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What’s Old Is New Again: HHS Proposes to Reinstate and Expand Transgender Nondiscrimination Rules
Since it was enacted in 2010, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“Section 1557”) has prohibited discrimination in covered health programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. As we have previously … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, Health Care Reform
| Tagged 1557, ACA, biden, health program, HHS, nondiscrimination, NPRM, Obama, transgender, Trump
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Reassigning Section 1557: Trump Administration Proposes Reversal of Transgender Benefits Rule
In 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights issued final regulations implementing the nondiscrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act (“Section 1557”), which prohibit the categorical refusal of health coverage to transgender participants and … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, Health Care Reform
| Tagged 1557, ACA, EEOC, HHS, transgender, transgender benefits, Trump
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2017 HIPAA Enforcement – Appears Not To Be Slowing Down
To state the obvious, there has been some uncertainty regarding how the Trump Administration will affect federal agency enforcement efforts. However, at least, in regard to HIPAA Privacy and Security, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, HIPAA
| Tagged audit, audits, desk audit, ePHI, health reform, HHS, HIPAA, OCR, phase 1, phase 2, phase 3, Severino, Trump
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Update – A Rule Deferred: Department of Labor Delays Implementation of Fiduciary Rule
As we previously reported in our February 16, 2017 blog post, “A Rule Deferred: Department of Labor Delays Implementation of Fiduciary Rule,” the DOL anticipated delaying the effective date of the fiduciary rule by 180 days. However, on March 1, … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Qualified Retirement Plans
| Tagged BIC, BICE, delay, DOL, executive memorandum, fiduciary rule, Field Assistance Bulletin, Trump
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Trumping the Affordable Care Act? Not So Fast – Impact of Executive Order on Employers Unclear
On January 20, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order (“Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal,” hereinafter referred to as the “Order”) relating to the future of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, Health Care Reform
| Tagged ACA, defer, DOL, eo, Executive order, HHS, IRS, Obamacare, PPACA, Section 6055, Section 6056, Trump
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Will the ACA Stay or Will it Go?
After surviving two Supreme Court cases and numerous repeal efforts, the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) is in jeopardy again. Despite the law’s uncertainty, employers may want to continue their compliance efforts because: (1) the ACA is currently the law and … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, Health Care Reform
| Tagged ACA, administration, Congress, preexisting condition, repeal, Trump
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