A recent Alabama Supreme Court case, LaPage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine, has made headlines and raised questions about the legal implications of providing in vitro fertilization (IVF) benefits. During IVF, eggs are fertilized outside the body to create an embryo, and in the case at hand, the parents sued
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Sponsoring a Group Health Plan for Employees? What Employers Need to Know About the Consolidated Appropriations Act
Employers sponsoring group health plans must understand and comply with new requirements imposed by the Consolidated Appropriations Act. On the plus side, the new compliance requirements can provide sponsors with valuable insights into the operation of their group health plans. To avoid potential liabilities, however, sponsors should act proactively to
You Don’t Have To Go Home, But You Can’t Stay Here
It’s 2024, which means a new batch of provisions from SECURE Act 2.0 have gone into effect. One of the more significant ones is an increase in the “cashout” limit that a qualified plan can impose to kick former employees with small balances out of their plans.
The cashout limit
As We Turn to a New Year, What Leave Benefits Are Employers Offering in 2024? Mental Health Benefits Top the List
Do you, by chance, offer your employees “Paw-ternity” leave?
More seriously, how about NICU leave?
With the ever-increasing reality that the federal government will offer no lifeline to streamline the ever-growing list of states mandating employee paid leave, employers have decided to take the lead, leading to a new wave
Advantages and Disadvantages of Offering a Level-Funded Group Health Plan
Compliance Corner: A Primer on Health Reimbursement Arrangements
Mental Health Benefits: 2023 Year-End Update
The Year Ahead 2024: Employee Benefits
Welcome to We get work™ and The Year Ahead 2024 podcast series.
CMS Allows for the Coverage of Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors Services
Agencies Release Information Copies of the 2023 Form 5500 Series
Paying Employees to Opt Out of Health Insurance or Other Benefits: Problems and Potential Solutions
You Can Be Personally Liable For Withdrawal Liability Despite A Company’s Limited Liability Status
Unionized employers participating in an underfunded multiemployer pension plan face significant financial exposure when withdrawing (completely or partially) from the plan. The cost (called “withdrawal liability”) is generally based on the employer’s pro rata share of the pension plan’s unfunded vested benefits and typically amounts to hundreds of thousands or
Health Plan Sponsors in the Crosshairs?
America’s cultural wars may be opening up a new front, and group health plans may be caught in the fray. Since the US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs ended almost fifty years of constitutional protection for abortion rights and gave states the authority to regulate abortion, lawmakers (or citizens) have
Self-Insured Health Plans: Adjusted PCORI Fee Announced for 2024
As discussed in a previous blog, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is an independent nonprofit research organization that funds comparative clinical research, among other things. PCORI is funded through annual fees — provided for in the Affordable Care Act — paid by insurers of fully insured health plans and
EntertainHR: Gone Too Soon – Matthew Perry’s Tragic Loss and the Importance of Employee Assistance Programs
Beloved Actor, Matthew Perry, perhaps most famously known for his iconic role as Chandler Bing on the long-running NBC television sitcom, “Friends,” recently passed away on October 28, 2023, at age 54 in his home in Pacific Palisades, California. According to law enforcement sources, the well-known actor, comedian, and producer,