Employer Shared Responsibility Provision, a.k.a. “Pay or Play” The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released the 2014 forms and instructions to be used in reporting health insurance coverage offered by applicable employers, and minimum essential coverage by...
Last week U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that subsidies to help pay the insurance premium for individuals in states using the federal exchange, instead of their own, are illegal. Within just two hours a panel of the U.S. Court...
Business Benefits’ president, Jim Beatrice, is interviewed by the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Lisa Bernard-Kuhn as they address how Businesses tackle the Obamacare equation.
On October 31, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a non-enforcement policy “until further notice” regarding the HIPAA Health Plan Identifier (“HPID”) requirement that otherwise would have gone into effect November...
On March 5, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final regulations on the reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which are designed to enforce the individual and employer mandates. Beginning 2016, for the prior calendar year,...
Late last week Kentucky Governor Beshear announced that insurance companies will have the option to extend pre-Affordable Care Act plans to small employers and individuals who have pre-ACA plans in force already, for another year. This announcement was made at the...
