On Thursday, June 15, 2017, Darcy Hitesman, along with Aline Haffner (attorney and Senior Consultant, EBIA Learning, at Thomson Reuters), will be discussing administrative services agreements for health and welfare…

ERISA requires welfare benefit plans to file a Form 5500 each year unless the plan qualifies for the small plan exemption, or another regulatory exemption.  ➡ For a calendar year…

The IRS released official guidance regarding high deductible health plan (HDHP) parameters and contribution limits for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for 2018.  Below are the amounts as described in Rev.…

April 10, 2017 The IRS is targeting Applicable Large Employers (ALEs), and employers it believes may have been ALEs, for the 2015 tax year ACA informational returns. Based on a…

Health plans and issuers that have an annual open enrollment period beginning on or after April 1, 2017 for plan years beginning on or after April 1, 2017 must use…

The American Health Care Act (AHCA), the bill representing the combined efforts of various interests to “repeal and replace” HCR, was scheduled for a House floor vote last Friday, March…

On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Darcy L. Hitesman, Esq. will present a FREE EBIA webcast with Howard D. Bye-Torre, Esq. (Stoel Rives, LLP. in Seattle, WA). Webcast Description: Despite extensive federal…

On Monday, the House Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee released proposed legislation for the repeal and replacement of portions of PPACA (the Patient Protection and…

January 13, 2017 New FAQs Address HRA Integration Scenarios FAQs About Affordable Care Act Implementation Part 37 The regulatory agencies released FAQs on January 12, 2017, regarding integrated Health Reimbursement…

The enactment of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) imposed certain requirements on group health plans.  Under the ACA, group health plans could no longer have annual or lifetime limits and…