Notice 2024-35 — This notice provides relief with respect to certain required minimum distributions (RMDs) that are not made in 2024. This relief was provided with respect to c… IRCNoticesMay 6, 2024
… and Kathleen Hannick (2020). “Fixed Indemnity Coverage is a Problematic Form of “Junk” Insurance,” USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, available at: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/usc-brookings-schaeffer-on-health-policy/2020/08/04/fixed-indemnity-health-coverage-is-a-problematic-form-of-junk-insuran…
88 FR 44596 — Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance; Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; Level-Funded Plan Arrangements; and Tax Treatment of Certain Ac… IRCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jul 12, 2023
…C.-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, available at:
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/usc-brookings-schaeffer-on-health-policy/2020/08/04/fixed-indemnity-health-coverage-is-a-problematic-form-of-junk-insurance.
86 FR 55980 — Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part II IRCFinal Rules (FR)Oct 7, 2021★ strong match
…
See
Hannick, Kathleen and Loren Adler. “Provider Charges Relative to Medicare Rates, 2012-2018.” USC-Brookings Schaeffer on Health Policy. (May 2021).
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/usc-brookings-schaeffer-on-health-policy/2021/05/03/provider-charges-relative-to-medicare-rates-2012-2018/.
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86 FR 51730 — Requirements Related to Air Ambulance Services, Agent and Broker Disclosures, and Provider Enforcement IRCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Sep 16, 2021related by meaning
inadvertently not updated when paragraph (d) was redesignated.
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23.
See 45 CFR 147.126. Also see45 CFR 146.123.
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24. For example, pursuant to 45 CFR 147.200(a)(1)(iv), a health insurance issuer offering individual health insurance coverage must provide a summary of benefits and covera…
91 FR 4348 — Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jan 30, 2026
…& Dana P. Goldman,
Overpaying for Prescription Drugs: The Copay Clawback,
(2018),
https://schaeffer.usc.edu/research/overpaying-for-prescription-drugs/.)
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183.
Megan Thompson (2018), W
hy a Patient Paid a $285 Copay for a $40 Drug, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/why-a-patient-paid-a-285-copa…
IRCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Dec 23, 2014related by meaning
ental health insurance coverage as excepted benefits under HIPAA and related legislation.
See
EBSA Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2007-04 (available at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/fab2007-4.pdf); CMS Insurance Standards Bulletin 08-01 (available at
http://www.cms.gov/CCIIO/Resources/Files/Downloads/hipaa_08_01…
83 FR 57592 — Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act IRCFinal Rules (FR)Nov 15, 2018★ strong match
…lth Block Grants, 42 U.S.C. 703; 42 U.S.C. 247b-12; Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1396,
et seq.;
the Indian Health Service, 25 U.S.C. 13, 42 U.S.C. 2001(a), & 25 U.S.C. 1601,
et seq.;
Health center grants, 42 U.S.C. 254b(e), (g), (h), & (i); the NIH Clinical Center, 42 U.S.C. 248; and the Personal Res…
PBGCCode / StatuteJan 6, 2017
(a) (a) Amount of withdrawal liability; determinative factors In the case of a plan described in subsection (b)—
(a)(1) (1) if an employer withdraws prior to a termination described in section 1341a(a)(2) of this title, the amount of withdrawal liability to be paid in any year by such employer shall be an amount equal …
Notice 2026-48 — Notice of Intent to Issue Regulations with Respect to Saver’s Match Contributions IRCNoticesAug 24, 2026
…rtain information addressed in this notice will be subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 USC 3507. No collection of information will be required until approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the PRA.
89 FR 23338 — Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage IRCFinal Rules (FR)Apr 3, 2024
…hleen Hannick (2020). “Fixed Indemnity Health Coverage Is a Problematic Form of `Junk Insurance,' ” USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, available at:
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/usc-brookings-schaeffer-on-health-policy/2020/08/04/fixed-indemnity-health-coverage-is-a-problematic-form-of-junk-i…
86 FR 36872 — Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I IRCFinal Rules (FR)Jul 13, 2021related by meaning
Review of the Literature. J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 5, 117-140 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-017-0350-4.
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16. Pérez-Stable EJ, El-Toukhy S. Communicating with diverse patients: How patient and clinician factors affect disparities. Patient Educ Couns. 2018;101(12):2186-2194. doi…
ERISACode / StatuteJan 5, 1999
… a State plan for medical assistance approved under title XIX of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.] pursuant to section 1912(a)(1)(A) of such Act [42 U.S.C. 1396k(a)(1)(A)] (as in effect on August 10, 1993).
(b)(2) (2) Enrollment and provision of benefits without regard to medicaid eligibility A group hea…
78 FR 17313 — Ninety-Day Waiting Period Limitation and Technical Amendments to Certain Health Coverage Requirements Under the Affordable Care Act IRCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Mar 21, 2013related by meaning
employee may, nonetheless, give rise to an assessable payment under section 4980H of the Code and its implementing regulations.
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9.
See 26 CFR 54.9801-3(a)(3)(i); 29 CFR 2590.701-3(a)(3)(i); and 45 CFR 146(a)(3)(i), which would be moved under these proposed rules to 26 CFR 54.9801-2; 29 CFR 2590.701-…
Notice 2024-2 — Miscellaneous Changes Under the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 IRCNoticesModified Jan 8, 2024
…dual retirement annuity described in section 408(b).
6 The definition of “State” for purposes of 42 USC 1395x(r)(1) is in 42 USC 410(h), which provides that the term “State” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.
88 FR 51552 — Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act IRCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Aug 3, 2023related by meaning
15-2715A1(a)(2)(xx), 29 CFR 2590.715-2715A1(a)(2)(xix), 45 CFR 147.210(a)(2)(xx).
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170.
29 CFR 2520.102-2(a).
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171.
See 26 CFR 54.9815-2715(a)(4)(ii)(B), 29 CFR 2590.715-2715(a)(4)(ii)(B), 45 CFR 147.200(a)(4)(ii)(B).
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172.
26 CFR 54.9815-2719, 29 CFR 2590.715-2719, a…
IRCFinal Rules (FR)Nov 12, 2020related by meaning
.103.
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228.
Pate, R. “Insurance Standards Bulletin Series.” Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. January 31, 2020. Available at: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/extension-limited-non-enforcement-policy-through-calendar-year-2021.pdf.
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229.
See also
section 2763 of the PHS A…
81 FR 75316 — Excepted Benefits; Lifetime and Annual Limits; and Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance IRCFinal Rules (FR)Oct 31, 2016related by meaning
vaccines), or Title XXII of the PHS Act.
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19.
See 26 CFR 54.9815-2708; 29 CFR 2590.715-2708; 45 CFR 147.116.
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20.
See 26 CFR 54.9801-6; 29 CFR 2590.701-6; 45 CFR 146.117 and 147.104.
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21.
26 CFR 1.5000A-3(j).
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22.
This non-enforcement policy is limi…
84 FR 51471 — Application of the Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions and Certain Nondiscrimination Rules to Health Reimbursement Arrangements and Other Account-Based G… IRCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Sep 30, 2019related by meaning
e for an employer shared responsibility payment under section 4980H(a) for the month, regardless of whether any full-time employee is allowed the PTC. The notice also explained how section 4980H(b) (including the HHI safe harbors) would apply to an ALE that offers an individual coverage HRA, described potential additio…
83 FR 54420 — Health Reimbursement Arrangements and Other Account-Based Group Health Plans IRCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Oct 29, 2018related by meaning
overlapping and, in combination, include any factor related to an individual's health. 66 FR 1377, 1379 (January 8, 2001).
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34.
See FAQs about Affordable Care Act Implementation (Part XXII), available at
https://www.dol.gov/sites/default/files/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-activities/resource-center/fa…
IRCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed May 13, 2026related by meaning
r. 23, 2010).
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10.
Public Law 111-152 (Mar. 30, 2010).
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11.
Public Law 116-260 (Dec. 27, 2020).
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12. Public Law 119-75 (Feb. 3, 2026).
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13.
HHS does not interpret the ACA amendments to PHS Act section 2722(b) and (c) (formerly PHS Act section 2721(c) a…