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Compliance Brief | June 2026

IRS Releases 2027 HSA, HDHP, and Excepted-Benefit HRA Limits The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released the inflation-adjusted health savings account (HSA), high-deductible health plan (HDHP), and excepted-benefit health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) limits for 2027. These annual ...

Compliance Brief | May 2026

A New Era of Health and Welfare Fiduciary Litigation Health and welfare plan fiduciaries are entering a period of increased legal scrutiny. For many years, fiduciary litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) focused primarily on retirement plans, and ...

Frequently Asked Questions about the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Fee

Updated April 2026 Q1: To what plans does the PCORI fee apply? A1: All plans that provide medical coverage to employees owe this fee. Medical coverage includes preferred provider (PPO) plans, health maintenance organization (HMO) plans, point-of-service (POS) plans, high deductible health ...

Compliance Brief | April 2026

April 2026 DOL Extends Comment Period on Proposed PBM Fee Disclosure Rule April 15 Deadline for 2025 HAS Contributions and Corrections RxDC Reporting for 2026: What Employers Need to Know About Prescription Drug Data Collection Question of the Month DOL Extends Comment Period on Proposed PBM ...

Compliance Brief | March 2026

March ACA Reporting Deadlines for 2025 Calendar Year Plans Each year, employers subject to Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting must complete several federal filing requirements early in the calendar year. March is the most critical compliance month for ACA reporting because it includes the ...

Compliance Alert | CMS RxDC Submission Required

To comply with the legislation to report on pharmacy information under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, you are required to submit premium information to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by June 1, 2026. You should be receiving an email or an online portal alert to ...

Compliance Alert | Annual Notice Regarding 2026 ACA Affordability

The required annual notice, Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage Options and Your Health Coverage, has been updated to reflect the 2026 Affordable Care Act (ACA) affordability percentage of 9.96%. There are two versions of this notice: Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage Options and Your ...

New Law Demands Prescription Drug Pricing Transparency from Pharmacy Benefit Managers

The recently-enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (CAA 2026) promises to significantly shift the information advantage between pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and group health plans by requiring semiannual disclosure of vast amounts of prescription drug cost, pricing, utilization, and ...

New Lawsuits Focus on Fiduciary Duties for Voluntary Benefits

Schlichter Bogard LLC, a law firm well-known for filing lawsuits against retirement plan fiduciaries (and recently health and welfare plan fiduciaries), filed separate class action lawsuits against four employers, their employee benefit plan fiduciaries, and their employee benefit brokers and ...

Compliance Brief | February 2026

February 2026 Updated HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices Required in 2026 Nondiscrimination Testing: Why Early Testing Makes Sense DOL Proposes Additional PBM Transparency Rules New Childhood Vaccination Guidelines and Employer Impact Part D Creditable Coverage Disclosure Due to CMS Updated ...

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