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Alden J. Bianchi Document Search Results (19) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Temporary and Contract Workers: Who Is a “Variable Hour” Employee under the Affordable Care Act?
Alden J. Bianchi, Edward A. Lenz; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article June 13, 2013, previously published on June 10, 2013 The Affordable Care Act’s employer shared responsibility rules will require large employers (50 or more full-time and full-time equivalent employees) to make an offer of minimum essential coverage to at least 95% of their full-time employees or pay a non-deductible excise tax on all their...
| | IRS, Treasury Department Issue Proposed Rules Governing Minimum Value, Affordability, and Wellness Programs
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 A key policy goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”) is the expansion of health insurance coverage to all Americans. The concepts of “minimum value” and its correlate “actuarial value” speak to the generosity of that coverage. What...
| | Staffing Industry Compliance with the Employer Shared Responsibility (aka “Pay-or-Play”) Provisions of the Affordable Care Act: Five Questions
Alden J. Bianchi, Ed Lenz; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on May 2, 2013 Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”), the federal government, state governments, insurers, employers, and individuals all share responsibility to make affordable health insurance coverage widely available. The rules that apply to employers — referred to...
|  | On the Manifold Meanings of "Affordability" According to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 15, 2013, previously published on April 11, 2013 The core policy goals of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”)—on which there is near universal consensus—are threefold: expand health care coverage; increase the quality of medical outcomes, and reduce costs. (The consensus quickly breaks down, however,...
| | Agencies Issue Proposed Regulations Implementing the 90-Day Waiting Period Limitation Under the Affordable Care Act
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 1, 2013, previously published on March 28, 2013 On March 21, 2013, the Departments of the Treasury/IRS, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the “Departments”) issued a proposed regulation implementing the 90-day waiting period limitation under Section 2708 of the Public Health Service Act (“PHS Act”), as added by the...
| | The New HIPAA Omnibus Rule & Your Liability - A Detailed Review
Alden J. Bianchi, Dianne J. Bourque, Kimberly J. Gold, Cynthia J. Larose; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article February 19, 2013, previously published on February 17, 2013 As we have reported in this blog, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently released final regulations containing modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules (Omnibus Rule). Proposed regulations were...
| | DOL, IRS, and HHS Put the Brakes on Stand-Alone HRAs Used to Access Health Insurance Coverage in the Individual Market
Gary E. Bacher, Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article February 7, 2013, previously published on February 1, 2013 In a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) posted to the Department of Labor’s website on January 24, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury (the “Departments”) put a stop to an approach to health plan design under which employers furnish employees...
| | IRS/Treasury Issue Employer Shared Responsibly Proposed Regulations
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article January 17, 2013, previously published on January 16, 2013 Beginning in 2014, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Act) requires “applicable large employers” (i.e., employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees) to either offer group health insurance coverage to their full-time employees or (potentially) pay a fine....
| | HHS Issues Proposed Regulations Implementing Reinsurance Fees Paid by Carriers and Group Health Plans Under the Affordable Care Act
Gary E. Bacher, Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article January 4, 2013, previously published on January 2, 2013 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Act) fundamentally changes the way that health insurance is regulated in the United States. These changes are part of an ambitious statutory scheme that comprehensively reforms insurance underwriting practices. Reforms include new guaranteed issue,...
| | HHS Issues Comprehensive “Essential Health Benefits” Proposed Regulations
Gary E. Bacher, Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article December 17, 2012, previously published on December 13, 2012 Commencing in 2014, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Act) requires that health insurance coverage provided in the individual and small group markets, including coverage offered through American Health Benefit Exchanges (or, simply “exchanges”), provide “essential...
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