The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has published final regulations that will enable plan sponsors and insurers to calculate their liability under the transitional reinsurance fee provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Beginning in 2014 (and continuing for 2015 and 2016), employers and other sponsors of self-funded health plans, as well [&hellip… Continue Reading »
In regulations and other pronouncements issued toward the end of 2012, the government has provided further details on new taxes and fees introduced by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Health plan sponsors will be particularly interested in the amounts that they will be assessed to fund various ACA programs. This guidance includes: Regulations, a fact [&hellip… Continue Reading »
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed two sets of regulations under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the 2010 health care reform legislation) relating to changes that will take effect in 2014. Although the new rules focus principally on what states must do to meet health care reform requirements, health [&hellip… Continue Reading »