Healthcare Reform

Health savings account (HSA) and high-deductible health plan (HDHP) participants are about to gain additional flexibility regarding telehealth expenses. Congress has passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022. President Biden signed CAA-22 into law on March 15, 2022.  CAA-22 temporarily reinstates...

“What we really have is a mixed message. I think what it says is Americans weren’t ready for profound change.” That’s what Chris Byrd, our executive vice president for the health division of WEX, said regarding the results of November’s...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill (the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021) on Saturday. The bill includes a prospective 85 percent COBRA subsidy through September of this year. We have seen the near-final...

It’s been a long time since election day, but the Senate races in Georgia are now decided. So, what might be in store, from a healthcare perspective, when Joe Biden’s presidency begins January 20? Let’s start with a recap of...

This week, the IRS released guidance (Notice 2017-67) addressing qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangements (QSEHRA). In the form of 79 questions and answers, the IRS explains the rules and requirements for providing a QSEHRA under section 9831(d) of its...

Now that the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill has failed, Congress will move on. We can expect it to concentrate instead on some pressing items on the calendar—things like agreeing on a continuing resolution to keep the government operating, raising the debt...

10/03/2017 In spite of the many headlines and healthcare bills that have centered on repealing or replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the healthcare landscape in the United States today looks remarkably similar to the way it did when the...

A new entrant into the healthcare marketplace looks to help address the shortage of physicians anticipated by 2025 – a 90,000 physician shortage to be exact, according the medical school and teaching associations. Along with those numbers, the Bureau of...

Talk about the “repeal and replace” of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been circulating throughout the industry and in the media for months now.  Repeal and replace are actually two very different concepts in terms of affecting different aspects...

The only constant in the healthcare benefits environment is change. As 2017 marks a “changing of the guard” in the political world, a year in which technology is improving, and a year in which you will need to compete aggressively...