2019 Comparative Effectiveness Research Fee (PCORI Fees)

by | Jun 19, 2019

Information about the Comparative Effectiveness Research Fee in 2019 The Affordable Care Act imposes an annual fee called the Comparative Effectiveness Research Fee (CERF) on insurers and plan sponsors of self-insured coverage to help fund the Patient-Centered...

Final Rule Issued Allowing HRAs to be Used for Individual Coverage

by | Jun 17, 2019

Final Rule Issued Allowing HRAs to be Used for Individual CoverageJune 17, 2019 On June 13, the U.S. Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (tri-agencies) issued a final rule allowing employees to use the dollars in employer-funded Health...

IRS Extends Deadline for Supplying ACA Forms to Employees

by | Jan 26, 2018

The IRS issued Notice 2018-06 on Dec. 22, 2017, which extended by 30 days the 2018 due date for distributing 2017 health coverage information forms 1095-C or 1095-B to employees, regarding the health care coverage offered to them. The new deadline for supplying these...

Information on 1095 Reporting for Plan year 2017

by | Jan 26, 2018

During the first week of October 2017, the Internal Revenue Service published final forms and instructions to help employers prepare for reporting on health coverage they offered to their employees in 2017 year. The forms must be distributed to employees and filed...