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Health Reform News

Health Care Reform Essentials from URL | June 30th 2016 Edition

  • New FAQ on Including Additional Marketplace Coverage Information in COBRA Election Notice
  • Employers Face Significant Penalties for ACA Information Reporting Failures
  • Highmark Updates
  • Minnesota’s Largest Health Insurer To Drop Individual Plans
  • Republicans' new ACA replacer, dissected
  • Boustany-backed Obamacare exception for small businesses heads to Senate
  • Supreme Court decision deals blow to health coverage efforts in California
  • 9 FAQs about the DOL’s overtime rule
  • The unintended consequences of spousal exclusions
  • Why HSA contributions are becoming as important as a 401(k) match
  • House may vote on big HSA deduction increase
  • Health Care Briefs for June 20 - 24, 2016
  • Agents/Brokers: New Resources From the FFM Agent and Broker Program
  • Agents/Brokers: News for Federally-facilitated Marketplace Agents and Brokers - June 2016 Edition
  • Update: Agents and Broker June 29th SEP Verification Process
  • CPAHU CE Meeting July 26, 2016
  • Weekly PPACA Update Conference Call
  • Weekly PPACA Conference Call Archives

Health Care Reform Essentials from URL | June 23rd 2016 Edition

  • Fees Apply to Employers Sponsoring Certain Self-Insured Plans
  • Final Rule Updates Sex Discrimination Guidelines for Covered Contractors and Subcontractors
  • Aetna | Your PA and OH clients can keep their current benefit plans even longer
  • GHP's June e-Beat is here!
  • UPMC Producer Update - Important Coverage Updates to 2017
  • Health Care Briefs for June 13 - 17, 2016
  • Republican National Committee Platform Testimony on Health Insurance
  • States get offer of federal money to boost insurer compliance with Obamacare
  • Core benefits more important to employee engagement than other perks
  • 10 steps to take now in advance of the DOL’s overtime rule
  • Buzz surrounds status of Rite Aid-Walgreens transaction
  • Health Insurer Hoped to Disrupt the Industry, but Struggles in State Marketplaces
  • Overtime rules weigh on nonprofit sector
  • CPAHU CE Meeting July 26, 2016
  • Weekly PPACA Update Conference Call
  • Weekly PPACA Conference Call Archives

Health Care Reform Essentials from URL | June 16th 2016 Edition

  • Federal Agencies Issue Proposed Rule on Expatriate Health Plans
  • Reminder: Electronic Filing Deadline for ACA Information Returns Approaching
  • Western Highmark Commission Update
  • Independence Launches Identity Theft Protection Services to Group Customers
  • New critics of Hershey-Pinnacle merger cite higher costs, less competition
  • Obamacare repeal would lead to 24 million more people without health insurance
  • Federal regulators may try to kill critical illness insurance
  • Transgender health benefits may be required under new HHS guidance
  • Shift to defined benefit health plans still ‘a steep climb’
  • Rising Premiums Rattle Consumers Paying Their Own Way
  • It's Working: Health Insurer Once Touted by Obama Proposes 40 Percent Premium Hike
  • Several bills with ACA tweaks set for markupSeveral bills with ACA tweaks set for markup
  • CPAHU CE Meeting July 26, 2016
  • Weekly PPACA Update Conference Call
  • Weekly PPACA Conference Call Archives

Health Care Reform Essentials from URL | June 9th 2016 Edition

  • Reminder: Individuals Receiving Advance Payments of the Premium Tax Credit Should Report Certain Changes in Circumstances
  • New IRS Pay or Play Estimator Now Available
  • Highmark Updates for the week of May 30th 2016
  • UPMC Q2 Producer Newsletter: Benefit from exclusive tips, news and information!
  • Few people realize this big risk when they go to the hospital
  • 12 ways to count employees for health plan purposes
  • ACA nondiscrimination regulations finalized
  • Nonprofit Hospital Stops Suing So Many Poor Patients: Will Others Follow?
  • ACA Health Rate Filings
  • Capital BlueCross Tips for an Excellent Enrollment Experience
  • CPAHU CE Meeting July 26, 2016
  • Weekly PPACA Update Conference Call
  • Weekly PPACA Conference Call Archives

Health Care Reform Essentials from URL | June 2nd 2016 Edition

  • Company Size Impacts Application of "Pay or Play" and Information Reporting Requirements
  • Important commission information from Geisinger Health Plan
  • ACA Health Rate Filings
  • Capital BlueCross Producer Hotline Available for Individual and Medicare Products
  • How the ACA is affecting benefits enrollment
  • Employers advised to proceed with caution on wellness
  • Report: Federally funded institute avoids comparing drugs, other treatments
  • In a Secret Meeting, Revelations on the Battle Over Health Care
  • NAHU Calls on Congress to Keep the Employer Exclusion
  • I.R.S. Ruling Is Obstacle to Health Care Networks Promoted by Obama
  • CPAHU CE Meeting July 26, 2016
  • Weekly PPACA Update Conference Call
  • Weekly PPACA Conference Call Archives