Compliance News

Form 5500 Extensions - for Calendar Year Plans

Form 5500 Extensions (for calendar year plans) June 2024 The Form 5500 for an ERISA plan is due the last day of the seventh month after the end of the ERISA plan year, including short plan years...

Transparency in Coverage: Carrier Machine-Readable Files (MRF) Links

[updated] Quick access to each carriers dedicated website for Machine Readable Files (MRF).

PCORI Fee Reporting and Payment Due July 31, 2024

PCORI Fee Reporting and Payment Due July 31, 2024 Fully insured carriers and most self-insured health plan sponsors must pay annual Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fees to the ...

Dental Loss Ratio - Could Be Coming To Your State

Dental Loss Ratio - Could Be Coming To Your State From the American Dental Association News (ADA): NCOIL (the National Council of Insurance Legislators) adopts Medical Loss Ratios for Health Care S...

Gag Clause Attestation Updates for 2024

Gag Clause Attestation Updates for 2024 CMS released updated instructions and an updated user manual to assist responsible entities with submitting Gag Clause Attestations by December 31, 2024 via ...

Status of the Potential California LTC Insurance Tax

Status of the Potential California Long Term Care Insurance Tax Background In 2019, California enacted Assembly Bill 567 that established a Long Term Care Insurance Task Force. Since that time, ...

Employer Tip - Educational Assistance Programs - New IRS FAQs

Educational Assistance Programs – New IRS FAQs The IRS released a set of FAQs that do not appear to make any changes, but simply clarify the tax-favored reimbursement available via educational assi...

Final IRS Form 720 on IRS Website - To Report PCORI Fees

Final IRS Form 720 Posted on the IRS Website A few weeks ago, we published an article updating the PCORI Fee information with the ‘draft’ IRS FORM 720. This article also explained the detailed spe...

California's Contraceptive Equity Act Extended January 1, 2024

California's Contraceptive Equity Act Extended with Additional New Laws Effective January 1, 2024 Beginning January 1, 2024, the Act expands coverage of contraceptives by a health care service plan...

Amwins Connect - June 2024 Question of the Month

Amwins Connect – June 2024 Question of the Month Question An employee terminates with an underspent Health FSA and is offered FSA COBRA. The employee pays COBRA premium for 2 months, exhausts th...

Updated - Reporting PCORI Fees to the IRS

Updated - Reporting PCORI Fees to the IRS May 29, 2024 On May 24, 2024, the IRS posted a 'draft' IRS Form 720 with the most current PCORI Fees. Amwins Connect will post the Final IRS Form 720 w...

Updated Gag Clause Attestation Information on the CMS Website

Updated Gag Clause Attestation Information on the CMS Website May 2024 CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), in collaboration with the Departments of the Treasury and Labor, hav...