Health Care Reform
At the Forefront
A broker’s tale: How Bernie Lowe & Associates embraced its new role in the age of the ACA
SyncStream Solutions spoke to BLA CEO and President Skip Lowe and BLA Performance Specialist Duane Litogot to learn more about the shifting role of the broker in the age of ACA enforcement, and how finding a reliable solution enabled it to provide customer service “beyond the product.”
Health Care Reform Updates
Update #116
December 2020
IRS Announces Annual PCOR Fee Adjustment and HHS Releases Increased Cost-Sharing Limits
Update #115
October 2020
IRS Announces Limited Relief for Information Reporting on 2020 Forms 1094/1095
Update #114
August 2020
IRS Issues Draft ACA Reporting Forms and Updates Indexed Employer Shared Responsibility Amounts
Update #113
July 2020
Indexing Adjustments for 2021 Affordability and Premium Tax Credit Determinations Announced
Update #112
July 2020
Proposed Regulations Would Increase Flexibility for Grandfathered Health Plans
Update #110
May 2020
IRS Announces 2021 HSA Contribution Limits, HDHP Minimum Deductibles, and HDHP Out-of-Pocket Maximums
Update #109
May 2020
HHS Finalizes 2021 Benefit and Payment Parameters Notice With Increased Cost-Sharing Limits, Drug Manufacturer Coupon Guidance
Update #108
May 2020
IRS Increases Health FSA Carryover Limit; Clarifies Reimbursement of Health Insurance Premiums
Update #107
May 2020
IRS Provides COVID-Related Cafeteria Plan Relief, Clarifies Recent HDHP Changes
Update #105
March 2020
HHS Guidance Addresses COVID-19 Coverage Under Existing Essential Health Benefits Rules
Update #104
February 2020
HHS Releases Proposed 2021 Benefit and Payment Parameters Notice CMS Again Extends “Grandmothered Plans” Nonenforcement Policy
Update #103
December 2019
Some ACA Taxes Repealed
The Fifth Circuit Court Finds the ACA is Unconstitutional
Update #102
November 2019
IRS Releases 2020 Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Health FSAs, QSEHRAs and More
Update #101
September 2019
IRS Announces 2020 Applicable Amount for Health Insurance Providers Fee
Update #100
July 2019
IRS Announces Indexing Adjustments for 2020 Affordability and
Premium Tax Credit Determinations
Update #99
July 2019
IRS Allows Specified Expenses for Chronic Conditions to Be Treated as Preventive Care Under HSA Rules
Update #98
June 2019
Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First
Update #96
May 2019
IRS Announces 2020 HSA Contribution Limits, HDHP Minimum Deductibles and HDHP Out-of-Pocket Maximums
Update #95
May 2019
DOL Issues Association Health Plan Guidance Due to Court Ruling on Regulations
Update #89
August 2018
Final Regulations Expand Period of Short-Term, Limited-Duration
Insurance Coverage with Renewals and Extensions
Update #87
June 2018
Proposed IRS Regulations Would Expand Mandatory Electronic Filing of
Information Returns
Update #86
June 2018
IRS Announces ACA Indexing Adjustments for Affordability
and Premium Tax Credit Determinations for 2019
Update #85
June 2018
IRS Announces 2019 HSA Contribution Limits, HDHP Minimum Deductibles
and HDHP Out-of-Pocket Maximums
Update #83
April 2018
Finalizes 2019 Benefit and Payment Parameters and Extends Transition
Policy Allowing Certain Noncompliant Policies
Update #79
January 2018
DOL Proposes Rules Intended to Broaden Availability of Association Health Plans
Update #78
December 2017
IRS Extends the Deadline for Providing 1095-B and 1095-C Forms to Employees
Update #77
December 2017
Tax Reform Legislation Contains Employee Benefits Changes
Including the Elimination of the Individual Mandate Penalty
Update #76
November 2017
IRS Releases Forms 14764 and 14765 Related to 2015 Employer Shared Responsibility Penalties
Update #75
November 2017
IRS Updates Guidance on Assessing 2015 Employer Shared Responsibility Penalties
Update #74
November 2017
HHS Proposes 2019 Benefit and Payment Parameters, New Enrollment Rules for SHOPs, and More
Update #73
October 2017
2018 FSA and HSA Contribution Limits, HDHP Minimum Deductibles, and HDHP Out-of-Pocket Maximums
Update #71
August 2017
IRS Letters Address Effect of Executive Order on Employer Shared Responsibility and Individual Mandate
Update #65
February 2017
HHS Proposes Regulations to Stabilize Individual and Small Group
Health Insurance Markets
Update #64
November 2016
IRS Announces Extension and Good Faith Effort Standard for 2016 Reporting
Update #62
November 2016
The 45th U.S. President Has Been Elected – Are Changes Coming to the Affordable Care Act?
Update #57
May 2016
IRS Announces 2017 HSA Contribution Limits, HDHP Minimum Deductibles, and HDHP Out-of-Pocket Maximums
Update #54
October 2015
IRS Provides an “Early Look” at Form 1094/1095 Electronic Filing for Tax Year 2015
Update #53
October 2015
IRS Increases PCORI Fees and HHS Issues 2015 Reinsurance Contributions Form
Update #50
September 2015
IRS Releases Final Forms 1094/1095 and Instructions for 2015 With Relief for
HRA Reporting and Other Modifications
Update #49
July 2015
Employer Reporting – Increased penalties and New Electronic Filing Requirements