In a bipartisan effort, the U.S. Congress agreed on a spending package to fund the federal government which included important changes to federal laws affecting…
On November 27, 2019, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor (DOL) and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) published a proposed rule that…
The IRS recently released cost of living adjustments for 2020 under various provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code). Some of these adjustments may…
As a reminder, Massachusetts employers must file the annual Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure HIRD) form through the MassTaxConnect (MTC) web portal (https://mtc.dor.state.ma.us/mtc/_/). The HIRD reporting…
On September 30, 2019, the IRS published proposed regulations to clarify the application of the employer mandate under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) and certain…
As a reminder, insurance carriers are required to satisfy certain medical loss ratio (“MLR”) thresholds. This generally means that for every dollar of premium a…