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Alden J. Bianchi Document Search Results (11) Show: results per page Sort by:  | IRS Asks for Comments on Employer Reporting of Health Insurance Coverage Under Affordable Care Act
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 14, 2012, previously published on May 8, 2012 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Act) imposes new, substantive requirements on health insurance issuers in the group and individual markets and employer-sponsored group health plans. In two recently issued notices, Notice 2012-32 and 2012-33, the IRS invited comments on reporting...
| | HHS, DOL, and Treasury Issue FAQs Under the Affordable Care Act’s “Summary of Benefits and Coverage” Requirement
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2012, previously published on March 27, 2012 The Affordable Care Act (the Act) requires group health plans and health insurance issuers to provide group health plan participants and beneficiaries with:
| | HHS, DOL, and IRS Issue FAQs Addressing Automatic Enrollment, Employer Shared Responsibility, and Waiting Periods under the Affordable Care Act
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article February 15, 2012, previously published on February 14, 2012 A handful of important Affordable Care Act provisions affecting employers and employer-sponsored group health plans take effect in or after 2014. Some provisions, such as the employer shared responsibility rules under Internal Revenue Code § 4980H, and standards that apply to waiting periods...
| | IRS Issues Additional Guidance under the Affordable Care Act on Informational Reporting to Employees of the Cost of Group Health Insurance Coverage
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article February 8, 2012, previously published on February 3, 2012 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (the Act) requires employers that sponsor group health coverage to report to employees the aggregate cost of such coverage annually on their Form W-2 (Wage and Tax Statement). The Act’s W-2 reporting requirement applies generally to...
| | Department of Health and Human Services Issues Bulletin Outlining Essential Health Benefits, Granting Significant Flexibility to the States
Gary E. Bacher, Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article January 3, 2012, previously published on December 29, 2011 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Act) enacted a series of insurance market reforms that impose new rules on health insurance issuers and group health plans. Commencing in 2014, the Act requires that polices of health insurance offered in the individual and small group markets as...
| | Battle of the Comments under Code § 36B: Determining “Affordability” and “Minimum Value” for Purposes of Access to Premium Assistance Tax Credits under the Affordable Care Act
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article December 1, 2011, previously published on November 28, 2011 A handful of comments submitted in response to proposed rules implementing the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance premium tax credits for low-income individuals have exposed a rift between consumer and industry groups concerning the “affordability” of, and the “minimum...
| | Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury Departments Issue Proposed Regulations Implementing the “Summary of Benefits and Coverage” Requirement under the Affordable Care Act
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article September 13, 2011, previously published on September 6, 2011 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Act) directs the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (collectively, the Departments) to develop, in consultation with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), standards for use by group health plans and...
| | Treasury Department Proposes Rule Implementing Premium Tax Credits Under the Affordable Care Act
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article August 19, 2011, previously published on August 17, 2011 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 1 (the Act) transformed the regulation of health insurance markets and health care financing in the United States. The Act includes provisions under which certain low-income individuals may qualify for premium tax credits that assist them with...
| | DOL, HHS, and IRS Issue Amendments to Rules Relating to Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Processes under the Affordable Care Act
Alden J. Bianchi, Patricia A. Moran; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article July 25, 2011, previously published on July 19, 2011 The “insurance market reform” provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (together, the Act) generally require health insurance issuers in the individual and group markets, and employer-sponsored...
| | Warning: ERISA “Plan Assets” May Be Involved: Apportioning the $4.26 Million Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Policy Credits Among Employers and Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans
Alden J. Bianchi; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article July 13, 2011, previously published on July 12, 2011 On July 6, 2011, the Board of Directors of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) announced that the company would credit customers some $4.26 million in the form of policy credits on individual and group health policies. The announcement came in response to a report by Massachusetts...
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