In Braidwood Management, Inc. v. Becerra, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has issued a “mixed bag” of rulings with regards to the preventive services requirements of the Affordable...
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IRS Announces 2025 HSA and HRA Limits
The IRS has announced the 2025 calendar year dollar limits for health savings account (“HSA”) contributions, the minimum deductible amounts, and maximum out-of-pocket expenses for high deductible...
Work-Life Referral Services Not Taxable Benefits
The IRS has issued Fact Sheet 2024-13 (the “Fact Sheet”) to confirm that work-life referral (“WLR”) services provided by an employer are non-taxable, de minimis fringe benefits. Background. A WLR...
DOL Announces Indexed Penalties for Health and Welfare Plans
The Department of Labor released a final rule that provides new figures reflecting the adjusted civil penalty amounts for 2024, for certain health and welfare plan violations. The DOL is required...
LTD Insurer May Subsequently Reverse Disability Determination
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has ruled, in Delucca v. The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, that a long term disability (“LTD”) plan was not bound by prior...