On January 30, 2023, President Biden issued a Statement of Administration Policy announcing his intent to extend the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies (collectively, “COVID-19 Emergencies”) set to expire on March 1 and April 11, respectively, until May 11, 2023. While the COVID-19 Emergencies have not officially been extended at this time, if they [Read More]
CAA, 2023 Eliminates MHPAEA Exemption for Self-Funded Non-Federal Governmental Health Plans On December 29, 2022, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (“CAA, 2023”), into law. The CAA 2023, which is largely a bipartisan spending bill, sunsets provisions of the Public Health Service Act which permitted large, self-funded, non-federal governmental plans (i.e., self-funded state [Read More]
On December 23, 2022, federal agencies released ACA and CAA Implementation FAQ Part 56 which extends the December 27, 2022 deadline for Prescription Drug Data Collection Reporting (“RxDC Reporting”) through January 31, 2023, and provides relief for plans that use a good faith, reasonable interpretation of the regulations and RxDC Reporting Instructions when submitting their [Read More]
IRS Releases Final Rules Extending Deadline to Furnish ACA Reporting Forms On December 12, 2022, the IRS released a Final Rule providing for, among other things, an automatic 30-day extension of time for applicable large employers (“ALEs”) to furnish annual Forms 1095-C to individuals for calendar years beginning after December 31, 2022. The Final Rule [Read More]
On December 20, 2022, the House and Senate released H.R. 2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (“CAA, 2023”), which is expected to pass in both chambers this week before being presented to the President for signature, which is expected by the Friday deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown. The CAA, 2023 is largely a [Read More]
The IRS has released Notice 2022-59, which sets the applicable PCORI fee for plan years ending between October 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023 at $3.00 per covered life. As a reminder, the PCORI was established as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to conduct research to evaluate the effectiveness of medical treatments, procedures [Read More]
On October 18, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2022-38, which increases the health flexible spending account (FSA) salary reduction contribution limit to $3,050 for plan years beginning in 2023, an increase of $200 from 2022. Thus, for health FSAs with a carryover feature, the maximum carryover amount is $610 (20% of [Read More]
On October 13, 2022, the IRS finalized regulations (the “Final Rule”) intended to revise the method of determining affordability under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for an employee’s family members by considering whether the coverage offered by the employer to the employee and their family members is affordable. The final regulations are effective on December [Read More]
On July 28, 2022, the DOL, HHS, and the IRS (collectively, the “Agencies”) released FAQs About Affordable Care Act Implementation Part 54, which, according to the Agencies, is intended to make it clear that, despite the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs, the ACA’s preventive care mandate requires non-grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers [Read More]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Rev. Proc. 2022-34, which contains the inflation-adjusted amounts for 2023 used to determine whether employer-sponsored coverage is “affordable” for purposes of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer shared responsibility provisions and premium tax credit program. As shown in the table below, for plan years beginning in 2023, the [Read More]