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On March 30, 3023, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor issued a ruling that health insurance plans are not required to cover many preventive services, nor are the plans required to cover many preventive services cost-free to members. Preventive service coverage requirements have been required as a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) since 2010.
The No Surprises Act (NSA), enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, requires group health plans and health insurers to report information on prescription drug and health care spending to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of Treasury (DOT). The reporting process is referred to as the Prescription Drug Data Collection, or RxDC for short.
On April 19, 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Treasury (DOT) issued some Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) guidance pertaining to the new Transparency in Coverage (TiC) rules that will start to be enforced beginning on July 1, 2022 (and applicable to plan years starting on or after January 1, 2022).
The Department of Labor (DOL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) jointly issued guidance on a new requirement that individual and group health plans must cover over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 diagnostic tests.
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) released new guidance on June 13, 2019 which permit a new type of Health Reimbursement Arrangement, referred to as an Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA).
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