On July 17, 2019 the IRS issued guidance expanding the preventive care benefits that can be provided by a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) and remain qualified for HSA eligibility. Ordinarily the HSA rules do not allow for preventive care for services or benefits...
President Trump signed an executive order on June 24, 2019 directing federal agencies to increase healthcare price and quality transparency. The order directs the Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services to issue guidance and propose regulations...
On June 13, the U.S. Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services issued a final rule allowing employees to use the dollars in employer-funded Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs, also called Health Reimbursement Accounts) to purchase...
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released rules requiring hospitals to post standard charges online. Previous law required that hospitals make a list of standard charges uniform and public. The guidelines have been updated, effective January 1,...
This past December, District Judge Reed O’Conner released his ruling in the case Texas v. United States. The case questioned the constitutionality of the ACA’s individual mandate after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 reduced the individual mandate...
