by Joe Hughes | Aug 1, 2025 | Blog, Popular
Employers that sponsor group health plans should provide certain benefit notices in connection with their plans’ open enrollment periods. Some of these notices must be provided at open enrollment time, such as the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC). Other notices,...
by Joe Hughes | Jul 1, 2025 | Blog, Popular
On July 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced several self-audit programs designed to help employers, unions and pension plans voluntarily assess and improve their compliance with federal labor laws. DOL Self-Audit Programs The DOL self-audit programs...
by Joe Hughes | Jun 1, 2025 | Blog, Popular
The Department of Labor (DOL), through its Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), has released a new model Employer CHIP Notice with information current as of July 31, 2025. As a reminder, the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009...
by Joe Hughes | May 1, 2025 | Blog, Popular
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a major tax and spending bill, commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB Act), into law. The OBBB Act includes changes for employers, including provisions that: Increase the maximum annual limit for...
by Joe Hughes | Apr 1, 2025 | Blog, Popular
On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued a final rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in...
by Joe Hughes | Mar 1, 2025 | Blog, Popular
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has updated its webpage on reproductive health care privacy to provide additional resources, including a HIPAA model attestation form, that covered entities and business associates may use to comply with new...
