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The Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and the IRS (the “Agencies”) have issued Frequently Asked Questions #51 (“FAQs”) regarding implementation of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...
By Roberta Casper Watson, Dannae Delano and Barry Salkin The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”) amended Section 408(b)(2) of ERISA to require that providers of brokerage services or consulting services to group health plans who reasonably expect to receive...
Please join David Gabor and Katherine Brustowicz, with introduction by Marcia S. Wagner, on January 26, 2022, for a one-hour presentation addressing up-to-the-moment developments impacting the employer-employee relationship. This program is designed to give employers...
We are ecstatic to announce that the entire team from Keightley & Ashner, the nation’s premier PBGC-focused law firm, will be joining our Washington, D.C. office, where partner and former PBGC Chief Counsel Israel Goldowitz is located. Keightley & Ashner’s...
By Roberta Casper Watson, Dannae Delano and Barry Salkin New guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) affirms that Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”), by referencing statutes that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race,...
IRS has released Notice 2022-4, which provides the “applicable dollar amount” for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (“ PCORI” ) fee for plan years ending before October 1, 2022. Background. PCORI was established under the Affordable Care Act to conduct...
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled, in Feeney v. Unum Life Insurance, that an insurance company need not defer to either a participant’s treating physician or governmental agencies when determining if the participant is entitled to long term disability...
Earlier this week a Federal Court panel revived the Covid-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS). Now, litigation challenging the emergency shot-or-test mandate is making its way to the United States Supreme Court. However, that will not stop the quickly approaching...
Section 204 of Title II of Division BB (“Section 204”) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”) requires group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group health insurance coverage to annually submit to the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and...
