The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued new model notices for group health plan administrators to use to comply with COBRA notifica...

The Departments of Labor (DOL) and the Treasury (Departments) recently issued deadline relief to help employee benefit plans, plan partic...

@ajmbenefits As the number of U.S. COVID-19 cases grows daily, employment is rapidly changing. While local governments temporarily adjust...

@ajmbenefits The IRS recently issued Notice 2020-15 to advise that high deductible health plans (HDHPs) can pay for coronavirus disease 2...

@ajmbenefits As part of sweeping legislation—the Families First Coronavirus Response Act—signed into law by President Donald Trump, two l...

The IRS issued several notices at the end of March and early April, including Notice 2020-18, which expands filing relief for time sensit...

The United States Supreme Court denied motions to expedite consideration of Texas v. Azar, the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality ...

What you need to know Today, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is publicly announcing that they will waive cost sharing on telehealth me...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published a final rule increasing the civil monetary penalties for violations ...

Transitional plans can stay in force until December 2021. That is if states and carriers allow it! This marks the seventh extension of th...

On Friday, November 15, 2019, the Trump administration released its final rule regarding hospital price transparency. This final rule wil...

Recently, the Departments of Labor (DOL) and Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an updated template and related materials for the sum...

The IRS has released Revenue Procedure 2019-44 which details the 2020 pre-tax limits for the Health FSA and Commuter Plans. These limits ...

To prepare for open enrollment, group health plan sponsors should be aware of the legal changes affecting the design and administration o...

Benefit Communication Made Easy When they’re satisfied with their benefits, employees are 4x more likely to be very satisfied with their ...

On Wednesday July 17th, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) added care for a range of chronic conditions to the list of preventive care be...

Late Wednesday (July 17th) House lawmakers passed legislation to repeal the Cadillac tax, the Affordable Care Act's tax on high-cost heal...

Job figures continued to rise in April, officially bringing unemployment to its lowest in 50 years—3.6%, according to the Bureau of Labor...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (tri-agencies) issued a final ruling on June 12, 2019 allowing ...

Effective November 1, 2019, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will be entering into a new partnership with DentalQuest as their dental b...