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On December 29, 2022, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (“CAA, 2023”), into law.  The CAA 2023, which is largely a bipartisan spending bill, sunsets provisions of the Public Health Service Act which permitted large, self-funded, non-federal governmental plans (i.e., self-funded state and local governmental plans) to opt out of the Mental Health Parity and […]

Telehealth Safe Harbor Extended Beyond Calendar Year 2022 On December 29, 2022, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (“CAA, 2023”), into law.  The CAA 2023, which is largely a bipartisan spending bill, includes a new telemedicine safe harbor similar to that which was created under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) […]

On December 23, 2022, federal agencies released ACA and CAA Implementation FAQ Part 56 which extends the December 27, 2022 deadline for Prescription Drug Data Collection Reporting (“RxDC Reporting”) through January 31, 2023, and provides relief for plans that use a good faith, reasonable interpretation of the regulations and RxDC Reporting Instructions when submitting their data for […]

On December 12, 2022, the IRS released a Final Rule providing for, among other things,  an automatic 30-day extension of time for applicable large employers (“ALEs”) to furnish annual Forms 1095-C to individuals for calendar years beginning after December 31, 2022. The Final Rule is substantially consistent with the proposed rule issued by the IRS in November […]

Congress Set Extend Telehealth Safe Harbor Beyond Calendar Year 2022 On December 20, 2022, the House and Senate released H.R. 2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023  (“CAA, 2023”), which is expected to pass in both chambers this week before being presented to the President for signature, which is expected by the Friday deadline to avoid a […]

“The secret to happiness is to love. The essence of love is to serve.” Monsignor John Patrick Carroll-Abbing was a special Irish priest who founded Boys’ and Girls’ Town of Italy for the orphaned and abandoned children following World War II. He happened to be visiting Italy during the war where he started taking care […]

The IRS has released Notice 2022-59, which sets the applicable PCORI fee for plan years ending between October 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023 at $3.00 per covered life. As a reminder, the PCORI was established as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to conduct research to evaluate the effectiveness of medical treatments, procedures and strategies […]

The great philosopher Aristotle once shared that the pursuit of happiness is the central purpose in human life. I have learned that if you try to ascertain what people really want—and you do this by asking probing questions and listening—you can help them achieve much of what they desire. I found that this is an […]

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