By Dannae Delano, Roberta Casper Watson and Barry Salkin The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (“CAA”) is the most significant compliance challenge for employer health plan sponsors since the Affordable Care Act. Compliance is now required for its provisions...
Sophisticated Legal Solutions Boutique-Style Service
Health and Human Services
Agencies Request for Comments on Issues Related to New Disclosures Under the No Surprises Act Indicate the Importance of Informing Marginalized Populations and Maintaining Privacy of Advance Health Care Information
By Roberta Casper Watson, Dannae Delano and Barry Salkin It should come as no surprise that most Americans do not have the information available to them that is necessary to make informed decisions about their medical care that includes the cost of the considered...
HHS Again Proposes Nondiscrimination Regulations under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act
By Dannae Delano, Roberta Casper Watson and Barry Salkin Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in a health program or activity receiving federal financial...
HHS Issues Guidance on HIPAA Protections
In response to the Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has issued new HIPAA guidance to help protect patients and their providers with respect to...
Plans Must Cover Over-the-Counter COVID Tests
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...
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act Updated to Include Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Provisions
by Roberta Watson, Barry Salkin and Virginia Peabody This Law Alert serves as an update to the Law Alert sent out on March 19, 2020 concerning the paid leave and group health plan provisions of The Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Effective April 1, 2020, the...