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Recent federal legislation is about to lift the veil on the cost of health care. Hospitals, providers, and health plans are, or will soon be, required to disclose detailed pricing information to the public and cost-sharing estimates to participants in advance of receiving care.

There are a limited number of documents employees can present employers when completing Section 2 or Section 3 of the Form I-9, which verifies identity and employment authorization to work within the United States. Should one of those verification documents become lost or stolen, employees have the...

Employers who are paying COBRA premiums on behalf of Assistance Eligible Individuals who lost their health coverage due to an involuntary termination or a reduction of hours should use the updated Form 941 to claim credits to offset quarterly payroll taxes.

The COBRA assistance program was part of...

President Trump signed the No Surprises Act on December 27, 2020, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Sections of the new law will begin taking effect as early as January 1, 2022, and its main purpose serves to protect patients from unexpected medical bills. These new...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Report submission period is from April 26 to July 19.

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) officially withdrew the rule regarding independent contractors and joint employment put forward by the Trump administration, citing that “the Rule is inconsistent with the FLSA’s text and purpose, and would have a confusing and disruptive...

Every year self-funded plan sponsors are subject to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCORI) fee. The fee per individual covered is $2.66 for plans ending after September 30, 2020, and before October 1, 2021. For plans years ending after Septembers 30, 2019 and before October 1, 2020 the fee...

Since the March 11 passage of the American Rescue Plan Act, employers have been scrambling to understand the requirements related to the COBRA premium subsidy available to assistance eligible individuals (AEIs). The subsidy also is available for AEIs enrolled in mini-COBRA or state continuation...

Following an eight-year class action antitrust legal battle, the Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Association and its affiliates agreed to a $2.67 billion settlement. The lawsuit charged that the various Association plans agreed not to compete with each other and to limit competition among themselves...