Benefits Forward

NAIC external review Model Act as most recently amended.

The agencies release interim final rules on the Affordable Care Act’s internal claims and appeals rules.

HHS issues proposed regulations implementing HIPAA changes under the HITECH Act.

The Federal Register version of the interim final regulations governing grandfathered plan status for purposes of the Patient Protection Act.

See article (revision of article I wrote 4 years ago) entitled “Roadmap to Employment And Change in Control Agreements (Customary Provisions, Noncompete Issues, Excess Parachute Tax and §409A Rules),”   38 Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal 151 (June 4, 2010) at
www.ebeclaw.com/ebeclaw/memos/Employment_and_Change_of_Control_Agmts_2010.pdf

The Congressional Budget Office presents a presentation to the Institute of Medicine on the impact of rising health care costs on the Federal budget.

HHS has posted its draft Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Application.

The following is a Constitutional analysis of the individual mandate to maintain health care prepared by the Congressional Research Service for Congress.

The Office of Management and Budget and the Federal Procurement Policy Office release proposed regulations attempting to harmonize the rules governing Federal cost accounting standards with the minimum funding changes made by the Pension Protection Act.

Link to article by Charles Shulman, Esq. on the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), which expands the State Children’s Health Insurance Program of 1997 (SCHIP or CHIP).