Legislative Updates

Self-funded plan sponsors: Don’t miss the July deadline to file and remit payment for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCORI) fee. What is PCORI? The PCORI is a non-profit institute that [...]

Managing your compliance within the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is hardly a one-time obligation. Instead, effective ACA compliance requires constant monitoring, a task made ever more difficult by [...]

In the healthcare world, President Trump’s dislike for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is well documented and while his initiatives to overthrow the ACA in its entirety have failed, his plans to [...]

Employer-provided healthcare continues to be the largest source of coverage in the United States. It’s also one of the most appreciated employee benefits offered. The Trump Administration has [...]

In November 2018, Democrats secured 218 seats in the mid-term elections to gain back control over the House of Representatives and deliver a decidedly pro-ACA House of Representatives. Demand for [...]

Updated July 9, 2019: On Tuesday, a panel of two Republicans and one Democrat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments on the Texas v. Azar case. The case [...]

Healthcare continues to be a focus of the Trump Administration and President Trump has used Executive Orders to drive regulatory change. In October 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order [...]

A year ago the IRS began issuing Letter 226-J notifying employers — those that may not have complied with section 4980H(a) and (b) of the ACA employer mandate during the 2015 tax year — of the [...]

On October 1, 2018, the IRS released the 2018 1095/1094 final forms and instructions for IRS reporting under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As expected based on earlier released draft forms, only [...]

September 26, 2018 Update: Due to Hurricane Florence’s devastating result in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, the House postponed many items on the House agenda, including HR 3798, [...]