Compliance Notices

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Benefits Compliance Updates: Telehealth Relief, Two New Laws Ease Employer Affordable Care Act (ACA) Reporting and more – 1/7/2025
Benefits Compliance Updates: Extension of Employee Benefit Timelines – Hurricane Relief, Important Message on Gag Clause Attestation & Employer Requirements and more – 12/4/2024
Benefits Compliance Updates: IRS Issues Health FSA Limit for 2025, HSAs & Preventive Coverage and more – 11/7/2024
Benefits Compliance Updates: Annual Medicare Part D Notices are Due Before October 15, Employer Handling of MLR Rebates and more – 10/8/2024
Benefits Compliance Updates: Employer Handling of MLR Rebates, FTC Noncompete Ban Blocked by Federal District Court and more – 9/9/2024
Benefits Compliance Updates: Change Healthcare Cyberattack, Court Rejects Pre-Birth FMLA Leave for Unmarried Father and more – 8/6/2024
Benefits Compliance Updates: Change Healthcare – HIPAA Breach Notifications, Tax Treatment of Specific Wellness Arrangements and more – 7/9/2024
Benefits Compliance Updates: How to Plan for the FTC’s Noncompete Ban, HSA/HDHP Limits Will Grow in 2025 and more – 6/6/2024
Benefits Compliance Updates: Final Reminder on RxDC reporting, DOL’s New Overtime Rule Amends FLSA White-Collar Exemptions and more – 5/7/2024
Benefits Compliance Updates: 2024 RxDC Reporting, DOL Independent Contractor Rule, PUMP Act and more – 4/4/2024
Benefits Compliance Updates: ACA Reporting Deadlines, Prescription Drug Reporting, Employee Fiduciary Duties and more – 3/7/2024
Benefits Compliance Updates: ACA Reporting Requirements, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, DOL Increases 2024 Civil Penalty Amounts and more – 2/6/2024
Benefits Compliance Updates: IRS Releases Guidance on Multiple SECURE 2.0 Provisions and more – 1/10/2024
Chicago and Cook County New Paid Leave Ordinances – 12/18/2023
Benefits Compliance Updates: Chicago Expands Paid Leave Mandate, CMS Releases 2025 Out-of-Pocket Maximums and more– 12/6/2023
Benefits Compliance Updates: Deadline for Submitting GAG Clause Attestation is Approaching, New Illinois Law on Pre-Tax Transit, 2023 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employer Reporting Instructions Finalized and more – 11/8/2023
Important Message on GAG Clause Attestation and Employer Requirements – 11/2/2023
Benefits Compliance Updates: Annual Medicare Part D Notices Due, Understanding Medical Loss Ratio Rebate Distribution, New National Medical Support Notice Template Unveiled by HHS and more – 10/6/2023
Benefits Compliance Updates: MLR Rebates, Pay or Play Affordability Percentage Decrease, Illinois Enacts New Transit Pass Program and more – 9/13/2023
Benefits Compliance Updates: New Proposed Rule Impacts Short-Term and Fixed Indemnity Plans, Biden Admin Urges Extended Enrollment for Medicaid Loss and more – 8/8/2023
Benefits Compliance Updates: PCORI Fee Update, Illinois Paid Leave for all Workers, and more – 7/10/20023
Benefits Compliance Updates: IRS Releases PCORI Fee Adjustments, HSA/HDHP Limits Increase for 2024 and more – 6/2/20023
Benefits Compliance Updates: How the End of the COVID-19 Emergency Periods Impacts Health Plans and more – 5/2/20023
IMPORTANT NOTICE ON THE END OF COVID-19 NATIONAL EMERGENCY – 4/18/20023
Benefits Compliance Updates: Paid Leave, Prescription Drug Data Collection (RxDC) Reporting, Health Plans Brace for Impact as COVID-19 Emergency Periods Near End and more – 3/31/2023
Benefits Compliance Alert: Illinois Passes Mandatory Paid Leave – 3/16/2023
Benefits Compliance Updates: HIPPA Special Enrollment Requests, Humana Exiting Employer Group Commercial Medical Products Business, EEOC Issues Guidance on Hearing Disabilities and more – 3/7/2023
Benefits Compliance Updates: Public Health Emergency Extended, Pregnant and Nursing Laws expanded and more – 1/31/2023
Benefits Compliance Updates: RxDC, Consolidated Appropriations Act, ACA and more – 1/3/2023
Benefits Compliance Updates: PCORI Fee, Paid Sick Leave, Key HSA Features and more – 12/1/2022
Benefits Compliance Updates: Employer Rx Reporting, FSA limit for 2023, and more – 11/1/2022
Benefits Compliance Updates: Medicare Part D, Court Blocks ACA Sex Discrimination Rules, Medical Loss Ratio Rebates and more – 10/6/2022
Benefits Compliance Updates: ACA Affordability Percentages, Federal Guidance, No Surprises Act Ruling and more – 9/1/2022
Leave of Absence, Travel Cost for Abortion Care, HIPPA Privacy Guidance and more – 8/1/2022
Supreme Court Decision, PCORI Fees, Mileage Rates Raised and more – 7/5/2022
Health Plan Cost Transparency Regulation, HSA/HDHP limits increase for 2023 and more – 6/1/2022
IRS Suspends Notices, Commuter Benefits, Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022, and more – 4/29/2022
HHS and DOL releases guidance, New FAQ’s Released by EEOC and more – 3/31/2022
OTC COVID-19 Tests, CAA Enforcement, Biden Administration Extends National Emergency for Another Year & more – 2/28/2022
ACA Reporting Deadlines, Guidance on OTC COVID-19 Tests & more – 1/31/2022
SCOTUS Update on OSHA ETS Vaccination and Testing Mandate – 1/13/2022
OTC COVID-19 Testing – 1/13/2022
Form W-2 Reporting– 1/12/2022
Vaccine Mandates for Health Care Workers and Federal Contractors Blocked & more – 12/30/2021
Consumer Coverage Disclosure Act (“CCDA”) – 12/17/2021
OSHA Suspends Enforcement of COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS – 11/18/2021
IRS Announces 2022 Health FSA & Qualified Transportation Limits -11/11/2021
OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination & Testing ETS Released -11/5/2021
Employee Benefits Compliance Updates -11/2/2021
Employee Benefits Compliance Updates -9/30/2021
Medicare Part D Notices Are Due Before Oct. 15, 2021 – 9/15/2021
Employee Benefits Compliance Updates – 8/30/2021
Employee Benefits Compliance Updates – 7/30/2021
Employee Benefits Compliance Updates – 6/30/2021
Employee Benefits Compliance Updates – 6/2/2021
Employee Benefits Compliance Updates – 4/30/2021
Employee Benefits Compliance Updates – 3/31/2021
DOL Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Relief for Employee Benefit Plans – 3/1/2021
Employee Benefits Compliance Updates – 2/26/2021
Employee Benefits Compliance Updates – 2/1/2021
[Compliance] Employer Reporting of Health Coverage — Code Sections 6055 & 6056 – 1/22/2021
[Compliance] Form W-2 Reporting – 1/11/2021
Benefits Compliance Updates: Stimulus Package – Time Sensitive Rules & More – 12/29/2020
Employee Benefit Compliance Updates – 11/30/2020
Employee Benefit Compliance Updates – 10/30/2020
Reminder Medicare Part D Notices Are Due Before Oct. 15, 2020 – 10/12/2020
Employee Benefit Compliance Updates – 9/30/2020
Medicare Part D Notices Are Due Before Oct. 15, 2020 – 9/21/2020
Employee Benefit Compliance Updates – 8/14/2020
Employee Benefit Compliance Updates – 7/31/2020
[Reminder] PCORI Fee Deadline is Approaching! – 6/26/2020
COBRA Model Update & Mid-year Election Change Rules – 5/21/2020
Compliance Updates for Employee Benefit Plans – 5/21/2020
Medicare Part D Disclosures and Forms 1095-C / 1095-B – 2/17/2020
Employer Reporting of Health Coverage —Code Sections 6055 & 6056 – 1/27/2020
Form W-2 Reporting – 1/8/2020
Secure Care – 11/1/2019
BCBS Clients Only | Instructions – Completing the annual MSP Employer Acknowledgement Form – 9/26/2019
Medicare Part D Notices Are Due by Oct. 14, 2019 – 9/9/2019
State Disability Insurance Laws Reminder – 8/14/2019
Cadillac Tax Repealed by House and Preventive Care Expansion on HSAs – 7/18/2019
2019 PCORI Fee Reminder – 5/9/2019

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