External Appeals, Internal Claims | Treasury, Labor, Health | Guidance | Availability of Interim Procedures for Federal External Review and Model Notices Relating to Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2010/08/26 (Release) |
| External Appeals, Internal Claims | Treasury, Labor, Health | Guidance | Interim Procedures for Federal External Review Relating to Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review For Health Insurance Issuers in the Group and Individual Markers and under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2010/08/26 (Release) |
| External Appeals, Internal Claims | Treasury, Labor, Health | Interim Final Rule | Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Processes Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2010/07/23 (Release) |
| Flexible Spending Accounts | IRS | Notice | Notice 2012-40, Health flexible spending arrangements not subject to $2,500 limit on salary reduction contributions for plan years beginning before 2013 and comments requested on potential modification of use-or-lose rule | 2013/01/01 (Effective Date) |
| Flexible Spending Accounts | IRS | Guidance | Question and Answers on Over-the-Counter Medicines and Drugs | 2012/08/03 (Release) |
| Flexible Spending Accounts | IRS | Notice | Notice 2010-59, IRS Issues Guidance Explaining 2011 Changes to Flexible Spending Arrangements | 2011/01/01 (Effective Date) |
| Flexible Spending Accounts | IRS | Revenue Ruling | Revenue Ruling 2010-23 obsoletes Rev. Rul. 2003-102, prior guidance on reimbursing expenses for over-the-counter drugs from employer health plans | 2011/01/01 (Effective Date) |
| Flexible Spending Accounts | IRS | Notice | Notice 2011-5, Section 105: Amounts Received under Accident and Health Plans; Section 106; Contributions by Employers to Accident and Health Plans; Section 125: Cafeteria Plans | 2011/01/01 (Effective Date) |
| Grandfathered Plans | Treasury, Labor, HHS | Amendment to the Interim Final Rule | Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Coverage Relating to Status as a Grandfathered Health Plan Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2010/11/17 (FR Publication) |
| Grandfathered Plans | Labor | FAQs | FAQs About the Affordable Care Act Implementation Part IV | 2010/10/29 (Release) |
| Grandfathered Plans | Treasury, Labor, HHS | Interim Final Rule | Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Coverage Relating to Status as a Grandfathered Health Plan Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2010/06/17 (FR Publication) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Final Rule | Health Insurance Market Rules; Rate Review | 2012/11/26 (FR Publication) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Application of Group and Individual Market Requirements Under Title XXVII of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act When Insurance Coverage is Sold To, or Through Associations | 2011/09/01 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Circumstances Under Which Supplemental Health Insurance Coverage Satisfies the Requirements for Excepted Benefits Under Section 2791(c) of the Public Health Service Act | 2008/05 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Benefit Exclusions that Cannot be Applied to Eligible Individuals Under HIPAA Individual Market Provisions | 2005/06 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Coverage through a Foreign Government, the U.S. Government, and a State Children’s Health Insurance Program, is Creditable Coverage for Purposes of Identifying Eligible Individuals under HIPAA | 2005/03 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Federal Eligibility Under HIPAA After Group Health Plan Termination | 2004/06 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | HIPAA Enforcement Is Not Preempted by COBRA; Non-HIPAA-Related State Insurance Law is Not Preempted by Public Sector COBRA | 2004/03 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | How Selling Coverage Exclusively Through Bona Fide Associations Affects and Issuer’s Guaranteed Renewability Obligations Under Title XXVII of the PHS Act | 2002/09 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | The Obligation Health Insurance Issuers Have to Association Members and Associations Under Title XXVII of the PHS Act With Respect to Guaranteed Renewability of Coverage | 2002/08 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | How to Apply the “Product Withdrawal” and “Market Exit” Exceptions of the Guaranteed Renewability Requirements of Title XXVII of the PHS Act | 2002/03 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Identifying Federally Eligible Individuals in states Electing to Use Alternative mechanisms to Comply with Guaranteed Availability Requirements under Title XXVII of the PHS Act | 2001/08 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Guaranteed Renewability of Conversion Policies | 2001/03 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Guaranteed Availability Under Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act – Applicability of Group Participation Rules | 2000/11 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Circumstances Under which Health Insurance Regulated as “Individual” Coverage Under State Law is Subject to the Group Market Requirements of The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) | 2000/11 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | State “succeeding carrier” or “extension of benefits” laws and an issuer’s obligation under HIPAA to enroll an eligible individual who is disabled | 2000/08 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Issue Related to Eligible Individual Status Under Section 2741(b) of the Public Health Service Act | 2000/06 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | The Relationship of Certain Types of State Laws to the Application of the Guaranteed Availability Requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) in the Small Group Market | 2000/06 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Imposing Nonconfinement Clause on Eligible Individuals | 2000/03 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Group Size Issues Under Title XXVII of the Public Health Services Act | 1999/09 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Applicability of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to Secondary Coverage and Continuing Coverage | 1999/06 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Issues Related to Eligible Individual Status under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 | 1999/06 (Release) |
| Individual Insurance Market | HHS | Guidance | Agent Commissions and Application Processing Delays | 1998/03 (Release) |
| Individual Mandate | IRS, Treasury | Proposed Rule | Shared Responsibility Payment for Not Maintaining Minimum Essential Coverage | 2013/01/30 (Release) |
| Individual Mandate | IRS, Treasury | FAQs | Questions and Answers on the Individual Shared Responsibility Provision | 2013/01/30 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Guidance | Questions and Answers Regarding the Medical Loss Ratio Reporting and Rebate Requirements | 2012/07/17 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Guidance | Questions and Answers Regarding the Medical Loss Ratio Reporting Requirements | 2012/05/30 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Proposed Rule | Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014 | 2012/12/07 (FR Publication) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Guidance | Questions and Answers Regarding the Medical Loss Ratio Reporting Form | 2012/05/24 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Correcting Amendment | Medical Loss Ratio Requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2012/05/16 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Final Rule | Medical Loss Ratio Requirements under the Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act | 2012/05/16 (FR Publication) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Guidance | Memo to Insurance Companies: Guidance for Medical Loss Ratio Annual Reporting Form; Memo to Insurance Companies: Guidance for Medical Loss Ratio Notices of Rebates | 2012/05/15 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Guidance | Questions and Answers Regarding the Medical Loss Ratio Regulation | 2012/04/20 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Guidance | Memo to Insurance Companies: Medical Loss Ratio Annual Reporting Procedures | 2012/03/30 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Guidance | Questions and Answers Regarding the Medical Loss Ratio Interim Final Rule | 2012/02/10 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Interim Final Rule | Medical Loss Ratio Requirements for Non-Federal Government Plans | 2011/12/07 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Guidance | Questions and Answers Regarding the Medical Loss Ratio Interim Final Rule | 2011/07/18 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Guidance | Deadline for Submission of 2011 First Quarter MLR Data by Issuers of “Mini-med” and Expatriate Plans | 2011/05/19 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Guidance | Questions and Answers Regarding the Medical Loss Ratio Interim Final Rule | 2011/05/13 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Guidance | Submission of 2011 Quarterly Reports of MLR Data by Issuers of “Mini-med” and Expatriate Plans | 2011/04/26 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Technical Correction | Medical Loss Interim Final Rule | 2010/12/30 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Correction Amendment to Interim Final Rule | Health Insurance Issuers Implementing Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2010/12/30 (FR Publications) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Guidance | Process for a State to Submit a Request for Adjustment to the Medical Loss Ratio Standard of PHS Act Section 2718 | 2010/12/17 (Release) |
| Medical Loss Ratio | HHS | Interim Final Rule | Health Insurance Issuers Implementing Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2010/12/01 (Release) |
| Minimum Value | IRS | Notice | Notice 2012-31, Minimum Value of an Employer-Sponsored Health Plan | 2014/01/01 (Effective Date) |
| Minimum Value | Treasury, Labor, Health | Proposed Rule | Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation | 2012/11/26 (FR Publication) |
| Patient Protections | IRS, HHS | Interim Final Rule | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions, and Patient Protections | 2010/06/28 (Release) |
| Patient’s Bill of Rights | IRS, HHS | Guidance | Process for Obtaining Waivers of the Annual Limits Requirements of PHS Act Section 2711 | 2010/09/03 (Release) |
| PCORI | IRS | Form | Instructions for Form 720 | 2013/07/13 (First Due Date) |
| PCORI | IRS | Final Regulation | Fees on Health Insurance Policies and Self-Insured Plans for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund | 2012/12/06 (Release) |
| PCORI | IRS | Notice | Notice 2011-35 Request for Comments on Funding of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Through Fees Payable by Issuers of Health Insurance Policies and Self-Insured Health Plan Sponsors | 2012/04/17 (Release) |
| Pre-existing Condition Exclusions | Treasury, Labor, HHS | Guidance | Enrollment of Children Under 19 Under the New Policy That Prohibits Pre-Existing Condition Exclusions | 2010/10/13 (Release) |
| Pre-existing Condition Exclusions | Treasury, Labor, HHS | Interim Final Rule | Requirements for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Relating to Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions, and Patient Protections; | 2010/08/27 (Effective Date); 2010/06/28 (FR Publication) |
| Pre-existing Condition Exclusions | IRS | Bulletin | Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2010-32 T.D. 9491 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions, and Patient Protections | 2010/08/09 (Release) |
| Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIF) | HHS | Guidance | Question and Answer Regarding Anti-Dumping Provisions Related to the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Program | 2011/05/31 (Release) |
| Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP | HHS | Guidance | The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Program and Newborn Coverage | 2010/10/06 (Release) |
| Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) | HHS | Amendment to Interim Final Regulation | Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Program | 2012/08/30 (Release) |
| Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) | HHS | Guidance | Management of PCIP Program in 2012 | 2012/05/25 (Release) |
| Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) | HHS | Guidance | PCIP Premium and Benefit Revisions | 2011/05/31 (Release) |
| Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) | HHS | Guidance | Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Eligibility and Access to Other Creditable Coverage | 2011/03/23 (Release) |
| Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) | HHS | Guidance | Eligibility for Children under Age 19 in the Federally-Administered Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan | 2011/02/17 (Release) |
| Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) | HHS | Guidance | Portability of Coverage, Enrollee Notices, and Third Party Payments | 2010/12/28 (Release) |
| Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) | HHS | Interim Final Rule | Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Program | 2010/07/30 (FR Publication) |
| Preventive Services | Treasury, Labor, HHS | FAQs | FAQs About Affordable Care Act Implementation Part XII | 2013/02/20 (Release) |
| Preventive Services | HHS, IRS | Proposed Rules | Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act | 2013/01/30 (Release) |
| Preventive Services | HHS | Guidance | Guidance on the Temporary Enforcement Safe Harbor for Certain Employers, Group Health Plans and Group Health Insurance Issuers with Respect to the Requirement to Cover Contraceptive Services Without Cost Sharing Under Section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act, Section 715(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and Section 9815(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code | 2012/08/15 (Release) |
| Preventive Services | Treasury, Labor, HHS | Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking | Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act | 2012/03/21 (FR Publication) |
| Preventive Services | Treasury, Labor, HHS | Final Rule | Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2012/02/15 (FR Publication) |
| Preventive Services | HHS | Guidance | Guidance on the Temporary Enforcement Safe Harbor for Certain Employers, Group Health Plans and Group Health Insurance Issuers with Respect to the Requirement to Cover Contraceptive Services Without Cost Sharing Under Section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act, Section 715(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and Section 9815(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. | 2012/02/10 (Release) |
| Preventive Services | Treasury, Labor, HHS | Interim Final Rules with request for comment | Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2011/08/03 (FR Publication) |
| Preventive Services | HHS, HRSA | Guidance | HRSA’s Women’s Preventive Services Required Health Plan Coverage Guidelines | 2011/08/01 (Release) |
| Preventive Services | Treasury, Labor, HHS | Interim Final Rules | Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 2010/07/19 (Release) |
| Preventive Services | HHS | Guidance | Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force | 2010/07/19 (Release) |
| Rate Reviews | HHS | Proposed Rule | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Health Insurance Market Rules; Rate Review | 2012/11/26 (FR Publication) |
| Rate Reviews | HHS | Guidance | State-Specific Threshold Proposals Guidance for States | 2012/03/20 (Release) |
| Rate Reviews | HHS | Final Rule | Rate Increase Disclosure and Review: Definitions of Individual Market and Small Group Market | 2011/09/06 (Release) |
| Rate Reviews | HHS | Final Rule | Rate Increase Disclosure and Review | 2011/05/23 (FR Publication) |
| Rate Reviews | HHS | Proposed Rule | Rate Increase Disclosure and Review | 2010/12/23 (FR Publication) |
| Reporting (see also W-2) | IRS | Notice | Notice 2012-32, 2012-33, Request for Comments on Reporting of Health Insurance Coverage; Request for Comments on Reporting by Applicable Large Employers on Health Insurance Coverage Under Employer-Sponsored Plan | 2014/01/01 (Effective Date) |
| Student Health Plans | HHS | Final Rule | Student Health Insurance Coverage | 2012/03/21 (FR Publication) |
| Student Health Plans | HHS | Proposed Rule | Student Health Insurance Coverage | 2011/02/11 (FR Publication) |
| Summaries of Benefits and Coverage | Labor | FAQs | FAQs about the Affordable Care Act Implementation Part XIV | 2013/04/23 (Release) |
| Summary of Benefits and Coverage | Labor | FAQs | FAQs about Affordable Care Act Implementation Part X | 2012/08/07 (Release) |
| Summary of Benefits and Coverage | Labor | FAQs | FAQs about Affordable Care Act Implementation Part IX | 2012/05/11 (Release) |
| Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary | Labor | FAQs | FAQs About Affordable Care Act Implementation Part VIII | 2012/02/14 (Release) |
| Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary | Treasury, Labor, Health | Final Rule | Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary | 2012/02/14 (Release) |
| Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary | Treasury, Labor, Health | Guidance | Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary – Templates, Instructions, and Related Materials and Guidance for Compliance | 2012/02/14 (Release) |
| Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary | Treasury, Labor, Health | Proposed Rule | Summary of Benefits and Coverage and the Uniform Glossary | 2011/08/22 (Release) |
| Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary | Treasury, Labor, Health | Guidance | Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary – Templates, Instructions, and Related Materials under the Public Health Service Act | 2011/08/22 (Release) |
| Sunshine Act | HHS | Final Rule | Medicare, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Programs; Transparency Reports | 2013/02/08 (FR Publication) |
| Taxes and Fees | Treasury IRS | Final Regs. | Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit | 2014/01/01 (Effective Date)
2012/05/23 (FR Publication) |
| Taxes and Fees | IRS | Notice | 2012-74 Branded Prescription Drug Fee; Guidance to 2013 Fee | 2013/09/30 (First Payment Due)
2013/01/01(Effective Date) |
| Taxes and Fees | Treasury IRS | Proposed Rule | Health Insurance Providers Fee | 2013/04/03 (FR Publication)
2014/05/01 (Reports)
2014/09/30 (Payment) |
| Taxes and Fees | HHS | Final Rule | HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014 | 2013/03/11 (FR Publication)
2013/04/30 (Effective Date) |
| Taxes and Fees | Treasury IRS | Final Regs. | Taxable Medical Devices | 2013/01/01 (Effective Date)
2012/12/07 (FR Publication) |
| Taxes and Fees | Treasury IRS | Proposed Rule | Net Investment Income Tax | 2013/01/01 (Effective Date)
2012/12/05 (FR Publication) |
| Taxes and Fees | Treasury IRS | Proposed Rule | Rules relating to Additional Medicare Tax | 2013/01/01 (Effective Date)
2012/12/05 (FR Publication) |
| Taxes and Fees | IRS | Summary | Affordable Care Act Tax Provisions | 2012/12/11 (Last Update) |
| Taxes and Fees | Treasury IRS | FAQs | Net Investment Income Tax | 2012/12/10 (Release) |
| Taxes and Fees | IRS | FAQs | Medical Device Excise Tax Frequently Asked Questions | 2012/12/07 (Release) |
| Taxes and Fees | IRS | Guidance | Notice 2012-77 Medical Device Excise Tax; Constructive Sales Price; Deposit Penalties | 2012/12/05 (Release) |
| Taxes and Fees | IRS | FAQs | Questions and Answers for Additional Medicare Tax | 2012/11/30 (Update)
2013/01/01 (Effective Date) |
| Taxes and Fees | Treasury IRS | Final Rule | Branded Prescription Drug Fee Regulations | 2011/08/18 (FR Publication) |
| Taxes and Fees | Treasury IRS | Proposed Rule | Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit | 2011/08/17 (FR Publication) |
| W-2 | IRS | FAQs | Employer-Provided Health Coverage Informational Reporting Requirements: Questions and Answers | 2013/02/25 (Release) |
| W-2 | IRS | Notice | Notice 2012-9 Interim Guidance on Informational Reporting to Employees of the Cost of Their Group Health Insurance Coverage | 2013/01/01 (Effective Date)
2012/01/03 (Release) |
| W-2 | IRS | Notice | Notice 2011-31, Interim Guidance on Informational Reporting of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage | 2013/01/01 (Effective Date) |
| W-2 | IRS | Notice | Notice 2010-69, Interim Relief with Respect to Form W-2 Reporting of the Cost of Coverage of Group Health Insurance Under Section 6051(a)(14) | 2013/01/01 (Effective Date) |
| Waiting Periods | HHS, Labor, Treasury | Proposed Rule | Ninety-Day Waiting Period Limitation and Technical Amendments to Certain Health Coverage Requirements Under the Affordable Care Act | 2013/03/18 (Release) |
| Waiting Periods | HHS | Guidance | Waiting Period Guidance Under Public Health Service and Section 2708 | 2012/08/31 (Release) |
| Waiting Periods | Labor | Technical Release 2012-1 | Frequently Asked Questions from Employers Regarding Automatic Enrollment, Employer Shared Responsibility, and Waiting Periods | 2012/02/09 (Release) |
| Wellness Program | IRS, Labor, HHS | Final Rule | Incentives for Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs in Group Health Plans; Final Rule | 2013/06/03 (FR Publication)
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| Wellness Program | HHS | Proposed Rule | Incentives for Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs in Group Health Plans | 2012/11/26 (FR Publication) |
