MZQ Beacon Alert -August 28, 2023 In this Edition: "Just when we thought affordability percentages couldn’t possibly go lower than the 2023 rate of 9.12%, theInternal Revenue Service released Revenue Procedure 2023-29 declaring the Affordable Care Act (ACA)benchmark...
MZQ Beacon Alert -August 10, 2023 In this Edition: "With the ongoing issue of Medicaid redetermination taking place across the nation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Treasury, and the Department of Labor (collectively, the Agencies) are...
MZQ Beacon Alert -August 2, 2023 In this Edition: "On Tuesday, July 25th, the federal Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury ("the Departments") introduced a much-anticipated update to current regulations dealing with the Mental Health Parity...
MZQ Beacon Alert - July 24, 2023 In this Edition: "The federal Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury recently issued a proposed regulation that would significantly change how many employer-sponsored hospital indemnity, specified disease and...
MZQ Beacon Alert - July 14, 2023 In this Edition: "Late last week, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor; and Treasury (the Departments) published a set of FAQs that clarify how certain surprise billing protections interact with the Affordable Care Act's...
MZQ Beacon Alert - May 18, 2023 In this Edition: "On May 16, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service released updates to the maximum annual 2024 contribution limits for health savings accounts (HSAs) under high deductible health plans (HDHPs). These limits, which have...
MZQ Beacon Alert - April 12, 2023 In this Edition: "On April 10th, 2023, President Biden signed H.J. Res. 7 into law, thereby ending the national state of emergency related to COVID-19 that was declared under the National Emergencies Act." Download the report to learn...
MZQ Beacon Alert - March 29, 2023 In this Edition: "The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the 2022 instructions for the prescription drug and health care spending data collection (RxDC) requirement on Monday, March 27, 2022. RxDC is the new...
MZQ Beacon Alert - March 14, 2023 In this Edition: "The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires applicable large employers (ALEs), meaning employers that averaged at least fifty full-time employees (including full-time equivalent employees) during the preceding calendar...
MZQ Beacon Alert - March 6, 2023 In this Edition: "The new compliance obligations that the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA, 21) created for employ-sponsored plans can seem endless at times. One of the lesser-known parts of the CAA, 21 is the prohibition...