On March 28th, 2019, a Federal District Court in the District of Columbia struck down significant portions of the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Association Health Plan (AHP) Final Rule. Specifically, the Court found the DOL “failed to reasonably interpret†ERISA when issuing these rules by: expanding the definition of “employers†to include disparate groups of…
The House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation that, among other things, purport to improve and “modernize†health savings accounts (“HSAsâ€). While the bills call for significant changes to the current rules affecting HSAs, the specific details are very different. Summary of Proposed Changes H.R. 6199 would: Exclude a direct…
On June 1, 2018, New Jersey Gov. Murphy passed the Out-of-Network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act (the “OON Actâ€). In general, the OON Act applies to emergency services and other care provided by out- of-network physicians in in-network settings (i.e. hospital-based physicians). It takes effect on September 1, 2018. The Act…