On the last day before the U.S. Supreme Court’s summer recess, the Court issued a decision that left in place the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) mandate that requires non-grandfathered group health plans and issuers to cover, without cost sharing, all evidence-based items or services that have a rating of “A” or “B” in the current
Departments Press Pause on Final Mental Health Parity Regulations
Yesterday, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services announced a non-enforcement policy with respect to final regulations issued under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (“MHPAEA”) in September 2024. The Departments recently indicated that this policy was imminent when they requested that litigation challenging the final regulations be
Employer Benefit Plan Assistance FAQs: California Wildfires
In the wake of the horrific wildfires in Los Angeles (which are ongoing as of today), employees based in the Los Angeles area may have questions about available support from employer-sponsored 401(k) plan accounts and other impacts on benefits. Below are some considerations for employers about making 401(k) plan funds available to employees and related
Down to the Wire: Will We Have HSA with Pre-Deductible Telehealth in 2025?
Important Update—Pre-Deductible Telehealth HSA Relief Ends on December 31, 2024: As discussed in our post below, although extension of the telehealth safe harbor was included in various bill drafts, the year-end spending bill signed into law on December 21, 2024 (American Relief Act, 2025) does not include pre-deductible telehealth relief. This means that the