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Tag Archives: Self-Insured

Ninth Circuit Enforces Hawaii Anti-Reimbursement Statutes Against Insured Plan

ERISA health care plans typically include reimbursement and subrogation clauses, which give plans a right to reimbursement of medical expenses paid on behalf of a beneficiary where the injury is caused by a third party.  While such provisions are common in ERISA health care plans, they sometimes conflict with state laws that prohibit plans and … Continue Reading

IRS Issues New EPCRS Guidelines to Coordinate with Limited Determination Letter Program

On September 29, 2016, the IRS released new guidelines under its Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS).  EPCRS consists of three programs by which plan sponsors can correct plan documentation or operational errors – the Self-Correction Program, the Voluntary Correction Program and the Audit Closing Agreement Program.   Rev. Proc. 2016-51 supersedes the older guidelines (Rev. … Continue Reading

New HHS Regulations “Clarify” that Health Plans Covering Families Must Have “Embedded” Individual Cost-Sharing Limits

On February 27, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its final HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016.  The lengthy regulation covers a wide range of topics affecting group health plans, including minimum value, determination of the transitional reinsurance fee, and qualified health plan rates and other market reforms … Continue Reading
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