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Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter
May 4, 2023
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5 New Job Opportunities
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[Guidance Overview]
IRS Chief Counsel Discusses Cafeteria Plan Substantiation Rules
"The IRS Office of Chief Counsel has issued Memorandum Number 202317020 to explain the substantiation rules for claims made
under health and dependent care FSAs by means of six commonly encountered factual situations, in five of which it concludes that the plan is not a cafeteria plan and the reimbursement is not shielded from income and employment taxes." MORE >>
The Wagner Law Group
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[Guidance Overview]
Evolving Laws and Litigation Post–Dobbs
"It has been almost a year since the US Supreme Court ... returned the question of abortion to the states, resulting in a proliferation of legislation across the country banning, restricting, expanding, or protecting access to abortion.... Employers will need to continue
monitoring this area closely to ensure that their policies and benefit plans comply with state and federal requirements." MORE >>
Morgan Lewis
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[Guidance Overview]
New Florida Law Will Impose a Third-Party Administrator Licensing Requirement for Pharmacy Benefit Managers
"In contrast to the current PBM registration process, the TPA licensure process is much more extensive and involves the submission of comprehensive information that will allow the OIR to evaluate a PBM's finances and assess the background and suitability of the PBM's
officers, directors, and owners." MORE >>
Akerman
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Preparing for HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes
"If HHS finalizes the Proposed Rule as written, HIPAA-covered entities ... and business associates must update their privacy policies and procedures, security standards, notices of privacy practices (NPP), authorization and disclosure forms, and business associate
agreements, among other documents, to reflect the modifications required by the rulemaking." MORE >>
McGuireWoods
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A Strategic Approach to Wellness Program Success
"[O]rganizations can ... modernize their wellness programs by taking advantage of new offerings that meet their participants' needs: [1] Set goals.... [2] Identify what's important to your people.... [3] Inventory existing offerings....
[4] Consider a phased-in approach to new program components.... [5] Define measurable outcomes." MORE >>
Segal
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Payor/Provider Convergence and What It Means for You
"Health care providers are increasingly taking financial risk in their contracts with health insurance companies and, in turn, health insurance companies are becoming more involved in the delivery of care. As each group begins to take on certain characteristics and
responsibilities of the other, it is important that they understand the scope of the laws and rules applicable to them." MORE >>
Foley & Lardner LLP
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[Opinion]
A Strategy For Medicare Value-Based Drug Pricing Under The Inflation Reduction Act
"[F]ocusing primarily on costs will lead [CMS] into a thicket of implementation challenges and perverse incentives for industry.... The [Inflation Reduction Act's] stipulation that CMS use comparative clinical effectiveness is a step in the right direction but only a partial
solution ... The solution [the authors] recommend is to measure a technology's value in terms of health improvements to patients and then use this quantity to set MFP." MORE >>
Health Affairs Forefront
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Press Releases |
Broadridge Integration with iJoin and IPX Enables Allianz In-Plan Income Solution
iJoin
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DATAIR Employee Benefit Systems Announces New Hires
DATAIR Employee Benefit Systems, Inc.
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Webcasts and Conferences (Health & Welfare Plans) |
Preventive Care Coverage Post-Braidwood: Implications for Employer-Sponsored Plans, Medicaid, and Medicare
June 21, 2023 WEBINAR
Strafford
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Last Issue's Most Popular Items |
Your EAP May Be Subject to ERISA
Haynes and Boone, LLP
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Reform of Family Attribution Rules Under SECURE 2.0
KLB Benefits Law Group
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Preparing for the End of the COVID-19 Emergency: HDHPs and HSAs
McDermott Will & Emery
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