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[Guidance Overview]
CMS Issues Alert on MSP Mandatory Reporting Requirements for HRA Coverage
Excerpt: "EBIA Comment: Although the alert states that it 'provides updated information' about HRA reporting and reflects certain 'refinements,' we note that it does not make any substantive changes to the requirements since the issuance of the January 2010 CMS User Guide."
(Employee Benefits Institute of America)
[Guidance Overview]
Court Upholds DOL's Expedited Review of Eligibility for COBRA Premium Subsidy
Excerpt: "EBIA Comment: We note that in ruling against the employer on its claims of lack of statutory authority and denial of due process, this court pointed out that ARRA states that the expedited review procedure applies to 'any case in which an individual requests treatment as an assistance eligible individual and is denied such treatment by the group health plan.'"
(Employee Benefits Institute of America)
Health Reform Triage for Employers
Excerpt: "The [target article] is a framework for triaging [health care reform] in terms of what employers need to do in 2010 and 2011 vs. what they should put off (except for planning) until later in the decade."
(BusinessWeek)
No Extension of Federal Subsidy of COBRA Premiums
Excerpt: "If you lose your job after June 1, you'll see more than just your paycheck disappear. You also won't get the 65% federal subsidy to cover your COBRA health insurance premium."
(CNNMoney.com)
Panel Contends Health Care Should Be Viewed as Asset, Not Liability
Excerpt: "While health care is well-recognized as one of Michigan's leading job providers and a bright spot of growth amid the state's economic downturn, what doesn't get as much attention is the potential for health care investment to be a remedy for economic turnaround."
(Workforce Management; free registration required)
National Health Data Initiative Unveiled
Excerpt: "As part of these efforts to promote community health data, HHS officials stated that a new health indicators 'warehouse' would be deployed online at the end of this year, providing data on national, state, regional and county health performance on rates of smoking, diabetes, obesity and other health indicators."
(Workforce Management; free registration required)
Separating Consumer Medical Debt from Other Debt
Excerpt: "[The Medical Debt Relief Act], introduced in the Senate, would prohibit credit bureaus from using paid off or settled medical debt collections in assessing a consumer's credit worthiness."
(The Dallas Morning News)
AHRQ Unveils Software Tool to Analyze Health Quality Data
Excerpt: "The software -- called My Own Network Powered by AHRQ, or MONAHRQ -- allows organizations to establish a customized website that can gather patient data for use in quality improvement and reporting initiatives."
(California HealthCare Foundation)
Employers Can Help Wean Former Workers from COBRA
Excerpt: "'Employers are benefited by going the extra mile to make sure their former employees understand their choices in times like this. If the economy picks up again, for example, you may want to hire some of those workers back. And your HR department can be spared a lot of headaches by putting guidance like this together beforehand and communicating it to COBRA enrollees when the time comes,' she adds."
(Employee Benefit News; free registration required)
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Executive Compensation; Benefits in General
Employees' Caregiver and Family Responsibilities: A Continuing Challenge for Employers
Excerpt: "In addition to addressing employee relations issues and costs (i.e. turnover costs, loss of productivity) that come with family responsibilities, there are also legal land mines that employers must navigate as family responsibilities can raise issues under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and a whole host of other federal, state, and local employment laws."
(Seyfarth Shaw LLP)
Obama Orders Benefits Extended to Same-Gender Partners
Excerpt: "President Obama signed a memo June 2 extending child care, employee assistance, credit union membership and other benefits to g.ay and les.bian federal employees' same-s.ex domestic partners and their children."
(PLANSPONSOR.com)
FTC Postpones Its Enforcement of Identity Theft Red Flags Rule Through December 31, 2010
Excerpt: "While FTC guidance has clarified that a 401(k) plan's accounts would not need to be included in a written identity theft prevention program, further clarification would be helpful about the Red Flags Rule's application to other benefits, such as DCAPs, HRAs, HSAs, and qualified transportation plans . . . ."
(Employee Benefits Institute of America)
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