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Practitioners, Regulators Explore Wrinkles of ICHRA Design
At a recent American Bar Association (ABA) conference, benefits attorneys and agency officials explored some of the options and challenges that employers face in implementing an individual coverage healthcare reimbursement arrangement (ICHRA).
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California Gov. Signs Bill Delaying Key Employer Provisions of Privacy Law
A bill giving employers an extra year to comply with much of the sweeping new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was recently signed by Governor Gavin Newsom (D). This amendment (AB 25) to the CCPA postpones most, but not all, employer obligations under the law until January 1, 2021.
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IRS Proposes Additional Safe Harbors for ICHRAs to be Deemed ‘Affordable’ Under ACA
Following up on the recent final rule allowing employers to offer health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) for employees to purchase individual health coverage, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed two new safe harbors for helping such employers avoid Affordable Care Act (ACA) penalties.
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Employers Being Assessed ACA Penalties Unfairly, Business Group Argues
In its ongoing process of enforcing the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer mandate, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is not giving employers an adequate opportunity to contest the basis for the penalties against them, a plan sponsor group contends.