Day 1 HCR Supreme Court–Court Decides to Continue Forward

By on March 26, 2012 in HCR, health care reform

Supreme Court signals health care case won’t be held up over  technicality Published March 26, 2012 | FoxNews.com Supreme  Court justices signaled Monday that the landmark case over the federal  health care law will probably not be held up over a technicality. That technicality was the focus of the opening round of hearings Monday. The  [...]

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Health Reform Questions – Loss of Grandfathered Status

By on March 26, 2012 in Grandfathering rules

By Larry Grudzien, JD March 24, 2012 My client currently sponsors a PPO, an HMO and an HDHP. For the next policy year, it wants to eliminate the PPO for cost reasons and transfer all the employees to the remaining two plans it sponsors. Will such elimination affect the grandfathered status of the other two [...]

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ERRP Reimbursement

By on March 21, 2012 in Uncategorized

From the KT Health and Welfare Team: Today, HHS officially published the guidance requiring plan sponsors to use all ERRP reimbursements by December 31, 2014.  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-21/pdf/2012-6728.pdf This notice did not change how the proceeds must be used, however.  In general, ERRP requires a sponsor to use ERRP proceeds (1) to reduce the sponsor’s health benefit premiums [...]

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Four hard truths of health care reform

By on March 20, 2012 in Uncategorized

Articles from POLITICO Pro Health care reform:  4 inconvenient truths http://politi.co/FOcgMY HHS spells out contraception options http://politi.co/wSSacm SCOTUS won’t televise health care http://politi.co/yGByRU  

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IRS e-News for Small Businesses

By on March 20, 2012 in IRS E-News

  1.  Expanded penalty relief and installment agreements An expansion of the Fresh Start initiative provides new penalty relief for the unemployed and raises the dollar threshold for streamlined installment agreements. IR-2012-31 has more information. Back to top   2.  Form 1099-K reporting on tax returns for TY 2011 For the 2011 tax year the IRS is not requiring a [...]

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Mar. 16: Healthcare Reform Challenge Hinges On Arguments On Mandates

By on March 20, 2012 in NAHU Newswire

NAHU Newswire CBO: 20 Million Could Lose Employer-Based Health Insurance As A Result Of ACA. According to a CBO report released Thursday, as many as 20 million Americas could lose employer-based healthcare coverage as a result of President Obama’s healthcare reform law. The Hill (3/16, Pecquet) reports in its “Healthwatch” blog that the CBO says [...]

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