Seyfarth Synopsis: Employer health plan sponsors, administrators, and insurers have been eagerly awaiting the U.S. Department of Labor’s upcoming guidance on mental health parity. According to recent reports, newly proposed MHPAEA regulations have been sent to the White House for review
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HSA Holders Lament the End of the Era of Free Invasive Nasal Swabs:IRS to Remove COVID Exemption for HDHPs
Seyfarth Synopsis: In light of the end of the COVID-19 National Emergency and Public Health Emergency (see our prior blog post here), the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has announced the end of prior COVID-19-related special rules for health plan…
Who Do I Need to Sue to Get a Decent Cup of Coffee? Jittery Fiduciaries Consider Options as Health Plan Litigation Froths Up
Seyfarth Synopsis: In light of a recent focus on price transparency, claims data, and hidden fees in the health plan world, employer-sponsored health plans have been bringing their fight to the courtroom in an effort to lower costs and demonstrate…
Coffee Talk With Benefits Episode 14: Benefit Attorneys in the Wild
On this episode of Coffee Talk With Benefits, Richard and Sarah venture out of the office as part of an Employee Benefits retreat and engage in brief discussions with their colleagues, Diane Dygert, Caroline Pieper, Alisha Sullivan, …
Multiple Cyber Incidents Impact Employee Benefit Plans and Participants
By this point, most people in the employee benefits space have heard about the MOVEit and Retirement Clearing House (RCH) cyber incidents, which could directly impact employers’ benefit plans. The MOVEit file transfer application is used by a number of…
Preventive Care Mandate Returned to Status Quo — Temporarily
Seyfarth Synopsis: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed enforcement of a Texas federal district court ruling that that voided the ACA requirement for health plans to cover preventive care items and services (without cost sharing) recommended by the…
Seyfarth Shaw’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Department Earns Distinguished Ranking from Legal 500
Seyfarth Shaw’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation department has secured a notable position as one of the best in the country, according to the esteemed Legal 500 United States 2023 edition. This recognition reaffirms Seyfarth’s commitment to excellence in the…
FICA Tax Avoidance Wellness Program Viewed Unfavorably by 87,000 New IRS Agents
Seyfarth Synopsis: Just like a bad penny, schemes promising employers ways to reduce their FICA tax burden, and maybe their employees’ income tax burden at the same time, keep popping up with a slightly different burnish on the coin. The risks…
The Seventh Circuit Had “Good Cause” To Affirm An ERISA Plan Sponsor Win In Decade-Long Class Action
By: Amanda Genovese and Ryan Tikker
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently took a clarifying pencil to certain standards applicable to benefits disputes under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §…
Coffee Talk With Benefits Episode 13: When ERISA Was Young
The 50th anniversary of the enactment of ERISA is next year, so we thought what better way to look back on those 50 years than with Seyfarth Partner, Howard Pianko, who was one of the original ERISA practitioners back…