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ERIC Urges Flexibility as Arkansas State Medical Board Considers Telemedicine Regulations
The ERISA Industry Committee petitions the ASMB’s Telemedicine Advisory Committee to adopt new standards as it moves to impose telemedicine regulations
ERIC Urges CMS to Abandon Health Plan Identifier Regulations
The ERISA Industry Committee addresses Health Plan Identifiers in a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Inaugural Telehealth Newsletter
Government Issues Final Rules on ACA Cost-Sharing and Contraceptives; OH, OR Weigh In on State Taxes
Late this past Friday afternoon, HHS and its pals issued final regulations on the rules under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that require the provision of certain preventive services without cost sharing
Since When Do Trade Bills Increase Information Reporting Penalties?
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Liberty Mutual Preemption Case; President Signs HCTC Into Law
Apparently two blockbuster employee benefits cases weren’t enough for the U.S. Supreme Court, as they have now decided to enter back into the ERISA preemption scrum
SCOTUS Rules That States Must Recognize Same-Sex Marriage
ERIC Comments on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision on Obergefell v. Hodges
Today’s decision means that same sex marriages must be recognized throughout the U.S. Because of this, more employees will be able to marry and provide benefits for their spouses on a tax-free basis.
SCOTUS Rules 6-3 For Government In King v. Burwell; Dissent Decries Interpretive Jiggery-Poker
The U.S. Supreme Court today decided in the momentous case King v. Burwell to in essence uphold a significant portion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by deciding that individuals purchasing health insurance in federally run Exchanges are not excluded from obtaining tax subsidies to offset the cost. The decision, authored by Chief Justice Roberts, …