Employee Benefits

JUNE 26, 2024

Employers have not only recognised the importance of employee wellbeing and mental health, but have begun to put it at the top of their people priorities list. This extends to mental health and taking reasonable steps to prevent and manage work-related stress. Preventative measures are absolutely key.

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JULY 2, 2024

To adapt to the evolving healthcare landscape, health systems are seeking to identify alternatives to their traditional hospital-centric models and shift towards patient-centered care delivery.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Internal Revenue Service recently announced the cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for various employer-sponsored retirement and welfare plans for 2024. Certain health and welfare plan limits have not yet been released.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

On November 9, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for certain health and welfare plan benefits, including those for health flexible spending arrangements and commuter benefit plans, among other important updates.

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InterWest Insurance Services

MARCH 24, 2023

In this webinar, we’ll cover the basics of nondiscrimination requirements for cafeteria plans, self-funded group health plans, dependent care assistance programs (DCAPs), and group life insurance. We’ll also go over what the different tests look like, and what we see as common pitfalls in benefit design.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Inflation is on the rise and so are the prices of everything, from gasoline to housing, with health benefits in the workplace the latest to report worrying numbers. Health benefits for employees are proving to be a huge investment for employers , with total health benefit cost per employee expected to rise 5.4%

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Employee Benefits

MAY 23, 2023

Underfloor heating specialist firm Gaia Underfloor Heating has provided its workforce with training to promote mental health and staff wellbeing. Steven Rooney, director of Gaia Underfloor Heating, said: “Mind offers fantastic guidance and help for anyone with mental health problems.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

MAY 9, 2024

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced (see Revenue Procedure 2024-25) cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for health savings accounts (HSAs), high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and excepted benefit health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) for 2025.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

AUGUST 8, 2024

In this update, Jeffrey Davis previews new regulations that could impact the health and welfare benefits industry related to the No Surprises […]

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

What are some of the major health policy topics on Congress’s plate this year? The post Health Policy Outlook for 2024 appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG. Access the report.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 10, 2024

In the UK, tackling absenteeism in the office requires employers to understand and fulfil their legal obligations regarding the health, safety, and welfare of their employees. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 imposes a duty of care on employers to protect their employees from work-related stress.

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WEX Inc.

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Watch our one-hour webinar and keep your compliance plan up-to-date with a download of recent health and welfare plan legislative changes. We work in an exciting industry—which means quick changes are the norm, and adaptability is a necessity.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Discrimination on the basis of disability has contributed to significant disparities in healthcare and child welfare.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

MARCH 5, 2024

Group health plan sponsors, third-party administrators and other health plan service providers must navigate a shifting legal landscape as they determine how to offer gender-affirming benefits, including whether − and to what extent − group health plans must cover gender-affirming medical or surgical treatments, especially regarding minors.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

MAY 23, 2024

The New York State fiscal year 2024 – 2025 budget institutes a new tax on health plans, including insurers and managed care organizations. This tax has been garnering attention for its promise to yield $4 billion for New York State.

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Snell & Wilmer Benefits

JANUARY 24, 2023

If you sponsor a high deductible health plan (“HDHP”) and have been tracking telehealth relief, your head may be spinning and rightfully so! The relief allows, but does not require, HDHPs to provide telehealth and other remote care services on a pre-deductible basis without making participants health savings account (“HSA”) ineligible.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Multiple states – including Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia – have been busy finalizing legislation and rulemaking to adopt interstate compacts and expand behavioral health access. The post States Adopt Interstate Compacts, Expand Behavioral Health Access appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG. Read more here.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

On September 9, 2024, the US Departments of Health and Human Services , Labor, and the Treasury finalized a rule related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. This rule introduces significant updates to mental health and substance use disorder benefits, ensuring parity with medical and surgical benefits.

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WEX Inc.

APRIL 15, 2020

While the coronavirus continues to surge nationwide, HR and benefits professionals are scrambling to address employee benefits issues and concerns.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

APRIL 16, 2024

New state privacy laws regulating health data impose significant obligations and heightened litigation and regulatory risks. The post Key Takeaways | How to Prepare for New State Health Privacy Laws appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG. Access key takeaways and webinar replay.

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Workplace Insight

JULY 24, 2024

The rising costs of welfare and the country’s increasing dependency on immigration have become significant concerns, prompting a call for reform from a prominent government health adviser. She emphasised the importance of enhancing health and employment services rather than focusing solely on punitive measures.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This post continues our focus on comment letters submitted in response to proposed regulations under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). The proposed regulations were issued earlier this year by the US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury (the Departments).

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In response to evolving market demands, an increasing number of hospitals and health systems are considering creating provider-sponsored health plans (PHSPs), which are health insurance plans owned and operated by healthcare providers.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 17, 2022

The business offers its staff a range of different health-related leave options , such as a sickness absence initiative that incorporates pregnancy sickness or loss; a sabbatical policy; and time off for transgender and non-binary employees for gender transitioning matters and counselling.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

JUNE 20, 2023

At a recent open Commission meeting, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR). The FTC’s proposed amendment aims to codify the HBNR’s application to digital health and mobile technologies.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

MAY 17, 2023

Recently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced (See Revenue Procedure 2023-23) cost-of-living adjustments to the applicable dollar limits for health savings accounts (HSAs), high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and excepted benefit health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) for 2024.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The enactment of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 led to a sharp increase in employers self-funding their group health insurance plans, with the market tripling in size in the decade that followed.

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Snell & Wilmer Benefits

MAY 8, 2024

Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) published a final rule to amend the HIPAA Privacy Rules to support reproductive health care privacy (the “Reproductive Health Care Rules”). The Reproductive Health Care Rules’ protections only apply when the reproductive health care is lawful.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

AUGUST 3, 2023

Following in the footsteps of Washington State’s My Health My Data Act, the governors of Nevada and Connecticut recently approved Nevada SB 370 and Connecticut SB 3. These bills impose a number of new requirements on the processing of consumer health data.

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The Workcomp Writer

JUNE 3, 2022

Quoting Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , an Ohio appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Industrial Commission that had refused to consider various fringe benefits in the form of health and welfare benefits, as well as the employer’s contribution to several pension funds as “wages” or “earnings” under Ohio Rev.

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International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

JANUARY 13, 2023

Health and Retirement Plans Subject to ERISA (Includes Multiemployer Plans) Health and Welfare. Plan sponsors and administrators are encouraged to reference these comprehensive calendars to stay on track in 2023.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The US Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services recently issued much-anticipated final regulations under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA).

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

AUGUST 24, 2023

What is the current state of digital health? In this TripleTree article, Alya Sulaiman offers her perspective on some of the essential AI questions facing the digital health space. Access […] The post Digital Health and the Direction of AI in Healthcare appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG.

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Snell & Wilmer Benefits

JANUARY 24, 2023

If you sponsor a high deductible health plan (“HDHP”) and have been tracking telehealth relief, your head may be spinning and rightfully so! The relief allows, but does not require, HDHPs to provide telehealth and other remote care services on a pre-deductible basis without making participants health savings account (“HSA”) ineligible.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

JANUARY 23, 2024

On January 2, 2024, McDermott filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and the United States Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) in United Behavioral Health v. 23-586, in the US Supreme Court.

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WEX Inc.

AUGUST 10, 2018

This webinar covered the latest on health care reform - legislation that's passed in the last six months, what's on the way, and what it means for your organization. We work in an exciting industry – which means quick changes are the norm, and adaptability is a necessity.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

JUNE 21, 2023

US lawmakers recently advanced a broad healthcare bill during a US House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee markup. In this Health Policy Breakroom podcast episode, McDermott+Consulting’s Debra Curtis and Rodney Whitlock break down the markup and address extenders, PBMs, site-neutral policies and the timing of this bill.

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