IRS Releases 2025 Limits for Health FSAs, Commuter Benefits, Adoption Assistance, and More
The IRS released Revenue Procedure 2024-40 announcing the adjusted contribution limits for health flexible spending accounts (Health FSAs), among other ...
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New Coverage and Reporting Requirements for California Dental Plans
Beginning on or after January 1, 2025, under California Assembly Bill 1048 (AB 1048), dental carriers that are regulated by California’s Department of ...
CMS Final Rules on Civil Monetary Penalties for Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting to be Applied on or after October 11, 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued Final Rules on how and when civil monetary penalties may be imposed ...
California Makes Changes to State Disability Insurance and Paid Family Leave
On September 28, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom approved SB 1090, which makes changes to California state disability insurance (SDI) and paid family ...
Mental Health Parity Final Rules Released
On September 9, 2024, the Departments of Treasury (IRS), Labor (DOL) and Health and Human Services (HHS) (collectively, the “Departments”) published their ...
[Updated]: Delaware Passes Paid Family and Medical Leave
Recently, Delaware passed the Healthy Delaware Families Act, which creates a paid family and medical leave benefit (PFML or Program) ...
[Update]: Maine Passes Paid Family and Medical Leave Program
On July 11, 2023, Maine Governor Janet Mills signed Legislative Document 1964 , An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Commission to Develop ...
[Updated]: HIPAA Privacy Rule Amended to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy: Employer Impact
Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a Final Rule, HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health ...
Employees’ Right to Vote: An Overview of Employer Voting Requirements
With the presidential election approaching on November 5th, employers should be aware of any state requirements to provide employees with ...
2025 ACA Affordability Rate Increases to 9.02%
Recently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Rev. Proc. 2024-35, which sets the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affordability percentage to 9.02% ...
GLP-1 Coverage: Group Health Plan Considerations
GLP-1 medications (glucagon-like peptide 1 such as Ozempic, Mounjaro, Zepbound, and Wegovy) have become popular topics of discussion since their arrival ...
New Pay Transparency Laws: Maryland and Vermont
Recently, Maryland, Vermont, and Massachusetts joined the growing number of states that require covered employers to disclose the compensation or...