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Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care Health care affordability, price transparency, prescription drug prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) pricing and transparency, hospital pricing and transparency, site neutral payment reform, hospital consolidation and billing practices Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer reforms and hospital billing practices Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, HR 6248 / S 4027 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBAs) to allow repurposing of excess assets in VEBAs 340B prescription drug program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, HR 919 Surprise Medical Billing (No Surprises Act) Telehealth and Remote Care Services Paid Leave and I-PLAN (H.R. 3090) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act - HR 2199 Electronic delivery for health benefit plans Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)
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AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL via AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
2026 · third_quarter · Q3
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Site-neutral payment policies, anti-competitive practices, hospital consolidation, and reforms No Surprises Act reforms and HR 4710 Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582/ S 2355) Excepted fertility benefits DOL NPRM Pharmacy Benefit Fee Disclosure (sec. 408(b)(2)) Electronic disclosure for health and welfare benefit plans Employer Innovations in Health Care Sec. 340B pharmacy drug pricing program End-Stage Renal Disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Lower Costs More Transparency Act (HR 9393) Chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics, direct primary care Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, PBM price transparency, hospital price transparency ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans (S. 3345 / S. 526) Prescription Drug Data Collection reporting Medicare Operations Rule
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
Source: Senate LDA
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care Health care affordability, price transparency, prescription drug prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) pricing and transparency, hospital pricing and transparency, site neutral payment reform, hospital consolidation and billing practices Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer reforms and hospital billing practices Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, HR 6248 / S 4027 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBAs) to allow repurposing of excess assets in VEBAs 340B prescription drug program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, HR 919 Surprise Medical Billing (No Surprises Act) Telehealth and Remote Care Services Paid Leave and I-PLAN (H.R. 3090) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act - HR 2199 Electronic delivery for health benefit plans Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Site-neutral payment policies, anti-competitive practices, hospital consolidation, and reforms No Surprises Act reforms and HR 4710 Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582/ S 2355) Excepted fertility benefits DOL NPRM Pharmacy Benefit Fee Disclosure (sec. 408(b)(2)) Electronic disclosure for health and welfare benefit plans Employer Innovations in Health Care Sec. 340B pharmacy drug pricing program End-Stage Renal Disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Lower Costs More Transparency Act (HR 9393) Chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics, direct primary care Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, PBM price transparency, hospital price transparency ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans (S. 3345 / S. 526) Prescription Drug Data Collection reporting Medicare Operations Rule
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care Health care affordability, price transparency, prescription drug prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) pricing and transparency, hospital pricing and transparency, site neutral payment reform, hospital consolidation and billing practices Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer reforms and hospital billing practices Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, HR 6248 / S 4027 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBAs) to allow repurposing of excess assets in VEBAs 340B prescription drug program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, HR 919 Surprise Medical Billing (No Surprises Act) Telehealth and Remote Care Services Paid Leave and I-PLAN (H.R. 3090) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act - HR 2199 Electronic delivery for health benefit plans Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care Health care affordability, price transparency, prescription drug prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) pricing and transparency, hospital pricing and transparency, site neutral payment reform, hospital consolidation and billing practices Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer reforms and hospital billing practices Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, HR 6248 / S 4027 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBAs) to allow repurposing of excess assets in VEBAs 340B prescription drug program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, HR 919 Surprise Medical Billing (No Surprises Act) Telehealth and Remote Care Services Paid Leave and I-PLAN (H.R. 3090) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act - HR 2199 Electronic delivery for health benefit plans Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Site-neutral payment policies, anti-competitive practices, hospital consolidation, and reforms No Surprises Act reforms and HR 4710 Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582/ S 2355) Excepted fertility benefits DOL NPRM Pharmacy Benefit Fee Disclosure (sec. 408(b)(2)) Electronic disclosure for health and welfare benefit plans Employer Innovations in Health Care Sec. 340B pharmacy drug pricing program End-Stage Renal Disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Lower Costs More Transparency Act (HR 9393) Chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics, direct primary care Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, PBM price transparency, hospital price transparency ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans (S. 3345 / S. 526) Prescription Drug Data Collection reporting Medicare Operations Rule
Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Site-neutral payment policies, anti-competitive practices, hospital consolidation, and reforms No Surprises Act reforms and HR 4710 Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582/ S 2355) Excepted fertility benefits DOL NPRM Pharmacy Benefit Fee Disclosure (sec. 408(b)(2)) Electronic disclosure for health and welfare benefit plans Employer Innovations in Health Care Sec. 340B pharmacy drug pricing program End-Stage Renal Disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Lower Costs More Transparency Act (HR 9393) Chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics, direct primary care Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, PBM price transparency, hospital price transparency ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans (S. 3345 / S. 526) Prescription Drug Data Collection reporting Medicare Operations Rule
Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
Healthy Competition for Better Care Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care Health care affordability, price transparency, prescription drug prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) pricing and transparency, hospital pricing and transparency, site neutral payment reform, hospital consolidation and billing practices Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer reforms and hospital billing practices Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, HR 6248 / S 4027 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBAs) to allow repurposing of excess assets in VEBAs 340B prescription drug program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, HR 919 Surprise Medical Billing (No Surprises Act) Telehealth and Remote Care Services Paid Leave and I-PLAN (H.R. 3090) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act - HR 2199 Electronic delivery for health benefit plans Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)
Healthy Competition for Better Care Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
Healthy Competition for Better Care Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
Healthy Competition for Better Care Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care Health care affordability, price transparency, prescription drug prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) pricing and transparency, hospital pricing and transparency, site neutral payment reform, hospital consolidation and billing practices Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer reforms and hospital billing practices Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, HR 6248 / S 4027 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBAs) to allow repurposing of excess assets in VEBAs 340B prescription drug program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, HR 919 Surprise Medical Billing (No Surprises Act) Telehealth and Remote Care Services Paid Leave and I-PLAN (H.R. 3090) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act - HR 2199 Electronic delivery for health benefit plans Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)
Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care Health care affordability, price transparency, prescription drug prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) pricing and transparency, hospital pricing and transparency, site neutral payment reform, hospital consolidation and billing practices Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer reforms and hospital billing practices Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, HR 6248 / S 4027 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBAs) to allow repurposing of excess assets in VEBAs 340B prescription drug program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, HR 919 Surprise Medical Billing (No Surprises Act) Telehealth and Remote Care Services Paid Leave and I-PLAN (H.R. 3090) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act - HR 2199 Electronic delivery for health benefit plans Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)
Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care Health care affordability, price transparency, prescription drug prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) pricing and transparency, hospital pricing and transparency, site neutral payment reform, hospital consolidation and billing practices Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer reforms and hospital billing practices Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, HR 6248 / S 4027 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBAs) to allow repurposing of excess assets in VEBAs 340B prescription drug program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, HR 919 Surprise Medical Billing (No Surprises Act) Telehealth and Remote Care Services Paid Leave and I-PLAN (H.R. 3090) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act - HR 2199 Electronic delivery for health benefit plans Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)
Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 2026
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Site-neutral payment policies, anti-competitive practices, hospital consolidation, and reforms No Surprises Act reforms and HR 4710 Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582/ S 2355) Excepted fertility benefits DOL NPRM Pharmacy Benefit Fee Disclosure (sec. 408(b)(2)) Electronic disclosure for health and welfare benefit plans Employer Innovations in Health Care Sec. 340B pharmacy drug pricing program End-Stage Renal Disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Lower Costs More Transparency Act (HR 9393) Chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics, direct primary care Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, PBM price transparency, hospital price transparency ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans (S. 3345 / S. 526) Prescription Drug Data Collection reporting Medicare Operations Rule
Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care Health care affordability, price transparency, prescription drug prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) pricing and transparency, hospital pricing and transparency, site neutral payment reform, hospital consolidation and billing practices Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer reforms and hospital billing practices Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, HR 6248 / S 4027 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBAs) to allow repurposing of excess assets in VEBAs 340B prescription drug program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, HR 919 Surprise Medical Billing (No Surprises Act) Telehealth and Remote Care Services Paid Leave and I-PLAN (H.R. 3090) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act - HR 2199 Electronic delivery for health benefit plans Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)
Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Site-neutral payment policies, anti-competitive practices, hospital consolidation, and reforms No Surprises Act reforms and HR 4710 Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582/ S 2355) Excepted fertility benefits DOL NPRM Pharmacy Benefit Fee Disclosure (sec. 408(b)(2)) Electronic disclosure for health and welfare benefit plans Employer Innovations in Health Care Sec. 340B pharmacy drug pricing program End-Stage Renal Disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Lower Costs More Transparency Act (HR 9393) Chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics, direct primary care Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, PBM price transparency, hospital price transparency ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans (S. 3345 / S. 526) Prescription Drug Data Collection reporting Medicare Operations Rule
Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care Health care affordability, price transparency, prescription drug prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) pricing and transparency, hospital pricing and transparency, site neutral payment reform, hospital consolidation and billing practices Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer reforms and hospital billing practices Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, HR 6248 / S 4027 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBAs) to allow repurposing of excess assets in VEBAs 340B prescription drug program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, HR 919 Surprise Medical Billing (No Surprises Act) Telehealth and Remote Care Services Paid Leave and I-PLAN (H.R. 3090) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act - HR 2199 Electronic delivery for health benefit plans Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)
Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
PBM Price Transparency and Accountability Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
PBM Price Transparency and Accountability Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Site-neutral payment policies, anti-competitive practices, hospital consolidation, and reforms No Surprises Act reforms and HR 4710 Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582/ S 2355) Excepted fertility benefits DOL NPRM Pharmacy Benefit Fee Disclosure (sec. 408(b)(2)) Electronic disclosure for health and welfare benefit plans Employer Innovations in Health Care Sec. 340B pharmacy drug pricing program End-Stage Renal Disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Lower Costs More Transparency Act (HR 9393) Chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics, direct primary care Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, PBM price transparency, hospital price transparency ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans (S. 3345 / S. 526) Prescription Drug Data Collection reporting Medicare Operations Rule
PBM Price Transparency and Accountability Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
Healthy Competition for Better Care Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care Health care affordability, price transparency, prescription drug prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) pricing and transparency, hospital pricing and transparency, site neutral payment reform, hospital consolidation and billing practices Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer reforms and hospital billing practices Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, HR 6248 / S 4027 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBAs) to allow repurposing of excess assets in VEBAs 340B prescription drug program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, HR 919 Surprise Medical Billing (No Surprises Act) Telehealth and Remote Care Services Paid Leave and I-PLAN (H.R. 3090) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act - HR 2199 Electronic delivery for health benefit plans Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)
Healthy Competition for Better Care Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care Health care affordability, price transparency, prescription drug prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) pricing and transparency, hospital pricing and transparency, site neutral payment reform, hospital consolidation and billing practices Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer reforms and hospital billing practices Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, HR 6248 / S 4027 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBAs) to allow repurposing of excess assets in VEBAs 340B prescription drug program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, HR 919 Surprise Medical Billing (No Surprises Act) Telehealth and Remote Care Services Paid Leave and I-PLAN (H.R. 3090) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act - HR 2199 Electronic delivery for health benefit plans Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Site-neutral payment policies, anti-competitive practices, hospital consolidation, and reforms No Surprises Act reforms and HR 4710 Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582/ S 2355) Excepted fertility benefits DOL NPRM Pharmacy Benefit Fee Disclosure (sec. 408(b)(2)) Electronic disclosure for health and welfare benefit plans Employer Innovations in Health Care Sec. 340B pharmacy drug pricing program End-Stage Renal Disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Lower Costs More Transparency Act (HR 9393) Chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics, direct primary care Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, PBM price transparency, hospital price transparency ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans (S. 3345 / S. 526) Prescription Drug Data Collection reporting Medicare Operations Rule
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
More Paid Leave for More Americans Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
More Paid Leave for More Americans Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
ERISA preemption Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility direct primary care and chronic disease, on-site clinics; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act ERISA health plan electronic reporting and disclosure, Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs), allow repurposing excess assets in VEBAs 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure Health letter to Treasury on OBBBA Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act (H.R. 3090); More Paid Leave for More Americans Act
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for House of Representatives, Office of the Speaker for fiscal year 2024.
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care transparency, prescription drugs and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparence Act (H.R. 5378) Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Telehealth expansion and permanency Transparent Telehealth Bills Act (H.R. 9457) Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturers (PBMs), drug cost transparency, rebates, and medical management End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care (H.R. 312000, S. 1451) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Value-driven health care Paid leave - federal and state law considerations Mental health parity regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) and use of excess assets Health care non-discrimination rules under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act American Privacy Rights Act (H.R. 8818) Rep. McMorris-Rodgers Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800)
To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for House of Representatives, Office of the Speaker for fiscal year 2024.
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs and PBM cost transparency and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); telehealth extension and transparency (H.R. 9457); medical management; PBM Reform Act (S. 1339) medical management Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (H.R. 3120, S. 1451), Transparent Telehealth Act (H.R. 9457) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, draft Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act Mental health parity final regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to coverage of preventive services and the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800) Surprise Medical Billing, Enhanced Enforcement of Health Coverage Act (H.R. 9572)
Healthy Competition for Better Care Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs and PBM cost transparency and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); telehealth extension and transparency (H.R. 9457); medical management; PBM Reform Act (S. 1339) medical management Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (H.R. 3120, S. 1451), Transparent Telehealth Act (H.R. 9457) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, draft Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act Mental health parity final regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to coverage of preventive services and the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800) Surprise Medical Billing, Enhanced Enforcement of Health Coverage Act (H.R. 9572)
Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs and PBM cost transparency and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); telehealth extension and transparency (H.R. 9457); medical management; PBM Reform Act (S. 1339) medical management Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (H.R. 3120, S. 1451), Transparent Telehealth Act (H.R. 9457) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, draft Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act Mental health parity final regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to coverage of preventive services and the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800) Surprise Medical Billing, Enhanced Enforcement of Health Coverage Act (H.R. 9572)
Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care transparency, prescription drugs and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparence Act (H.R. 5378) Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Telehealth expansion and permanency Transparent Telehealth Bills Act (H.R. 9457) Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturers (PBMs), drug cost transparency, rebates, and medical management End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care (H.R. 312000, S. 1451) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Value-driven health care Paid leave - federal and state law considerations Mental health parity regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) and use of excess assets Health care non-discrimination rules under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act American Privacy Rights Act (H.R. 8818) Rep. McMorris-Rodgers Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800)
Lower Costs, More Transparency Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs and PBM cost transparency and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); telehealth extension and transparency (H.R. 9457); medical management; PBM Reform Act (S. 1339) medical management Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (H.R. 3120, S. 1451), Transparent Telehealth Act (H.R. 9457) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, draft Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act Mental health parity final regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to coverage of preventive services and the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800) Surprise Medical Billing, Enhanced Enforcement of Health Coverage Act (H.R. 9572)
Lower Costs, More Transparency Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care transparency, prescription drugs and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparence Act (H.R. 5378) Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Telehealth expansion and permanency Transparent Telehealth Bills Act (H.R. 9457) Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturers (PBMs), drug cost transparency, rebates, and medical management End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care (H.R. 312000, S. 1451) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Value-driven health care Paid leave - federal and state law considerations Mental health parity regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) and use of excess assets Health care non-discrimination rules under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act American Privacy Rights Act (H.R. 8818) Rep. McMorris-Rodgers Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800)
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care transparency, prescription drugs and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparence Act (H.R. 5378) Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Telehealth expansion and permanency Transparent Telehealth Bills Act (H.R. 9457) Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturers (PBMs), drug cost transparency, rebates, and medical management End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care (H.R. 312000, S. 1451) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Value-driven health care Paid leave - federal and state law considerations Mental health parity regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) and use of excess assets Health care non-discrimination rules under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act American Privacy Rights Act (H.R. 8818) Rep. McMorris-Rodgers Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800)
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs and PBM cost transparency and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); telehealth extension and transparency (H.R. 9457); medical management; PBM Reform Act (S. 1339) medical management Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (H.R. 3120, S. 1451), Transparent Telehealth Act (H.R. 9457) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, draft Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act Mental health parity final regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to coverage of preventive services and the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800) Surprise Medical Billing, Enhanced Enforcement of Health Coverage Act (H.R. 9572)
American Privacy Rights Act of 2024
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care transparency, prescription drugs and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparence Act (H.R. 5378) Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Telehealth expansion and permanency Transparent Telehealth Bills Act (H.R. 9457) Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturers (PBMs), drug cost transparency, rebates, and medical management End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care (H.R. 312000, S. 1451) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Value-driven health care Paid leave - federal and state law considerations Mental health parity regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) and use of excess assets Health care non-discrimination rules under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act American Privacy Rights Act (H.R. 8818) Rep. McMorris-Rodgers Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800)
Transparent Telehealth Bills Act of 2024
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care transparency, prescription drugs and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparence Act (H.R. 5378) Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Telehealth expansion and permanency Transparent Telehealth Bills Act (H.R. 9457) Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturers (PBMs), drug cost transparency, rebates, and medical management End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care (H.R. 312000, S. 1451) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Value-driven health care Paid leave - federal and state law considerations Mental health parity regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) and use of excess assets Health care non-discrimination rules under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act American Privacy Rights Act (H.R. 8818) Rep. McMorris-Rodgers Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800)
Transparent Telehealth Bills Act of 2024
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs and PBM cost transparency and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); telehealth extension and transparency (H.R. 9457); medical management; PBM Reform Act (S. 1339) medical management Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (H.R. 3120, S. 1451), Transparent Telehealth Act (H.R. 9457) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, draft Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act Mental health parity final regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to coverage of preventive services and the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800) Surprise Medical Billing, Enhanced Enforcement of Health Coverage Act (H.R. 9572)
Enhanced Enforcement of Health Coverage Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs and PBM cost transparency and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); telehealth extension and transparency (H.R. 9457); medical management; PBM Reform Act (S. 1339) medical management Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (H.R. 3120, S. 1451), Transparent Telehealth Act (H.R. 9457) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, draft Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act Mental health parity final regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to coverage of preventive services and the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800) Surprise Medical Billing, Enhanced Enforcement of Health Coverage Act (H.R. 9572)
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs and PBM cost transparency and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); telehealth extension and transparency (H.R. 9457); medical management; PBM Reform Act (S. 1339) medical management Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (H.R. 3120, S. 1451), Transparent Telehealth Act (H.R. 9457) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, draft Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act Mental health parity final regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to coverage of preventive services and the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800) Surprise Medical Billing, Enhanced Enforcement of Health Coverage Act (H.R. 9572)
Healthy Competition for Better Care Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care transparency, prescription drugs and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparence Act (H.R. 5378) Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Telehealth expansion and permanency Transparent Telehealth Bills Act (H.R. 9457) Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturers (PBMs), drug cost transparency, rebates, and medical management End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care (H.R. 312000, S. 1451) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Value-driven health care Paid leave - federal and state law considerations Mental health parity regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) and use of excess assets Health care non-discrimination rules under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act American Privacy Rights Act (H.R. 8818) Rep. McMorris-Rodgers Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800)
Healthy Competition for Better Care Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs and PBM cost transparency and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); telehealth extension and transparency (H.R. 9457); medical management; PBM Reform Act (S. 1339) medical management Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (H.R. 3120, S. 1451), Transparent Telehealth Act (H.R. 9457) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, draft Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act Mental health parity final regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to coverage of preventive services and the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800) Surprise Medical Billing, Enhanced Enforcement of Health Coverage Act (H.R. 9572)
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care transparency, prescription drugs and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparence Act (H.R. 5378) Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Telehealth expansion and permanency Transparent Telehealth Bills Act (H.R. 9457) Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturers (PBMs), drug cost transparency, rebates, and medical management End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care (H.R. 312000, S. 1451) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Value-driven health care Paid leave - federal and state law considerations Mental health parity regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) and use of excess assets Health care non-discrimination rules under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act American Privacy Rights Act (H.R. 8818) Rep. McMorris-Rodgers Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800)
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
ERISA preemption Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs and PBM cost transparency and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); telehealth extension and transparency (H.R. 9457); medical management; PBM Reform Act (S. 1339) medical management Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (H.R. 3120, S. 1451), Transparent Telehealth Act (H.R. 9457) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, draft Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act Mental health parity final regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to coverage of preventive services and the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800) Surprise Medical Billing, Enhanced Enforcement of Health Coverage Act (H.R. 9572)
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
LEGISLATIVE DRUG PRICING. Drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug cost transparency and competition, rebates, biosimilars, Rx drug supply chain, claw backs and medical management, litigation to overturn ERISA preemption in states and in Congress, Lower Costs and More Transparency, HR 5378, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 127 MENTAL HEALTH. Mental Health Coverage by Private Sector Employer-Provided plans, substance use disorders, provider networks, network tiers, provider shortages, mental health data, ghost networks, treatment limitations, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 2433 HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) high deductible health plan expansion, HSAs and telehealth, HSAs and chronic disease management, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 5866, HSA Modernization Act HR 5687 HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY. Price transparency for Rx drugs, hospitals, out-patient providers, health insurers, mandatory reporting for health-related ownership information, clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, Transparency in Health Care HR 4509, Transparency in Coverage Act HR 4507, The PATIENT Act HR 3561, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act HR 5378, Transparency in Billing Act HR 4509, Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822 SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING. Hospital billing, hospital consolidation and its impact on health care costs, anti-competitive pricing, site-neutral payment systems TELEHEALTH EXPANSION. Making telehealth benefits permanent for employer plans; licensing of providers across state lines, Telehealth Expansion Act S. 1001 / HR 1843, Telehealth Benefit Expansion For Workers Act HR 824 PAID LEAVE. Bipartisan Paid Leave Coalition in the House of Representatives ERISA PREEMPTION. Uniformity of rules applicable to private sector ERISA plans REGULATORY HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY, PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS. 88 Fed. Reg. 49552, Comment letter to CMS dated September 11, 2023 MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. 88 Fed. Reg. 51552, Webinar with DOL speaker on Mental Health Parity September 11, 2023 FIXED INDEMNITY HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. 88 Fed. Reg 44596, Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance. Comment letter to the tri-agencies dated September 11, 2023
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
Legislative End of National Emergency (COVID-19) - H.J.Res.7, Public Law No: 118-3 Coverage of recommended preventative services -Affordable Care Acts (ACA) preventative services requirement, Braidwood v. Becerra ruling Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) legislation including the PBM Reform Act - S. 1339 Safe Step Act - S. 652 Site-Based Invoicing and Transparency Enhancement (SITE) Act - S. 1869 Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency (PATIENT) Act of 2023 - H.R. 3561 Transparent PRICE Act - H.R. 3281 Fairness for Patients Medications Act - H.R. 3285 Facilitating Accountability in Reimbursements Act (FAIR Act) - H.R. 3417 Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act - H.R. 3800 Mental Health Matters Act - (H.R. 7780) (117th Congress) Health Network and Directory Improvement Act - S. 5093 Healthcare Workforce Shortage - request for information (RFI), Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Healthy Competition for Better Care Act - S. 3139 (118th Congress) Telehealth Expansion Act - S, 1001/H.R. 1843 HSA Telehealth Extension Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act - H.R. 824 Employer-sponsored health coverage Site-Neutral Payment Reform Hospital Billing Practices Mental health parity Health cost transparency Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Chronic Disease Management Prescription drug legislation Surprise billing regulations Health Equity ERISA preemption Regulatory White House - End of Public Health Emergency (PHE) and National Emergency (NE) Department of Health (HHS), Department of Labor (Labor) and Department of Treasury (Treasury) - (the tri-agencies) - guidance issued on end of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) and National Emergency (NE) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - comment letter underscoring importance of Medicare Advantage to employers and comments on 2024 rate notice HHS and CMS - request for information (RFI) - current essential health benefits guidance HHS, Labor and Treasury(the tri-agencies) - guidance on group health plan attestations to Gag clause prohibition HHS, Labor and Treasury(the tri-agencies) -clarification of air ambulance reporting deadline for group health plans HHS, Labor and Treasury(the tri-agencies) - prescription drug and health care cost reporting - submitted comments HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - final surprise billing regulations on the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - request for information (RFI) - advanced explanation of benefits Treasury/IRS -Pre-Deductible Telehealth Care in High Deductible Health Plans HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) Mental health parity requirements for group health plans and insurers, including under the CAA HHS, Labor and Treasury (tri-agencies) - transparency provisions under the CAA HHS - Enforcement of Hospital Price Transparency Rules Treasury/IRS - request for guidance on repurposing of welfare benefit fund assets ERISA uniformity High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Abortion coverage and travel benefits in health plans Employer mandate ERISA Preemption Preventative care
LEGISLATIVE DRUG PRICING. Drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug cost transparency and competition, rebates, biosimilars, Rx drug supply chain, claw backs and medical management, litigation to overturn ERISA preemption in states and in Congress, Lower Costs and More Transparency, HR 5378, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 127 MENTAL HEALTH. Mental Health Coverage by Private Sector Employer-Provided plans, substance use disorders, provider networks, network tiers, provider shortages, mental health data, ghost networks, treatment limitations, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 2433 HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) high deductible health plan expansion, HSAs and telehealth, HSAs and chronic disease management, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 5866, HSA Modernization Act HR 5687 HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY. Price transparency for Rx drugs, hospitals, out-patient providers, health insurers, mandatory reporting for health-related ownership information, clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, Transparency in Health Care HR 4509, Transparency in Coverage Act HR 4507, The PATIENT Act HR 3561, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act HR 5378, Transparency in Billing Act HR 4509, Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822 SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING. Hospital billing, hospital consolidation and its impact on health care costs, anti-competitive pricing, site-neutral payment systems TELEHEALTH EXPANSION. Making telehealth benefits permanent for employer plans; licensing of providers across state lines, Telehealth Expansion Act S. 1001 / HR 1843, Telehealth Benefit Expansion For Workers Act HR 824 PAID LEAVE. Bipartisan Paid Leave Coalition in the House of Representatives ERISA PREEMPTION. Uniformity of rules applicable to private sector ERISA plans REGULATORY HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY, PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS. 88 Fed. Reg. 49552, Comment letter to CMS dated September 11, 2023 MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. 88 Fed. Reg. 51552, Webinar with DOL speaker on Mental Health Parity September 11, 2023 FIXED INDEMNITY HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. 88 Fed. Reg 44596, Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance. Comment letter to the tri-agencies dated September 11, 2023
Transparency in Coverage Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
LEGISLATIVE DRUG PRICING. Drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug cost transparency and competition, rebates, biosimilars, Rx drug supply chain, claw backs and medical management, litigation to overturn ERISA preemption in states and in Congress, Lower Costs and More Transparency, HR 5378, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 127 MENTAL HEALTH. Mental Health Coverage by Private Sector Employer-Provided plans, substance use disorders, provider networks, network tiers, provider shortages, mental health data, ghost networks, treatment limitations, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 2433 HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) high deductible health plan expansion, HSAs and telehealth, HSAs and chronic disease management, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 5866, HSA Modernization Act HR 5687 HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY. Price transparency for Rx drugs, hospitals, out-patient providers, health insurers, mandatory reporting for health-related ownership information, clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, Transparency in Health Care HR 4509, Transparency in Coverage Act HR 4507, The PATIENT Act HR 3561, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act HR 5378, Transparency in Billing Act HR 4509, Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822 SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING. Hospital billing, hospital consolidation and its impact on health care costs, anti-competitive pricing, site-neutral payment systems TELEHEALTH EXPANSION. Making telehealth benefits permanent for employer plans; licensing of providers across state lines, Telehealth Expansion Act S. 1001 / HR 1843, Telehealth Benefit Expansion For Workers Act HR 824 PAID LEAVE. Bipartisan Paid Leave Coalition in the House of Representatives ERISA PREEMPTION. Uniformity of rules applicable to private sector ERISA plans REGULATORY HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY, PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS. 88 Fed. Reg. 49552, Comment letter to CMS dated September 11, 2023 MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. 88 Fed. Reg. 51552, Webinar with DOL speaker on Mental Health Parity September 11, 2023 FIXED INDEMNITY HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. 88 Fed. Reg 44596, Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance. Comment letter to the tri-agencies dated September 11, 2023
Hidden Fee Disclosure Act of 2023
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
LEGISLATIVE DRUG PRICING. Drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug cost transparency and competition, rebates, biosimilars, Rx drug supply chain, claw backs and medical management, litigation to overturn ERISA preemption in states and in Congress, Lower Costs and More Transparency, HR 5378, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 127 MENTAL HEALTH. Mental Health Coverage by Private Sector Employer-Provided plans, substance use disorders, provider networks, network tiers, provider shortages, mental health data, ghost networks, treatment limitations, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 2433 HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) high deductible health plan expansion, HSAs and telehealth, HSAs and chronic disease management, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 5866, HSA Modernization Act HR 5687 HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY. Price transparency for Rx drugs, hospitals, out-patient providers, health insurers, mandatory reporting for health-related ownership information, clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, Transparency in Health Care HR 4509, Transparency in Coverage Act HR 4507, The PATIENT Act HR 3561, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act HR 5378, Transparency in Billing Act HR 4509, Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822 SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING. Hospital billing, hospital consolidation and its impact on health care costs, anti-competitive pricing, site-neutral payment systems TELEHEALTH EXPANSION. Making telehealth benefits permanent for employer plans; licensing of providers across state lines, Telehealth Expansion Act S. 1001 / HR 1843, Telehealth Benefit Expansion For Workers Act HR 824 PAID LEAVE. Bipartisan Paid Leave Coalition in the House of Representatives ERISA PREEMPTION. Uniformity of rules applicable to private sector ERISA plans REGULATORY HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY, PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS. 88 Fed. Reg. 49552, Comment letter to CMS dated September 11, 2023 MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. 88 Fed. Reg. 51552, Webinar with DOL speaker on Mental Health Parity September 11, 2023 FIXED INDEMNITY HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. 88 Fed. Reg 44596, Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance. Comment letter to the tri-agencies dated September 11, 2023
Transparency in Billing Act of 2023
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
LEGISLATIVE DRUG PRICING. Drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug cost transparency and competition, rebates, biosimilars, Rx drug supply chain, claw backs and medical management, litigation to overturn ERISA preemption in states and in Congress, Lower Costs and More Transparency, HR 5378, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 127 MENTAL HEALTH. Mental Health Coverage by Private Sector Employer-Provided plans, substance use disorders, provider networks, network tiers, provider shortages, mental health data, ghost networks, treatment limitations, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 2433 HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) high deductible health plan expansion, HSAs and telehealth, HSAs and chronic disease management, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 5866, HSA Modernization Act HR 5687 HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY. Price transparency for Rx drugs, hospitals, out-patient providers, health insurers, mandatory reporting for health-related ownership information, clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, Transparency in Health Care HR 4509, Transparency in Coverage Act HR 4507, The PATIENT Act HR 3561, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act HR 5378, Transparency in Billing Act HR 4509, Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822 SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING. Hospital billing, hospital consolidation and its impact on health care costs, anti-competitive pricing, site-neutral payment systems TELEHEALTH EXPANSION. Making telehealth benefits permanent for employer plans; licensing of providers across state lines, Telehealth Expansion Act S. 1001 / HR 1843, Telehealth Benefit Expansion For Workers Act HR 824 PAID LEAVE. Bipartisan Paid Leave Coalition in the House of Representatives ERISA PREEMPTION. Uniformity of rules applicable to private sector ERISA plans REGULATORY HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY, PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS. 88 Fed. Reg. 49552, Comment letter to CMS dated September 11, 2023 MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. 88 Fed. Reg. 51552, Webinar with DOL speaker on Mental Health Parity September 11, 2023 FIXED INDEMNITY HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. 88 Fed. Reg 44596, Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance. Comment letter to the tri-agencies dated September 11, 2023
Health Care Price Transparency Act of 2023
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
LEGISLATIVE DRUG PRICING. Drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug cost transparency and competition, rebates, biosimilars, Rx drug supply chain, claw backs and medical management, litigation to overturn ERISA preemption in states and in Congress, Lower Costs and More Transparency, HR 5378, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 127 MENTAL HEALTH. Mental Health Coverage by Private Sector Employer-Provided plans, substance use disorders, provider networks, network tiers, provider shortages, mental health data, ghost networks, treatment limitations, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 2433 HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) high deductible health plan expansion, HSAs and telehealth, HSAs and chronic disease management, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 5866, HSA Modernization Act HR 5687 HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY. Price transparency for Rx drugs, hospitals, out-patient providers, health insurers, mandatory reporting for health-related ownership information, clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, Transparency in Health Care HR 4509, Transparency in Coverage Act HR 4507, The PATIENT Act HR 3561, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act HR 5378, Transparency in Billing Act HR 4509, Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822 SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING. Hospital billing, hospital consolidation and its impact on health care costs, anti-competitive pricing, site-neutral payment systems TELEHEALTH EXPANSION. Making telehealth benefits permanent for employer plans; licensing of providers across state lines, Telehealth Expansion Act S. 1001 / HR 1843, Telehealth Benefit Expansion For Workers Act HR 824 PAID LEAVE. Bipartisan Paid Leave Coalition in the House of Representatives ERISA PREEMPTION. Uniformity of rules applicable to private sector ERISA plans REGULATORY HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY, PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS. 88 Fed. Reg. 49552, Comment letter to CMS dated September 11, 2023 MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. 88 Fed. Reg. 51552, Webinar with DOL speaker on Mental Health Parity September 11, 2023 FIXED INDEMNITY HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. 88 Fed. Reg 44596, Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance. Comment letter to the tri-agencies dated September 11, 2023
Lower Costs, More Transparency Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). HR 5688 Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act, HR 5687, HSA Modernization Act Telehealth Expansion. Making permanent telehealth benefits for use by employer plans offering telehealth services on a pre-deductible basis for HSA-eligible High Deductible Health Plans Chronic Disease Coverage by health benefit plans ERISA Preemption Cost Transparency and Competition in Health Care. H.R. 5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (LCMT) Act, also pharmacy benefit manager, PBM (reform) and prescription drug pricing and transparency; S. 1339, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; Health Care Price Transparency Act 2.0 S. 3548 End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act Site-Neutral Health Care Payment Reform. LCMT Act, SITE Act S. 1869 Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Act - EPCS 2.0, S. 2666 Over-the-Counter Preventive Services (OTC) Mental Health Parity Fixed-Indemnity Plans. Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage, and tax treatment of certain accident and health insurance fixed indemnity plans Surprise Medical Billing Guidance. Court cases challenging the No Surprises Act, Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process Administrative Fee and Certified IDR Entity Fee Ranges Paid Family and Medical Leave. On-going legislative inquiry involving multiple Congressional Offices
Lower Costs, More Transparency Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
LEGISLATIVE DRUG PRICING. Drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug cost transparency and competition, rebates, biosimilars, Rx drug supply chain, claw backs and medical management, litigation to overturn ERISA preemption in states and in Congress, Lower Costs and More Transparency, HR 5378, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 127 MENTAL HEALTH. Mental Health Coverage by Private Sector Employer-Provided plans, substance use disorders, provider networks, network tiers, provider shortages, mental health data, ghost networks, treatment limitations, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 2433 HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) high deductible health plan expansion, HSAs and telehealth, HSAs and chronic disease management, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 5866, HSA Modernization Act HR 5687 HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY. Price transparency for Rx drugs, hospitals, out-patient providers, health insurers, mandatory reporting for health-related ownership information, clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, Transparency in Health Care HR 4509, Transparency in Coverage Act HR 4507, The PATIENT Act HR 3561, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act HR 5378, Transparency in Billing Act HR 4509, Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822 SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING. Hospital billing, hospital consolidation and its impact on health care costs, anti-competitive pricing, site-neutral payment systems TELEHEALTH EXPANSION. Making telehealth benefits permanent for employer plans; licensing of providers across state lines, Telehealth Expansion Act S. 1001 / HR 1843, Telehealth Benefit Expansion For Workers Act HR 824 PAID LEAVE. Bipartisan Paid Leave Coalition in the House of Representatives ERISA PREEMPTION. Uniformity of rules applicable to private sector ERISA plans REGULATORY HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY, PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS. 88 Fed. Reg. 49552, Comment letter to CMS dated September 11, 2023 MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. 88 Fed. Reg. 51552, Webinar with DOL speaker on Mental Health Parity September 11, 2023 FIXED INDEMNITY HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. 88 Fed. Reg 44596, Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance. Comment letter to the tri-agencies dated September 11, 2023
HSA Modernization Act of 2023
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). HR 5688 Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act, HR 5687, HSA Modernization Act Telehealth Expansion. Making permanent telehealth benefits for use by employer plans offering telehealth services on a pre-deductible basis for HSA-eligible High Deductible Health Plans Chronic Disease Coverage by health benefit plans ERISA Preemption Cost Transparency and Competition in Health Care. H.R. 5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (LCMT) Act, also pharmacy benefit manager, PBM (reform) and prescription drug pricing and transparency; S. 1339, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; Health Care Price Transparency Act 2.0 S. 3548 End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act Site-Neutral Health Care Payment Reform. LCMT Act, SITE Act S. 1869 Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Act - EPCS 2.0, S. 2666 Over-the-Counter Preventive Services (OTC) Mental Health Parity Fixed-Indemnity Plans. Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage, and tax treatment of certain accident and health insurance fixed indemnity plans Surprise Medical Billing Guidance. Court cases challenging the No Surprises Act, Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process Administrative Fee and Certified IDR Entity Fee Ranges Paid Family and Medical Leave. On-going legislative inquiry involving multiple Congressional Offices
HSA Modernization Act of 2023
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
LEGISLATIVE DRUG PRICING. Drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug cost transparency and competition, rebates, biosimilars, Rx drug supply chain, claw backs and medical management, litigation to overturn ERISA preemption in states and in Congress, Lower Costs and More Transparency, HR 5378, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 127 MENTAL HEALTH. Mental Health Coverage by Private Sector Employer-Provided plans, substance use disorders, provider networks, network tiers, provider shortages, mental health data, ghost networks, treatment limitations, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 2433 HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) high deductible health plan expansion, HSAs and telehealth, HSAs and chronic disease management, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 5866, HSA Modernization Act HR 5687 HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY. Price transparency for Rx drugs, hospitals, out-patient providers, health insurers, mandatory reporting for health-related ownership information, clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, Transparency in Health Care HR 4509, Transparency in Coverage Act HR 4507, The PATIENT Act HR 3561, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act HR 5378, Transparency in Billing Act HR 4509, Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822 SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING. Hospital billing, hospital consolidation and its impact on health care costs, anti-competitive pricing, site-neutral payment systems TELEHEALTH EXPANSION. Making telehealth benefits permanent for employer plans; licensing of providers across state lines, Telehealth Expansion Act S. 1001 / HR 1843, Telehealth Benefit Expansion For Workers Act HR 824 PAID LEAVE. Bipartisan Paid Leave Coalition in the House of Representatives ERISA PREEMPTION. Uniformity of rules applicable to private sector ERISA plans REGULATORY HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY, PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS. 88 Fed. Reg. 49552, Comment letter to CMS dated September 11, 2023 MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. 88 Fed. Reg. 51552, Webinar with DOL speaker on Mental Health Parity September 11, 2023 FIXED INDEMNITY HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. 88 Fed. Reg 44596, Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance. Comment letter to the tri-agencies dated September 11, 2023
Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act of 2023
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). HR 5688 Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act, HR 5687, HSA Modernization Act Telehealth Expansion. Making permanent telehealth benefits for use by employer plans offering telehealth services on a pre-deductible basis for HSA-eligible High Deductible Health Plans Chronic Disease Coverage by health benefit plans ERISA Preemption Cost Transparency and Competition in Health Care. H.R. 5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (LCMT) Act, also pharmacy benefit manager, PBM (reform) and prescription drug pricing and transparency; S. 1339, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; Health Care Price Transparency Act 2.0 S. 3548 End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act Site-Neutral Health Care Payment Reform. LCMT Act, SITE Act S. 1869 Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Act - EPCS 2.0, S. 2666 Over-the-Counter Preventive Services (OTC) Mental Health Parity Fixed-Indemnity Plans. Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage, and tax treatment of certain accident and health insurance fixed indemnity plans Surprise Medical Billing Guidance. Court cases challenging the No Surprises Act, Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process Administrative Fee and Certified IDR Entity Fee Ranges Paid Family and Medical Leave. On-going legislative inquiry involving multiple Congressional Offices
LEGISLATIVE DRUG PRICING. Drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug cost transparency and competition, rebates, biosimilars, Rx drug supply chain, claw backs and medical management, litigation to overturn ERISA preemption in states and in Congress, Lower Costs and More Transparency, HR 5378, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 127 MENTAL HEALTH. Mental Health Coverage by Private Sector Employer-Provided plans, substance use disorders, provider networks, network tiers, provider shortages, mental health data, ghost networks, treatment limitations, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 2433 HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) high deductible health plan expansion, HSAs and telehealth, HSAs and chronic disease management, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 5866, HSA Modernization Act HR 5687 HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY. Price transparency for Rx drugs, hospitals, out-patient providers, health insurers, mandatory reporting for health-related ownership information, clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, Transparency in Health Care HR 4509, Transparency in Coverage Act HR 4507, The PATIENT Act HR 3561, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act HR 5378, Transparency in Billing Act HR 4509, Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822 SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING. Hospital billing, hospital consolidation and its impact on health care costs, anti-competitive pricing, site-neutral payment systems TELEHEALTH EXPANSION. Making telehealth benefits permanent for employer plans; licensing of providers across state lines, Telehealth Expansion Act S. 1001 / HR 1843, Telehealth Benefit Expansion For Workers Act HR 824 PAID LEAVE. Bipartisan Paid Leave Coalition in the House of Representatives ERISA PREEMPTION. Uniformity of rules applicable to private sector ERISA plans REGULATORY HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY, PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS. 88 Fed. Reg. 49552, Comment letter to CMS dated September 11, 2023 MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. 88 Fed. Reg. 51552, Webinar with DOL speaker on Mental Health Parity September 11, 2023 FIXED INDEMNITY HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. 88 Fed. Reg 44596, Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance. Comment letter to the tri-agencies dated September 11, 2023
Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
Legislative End of National Emergency (COVID-19) - H.J.Res.7, Public Law No: 118-3 Coverage of recommended preventative services -Affordable Care Acts (ACA) preventative services requirement, Braidwood v. Becerra ruling Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) legislation including the PBM Reform Act - S. 1339 Safe Step Act - S. 652 Site-Based Invoicing and Transparency Enhancement (SITE) Act - S. 1869 Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency (PATIENT) Act of 2023 - H.R. 3561 Transparent PRICE Act - H.R. 3281 Fairness for Patients Medications Act - H.R. 3285 Facilitating Accountability in Reimbursements Act (FAIR Act) - H.R. 3417 Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act - H.R. 3800 Mental Health Matters Act - (H.R. 7780) (117th Congress) Health Network and Directory Improvement Act - S. 5093 Healthcare Workforce Shortage - request for information (RFI), Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Healthy Competition for Better Care Act - S. 3139 (118th Congress) Telehealth Expansion Act - S, 1001/H.R. 1843 HSA Telehealth Extension Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act - H.R. 824 Employer-sponsored health coverage Site-Neutral Payment Reform Hospital Billing Practices Mental health parity Health cost transparency Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Chronic Disease Management Prescription drug legislation Surprise billing regulations Health Equity ERISA preemption Regulatory White House - End of Public Health Emergency (PHE) and National Emergency (NE) Department of Health (HHS), Department of Labor (Labor) and Department of Treasury (Treasury) - (the tri-agencies) - guidance issued on end of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) and National Emergency (NE) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - comment letter underscoring importance of Medicare Advantage to employers and comments on 2024 rate notice HHS and CMS - request for information (RFI) - current essential health benefits guidance HHS, Labor and Treasury(the tri-agencies) - guidance on group health plan attestations to Gag clause prohibition HHS, Labor and Treasury(the tri-agencies) -clarification of air ambulance reporting deadline for group health plans HHS, Labor and Treasury(the tri-agencies) - prescription drug and health care cost reporting - submitted comments HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - final surprise billing regulations on the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - request for information (RFI) - advanced explanation of benefits Treasury/IRS -Pre-Deductible Telehealth Care in High Deductible Health Plans HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) Mental health parity requirements for group health plans and insurers, including under the CAA HHS, Labor and Treasury (tri-agencies) - transparency provisions under the CAA HHS - Enforcement of Hospital Price Transparency Rules Treasury/IRS - request for guidance on repurposing of welfare benefit fund assets ERISA uniformity High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Abortion coverage and travel benefits in health plans Employer mandate ERISA Preemption Preventative care
Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
LEGISLATIVE DRUG PRICING. Drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug cost transparency and competition, rebates, biosimilars, Rx drug supply chain, claw backs and medical management, litigation to overturn ERISA preemption in states and in Congress, Lower Costs and More Transparency, HR 5378, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 127 MENTAL HEALTH. Mental Health Coverage by Private Sector Employer-Provided plans, substance use disorders, provider networks, network tiers, provider shortages, mental health data, ghost networks, treatment limitations, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 2433 HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) high deductible health plan expansion, HSAs and telehealth, HSAs and chronic disease management, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 5866, HSA Modernization Act HR 5687 HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY. Price transparency for Rx drugs, hospitals, out-patient providers, health insurers, mandatory reporting for health-related ownership information, clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, Transparency in Health Care HR 4509, Transparency in Coverage Act HR 4507, The PATIENT Act HR 3561, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act HR 5378, Transparency in Billing Act HR 4509, Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822 SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING. Hospital billing, hospital consolidation and its impact on health care costs, anti-competitive pricing, site-neutral payment systems TELEHEALTH EXPANSION. Making telehealth benefits permanent for employer plans; licensing of providers across state lines, Telehealth Expansion Act S. 1001 / HR 1843, Telehealth Benefit Expansion For Workers Act HR 824 PAID LEAVE. Bipartisan Paid Leave Coalition in the House of Representatives ERISA PREEMPTION. Uniformity of rules applicable to private sector ERISA plans REGULATORY HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY, PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS. 88 Fed. Reg. 49552, Comment letter to CMS dated September 11, 2023 MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. 88 Fed. Reg. 51552, Webinar with DOL speaker on Mental Health Parity September 11, 2023 FIXED INDEMNITY HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. 88 Fed. Reg 44596, Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance. Comment letter to the tri-agencies dated September 11, 2023
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
LEGISLATIVE DRUG PRICING. Drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug cost transparency and competition, rebates, biosimilars, Rx drug supply chain, claw backs and medical management, litigation to overturn ERISA preemption in states and in Congress, Lower Costs and More Transparency, HR 5378, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 127 MENTAL HEALTH. Mental Health Coverage by Private Sector Employer-Provided plans, substance use disorders, provider networks, network tiers, provider shortages, mental health data, ghost networks, treatment limitations, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 2433 HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) high deductible health plan expansion, HSAs and telehealth, HSAs and chronic disease management, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 5866, HSA Modernization Act HR 5687 HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY. Price transparency for Rx drugs, hospitals, out-patient providers, health insurers, mandatory reporting for health-related ownership information, clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, Transparency in Health Care HR 4509, Transparency in Coverage Act HR 4507, The PATIENT Act HR 3561, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act HR 5378, Transparency in Billing Act HR 4509, Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822 SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING. Hospital billing, hospital consolidation and its impact on health care costs, anti-competitive pricing, site-neutral payment systems TELEHEALTH EXPANSION. Making telehealth benefits permanent for employer plans; licensing of providers across state lines, Telehealth Expansion Act S. 1001 / HR 1843, Telehealth Benefit Expansion For Workers Act HR 824 PAID LEAVE. Bipartisan Paid Leave Coalition in the House of Representatives ERISA PREEMPTION. Uniformity of rules applicable to private sector ERISA plans REGULATORY HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY, PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS. 88 Fed. Reg. 49552, Comment letter to CMS dated September 11, 2023 MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. 88 Fed. Reg. 51552, Webinar with DOL speaker on Mental Health Parity September 11, 2023 FIXED INDEMNITY HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. 88 Fed. Reg 44596, Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance. Comment letter to the tri-agencies dated September 11, 2023
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
LEGISLATIVE DRUG PRICING. Drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug cost transparency and competition, rebates, biosimilars, Rx drug supply chain, claw backs and medical management, litigation to overturn ERISA preemption in states and in Congress, Lower Costs and More Transparency, HR 5378, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 127 MENTAL HEALTH. Mental Health Coverage by Private Sector Employer-Provided plans, substance use disorders, provider networks, network tiers, provider shortages, mental health data, ghost networks, treatment limitations, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 2433 HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) high deductible health plan expansion, HSAs and telehealth, HSAs and chronic disease management, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 5866, HSA Modernization Act HR 5687 HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY. Price transparency for Rx drugs, hospitals, out-patient providers, health insurers, mandatory reporting for health-related ownership information, clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, Transparency in Health Care HR 4509, Transparency in Coverage Act HR 4507, The PATIENT Act HR 3561, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act HR 5378, Transparency in Billing Act HR 4509, Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822 SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING. Hospital billing, hospital consolidation and its impact on health care costs, anti-competitive pricing, site-neutral payment systems TELEHEALTH EXPANSION. Making telehealth benefits permanent for employer plans; licensing of providers across state lines, Telehealth Expansion Act S. 1001 / HR 1843, Telehealth Benefit Expansion For Workers Act HR 824 PAID LEAVE. Bipartisan Paid Leave Coalition in the House of Representatives ERISA PREEMPTION. Uniformity of rules applicable to private sector ERISA plans REGULATORY HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY, PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS. 88 Fed. Reg. 49552, Comment letter to CMS dated September 11, 2023 MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. 88 Fed. Reg. 51552, Webinar with DOL speaker on Mental Health Parity September 11, 2023 FIXED INDEMNITY HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. 88 Fed. Reg 44596, Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance. Comment letter to the tri-agencies dated September 11, 2023
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act
Client: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL · Firm: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). HR 5688 Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act, HR 5687, HSA Modernization Act Telehealth Expansion. Making permanent telehealth benefits for use by employer plans offering telehealth services on a pre-deductible basis for HSA-eligible High Deductible Health Plans Chronic Disease Coverage by health benefit plans ERISA Preemption Cost Transparency and Competition in Health Care. H.R. 5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (LCMT) Act, also pharmacy benefit manager, PBM (reform) and prescription drug pricing and transparency; S. 1339, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; Health Care Price Transparency Act 2.0 S. 3548 End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act Site-Neutral Health Care Payment Reform. LCMT Act, SITE Act S. 1869 Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Act - EPCS 2.0, S. 2666 Over-the-Counter Preventive Services (OTC) Mental Health Parity Fixed-Indemnity Plans. Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage, and tax treatment of certain accident and health insurance fixed indemnity plans Surprise Medical Billing Guidance. Court cases challenging the No Surprises Act, Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process Administrative Fee and Certified IDR Entity Fee Ranges Paid Family and Medical Leave. On-going legislative inquiry involving multiple Congressional Offices
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). HR 5688 Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act, HR 5687, HSA Modernization Act Telehealth Expansion. Making permanent telehealth benefits for use by employer plans offering telehealth services on a pre-deductible basis for HSA-eligible High Deductible Health Plans Chronic Disease Coverage by health benefit plans ERISA Preemption Cost Transparency and Competition in Health Care. H.R. 5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (LCMT) Act, also pharmacy benefit manager, PBM (reform) and prescription drug pricing and transparency; S. 1339, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; Health Care Price Transparency Act 2.0 S. 3548 End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act Site-Neutral Health Care Payment Reform. LCMT Act, SITE Act S. 1869 Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Act - EPCS 2.0, S. 2666 Over-the-Counter Preventive Services (OTC) Mental Health Parity Fixed-Indemnity Plans. Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage, and tax treatment of certain accident and health insurance fixed indemnity plans Surprise Medical Billing Guidance. Court cases challenging the No Surprises Act, Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process Administrative Fee and Certified IDR Entity Fee Ranges Paid Family and Medical Leave. On-going legislative inquiry involving multiple Congressional Offices
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2026 · second_quarter · 2A
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
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2026 · first_quarter · 1A
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care Health care affordability, price transparency, prescription drug prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) pricing and transparency, hospital pricing and transparency, site neutral payment reform, hospital consolidation and billing practices Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer reforms and hospital billing practices Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, HR 6248 / S 4027 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBAs) to allow repurposing of excess assets in VEBAs 340B prescription drug program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, HR 919 Surprise Medical Billing (No Surprises Act) Telehealth and Remote Care Services Paid Leave and I-PLAN (H.R. 3090) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act - HR 2199 Electronic delivery for health benefit plans Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2026 · second_quarter · Q2
ERISA preemption, ERISA self-funded health plans Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and High-Deductible Health Plans, permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible plans to cover specific benefits, direct primary care, chronic disease coverage, on-site clinics Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care price transparency, prescription drug price transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer (PBM) price transparency, hospital price transparency, ERISA fiduciary duties for health care plans, (S. 3345, S. 526) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform, anti-competitive practices (S. 2497) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (HR 6248) Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (HR 5582 / S. 2355) End-stage renal disease, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (HR 2199) Surprise Medical Billing, No Surprises Enforcement Act (HR 4710), enforcement and reform Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 Mental Health Parity and substance addiction Proposed Regulation regarding PBM transparency under sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA Paid leave; bipartisan Interstate Paid Leave Action Network
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
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2026 · first_quarter · Q1
ERISA Preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care Health care affordability, price transparency, prescription drug prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) pricing and transparency, hospital pricing and transparency, site neutral payment reform, hospital consolidation and billing practices Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturer reforms and hospital billing practices Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, HR 6248 / S 4027 Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBAs) to allow repurposing of excess assets in VEBAs 340B prescription drug program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, HR 919 Surprise Medical Billing (No Surprises Act) Telehealth and Remote Care Services Paid Leave and I-PLAN (H.R. 3090) Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act - HR 2199 Electronic delivery for health benefit plans Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2025 · third_quarter · 3A
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2025 · fourth_quarter · Q4
ERISA preemption Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility direct primary care and chronic disease, on-site clinics; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act ERISA health plan electronic reporting and disclosure, Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs), allow repurposing excess assets in VEBAs 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure Health letter to Treasury on OBBBA Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act (H.R. 3090); More Paid Leave for More Americans Act
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2025 · third_quarter · Q3
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2025 · first_quarter · 1A
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2025 · second_quarter · Q2
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2025 · first_quarter · 1A
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2025 · first_quarter · 1A
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2025 · first_quarter · Q1
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2024 · fourth_quarter · Q4
ERISA preemption Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs and PBM cost transparency and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); telehealth extension and transparency (H.R. 9457); medical management; PBM Reform Act (S. 1339) medical management Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (H.R. 3120, S. 1451), Transparent Telehealth Act (H.R. 9457) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, draft Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act Mental health parity final regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to coverage of preventive services and the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800) Surprise Medical Billing, Enhanced Enforcement of Health Coverage Act (H.R. 9572)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
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2024 · third_quarter · Q3
ERISA preemption Health care transparency, prescription drugs and hospital cost transparency; Lower Costs More Transparence Act (H.R. 5378) Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans Telehealth expansion and permanency Transparent Telehealth Bills Act (H.R. 9457) Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturers (PBMs), drug cost transparency, rebates, and medical management End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards; Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (H.R. 6860, S. 5018) Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; SITE Act (H.R. 1869) Healthy Competition for Better Care (H.R. 312000, S. 1451) Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Value-driven health care Paid leave - federal and state law considerations Mental health parity regulations Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) and use of excess assets Health care non-discrimination rules under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act Guidance related to the definition of cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act American Privacy Rights Act (H.R. 8818) Rep. McMorris-Rodgers Affordable Care Act 340B Prescription Drug Program proposed legislation Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (H.R. 3800)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
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2024 · second_quarter · Q2
ERISA Preemption Health care transparency Pharmacy Benefit Manufacturers (PBMs), drug cost transparency, and rebates, medical management Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health care plans End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer American Privacy Rights Act Hospital consolidation and billing practices Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and High-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and tax treatment Surprise medical billing - Extension of relief for calculating the qualifying payment amount under the No Surprises Act Telehealth expansion and permanency Licensing of health care providers across state lines Value-driven health care Paid leave - federal and state law considerations Mental health parity regulations and audits Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association (VEBA) use of excess assets Health care non-discrimination rules under the Affordable Care Act Fixed indemnity insurance requirements and tax treatment Guidance related to the definition of essential health benefits American Privacy Rights Act
Filing targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
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2024 · first_quarter · Q1
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act, HSA Modernization Act Telehealth Expansion. Making permanent telehealth benefits for use by employer plans offering telehealth services on a pre-deductible basis for HSA-eligible High Deductible Health Plans Chronic Disease Management Coverage ERISA Preemption issues affecting health benefit plans Cost Transparency and Competition in Health Care. Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, PBM reform, Prescription drug pricing and transparency, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act, Health Care Price Transparency Act Preventive Health Savings Act Site-Neutral Health Care Payment Reform Dialysis Coverage/End Stage Renal Disease Surprise Medical Billing Guidance and Implementation, including Independent Dispute Resolution Paid Family and Medical Leave. On-going legislative activity Definition of essential health benefits (EHBs) under the Proposed 2025 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Medicare Part D Redesign following the Inflation Reduction Act; Proposed Medicare Part D Redesign Program instructions for 2025 Reallocation of excess assets in Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs)
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
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2023 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). HR 5688 Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act, HR 5687, HSA Modernization Act Telehealth Expansion. Making permanent telehealth benefits for use by employer plans offering telehealth services on a pre-deductible basis for HSA-eligible High Deductible Health Plans Chronic Disease Coverage by health benefit plans ERISA Preemption Cost Transparency and Competition in Health Care. H.R. 5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (LCMT) Act, also pharmacy benefit manager, PBM (reform) and prescription drug pricing and transparency; S. 1339, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; Health Care Price Transparency Act 2.0 S. 3548 End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act Site-Neutral Health Care Payment Reform. LCMT Act, SITE Act S. 1869 Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Act - EPCS 2.0, S. 2666 Over-the-Counter Preventive Services (OTC) Mental Health Parity Fixed-Indemnity Plans. Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage, and tax treatment of certain accident and health insurance fixed indemnity plans Surprise Medical Billing Guidance. Court cases challenging the No Surprises Act, Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process Administrative Fee and Certified IDR Entity Fee Ranges Paid Family and Medical Leave. On-going legislative inquiry involving multiple Congressional Offices
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
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2023 · third_quarter · Q3
LEGISLATIVE DRUG PRICING. Drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug cost transparency and competition, rebates, biosimilars, Rx drug supply chain, claw backs and medical management, litigation to overturn ERISA preemption in states and in Congress, Lower Costs and More Transparency, HR 5378, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act S. 127 MENTAL HEALTH. Mental Health Coverage by Private Sector Employer-Provided plans, substance use disorders, provider networks, network tiers, provider shortages, mental health data, ghost networks, treatment limitations, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act S. 2433 HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) high deductible health plan expansion, HSAs and telehealth, HSAs and chronic disease management, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 5866, HSA Modernization Act HR 5687 HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY. Price transparency for Rx drugs, hospitals, out-patient providers, health insurers, mandatory reporting for health-related ownership information, clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, Transparency in Health Care HR 4509, Transparency in Coverage Act HR 4507, The PATIENT Act HR 3561, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act HR 5378, Transparency in Billing Act HR 4509, Hidden Fee Disclosure Act HR 4508, Health Care Price Transparency Act HR 4822 SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING. Hospital billing, hospital consolidation and its impact on health care costs, anti-competitive pricing, site-neutral payment systems TELEHEALTH EXPANSION. Making telehealth benefits permanent for employer plans; licensing of providers across state lines, Telehealth Expansion Act S. 1001 / HR 1843, Telehealth Benefit Expansion For Workers Act HR 824 PAID LEAVE. Bipartisan Paid Leave Coalition in the House of Representatives ERISA PREEMPTION. Uniformity of rules applicable to private sector ERISA plans REGULATORY HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY, PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND SITE NEUTRAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS. 88 Fed. Reg. 49552, Comment letter to CMS dated September 11, 2023 MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. 88 Fed. Reg. 51552, Webinar with DOL speaker on Mental Health Parity September 11, 2023 FIXED INDEMNITY HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. 88 Fed. Reg 44596, Short-term, Limited Duration, Independent Non-coordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance. Comment letter to the tri-agencies dated September 11, 2023
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2023 · second_quarter · Q2
Legislative End of National Emergency (COVID-19) - H.J.Res.7, Public Law No: 118-3 Coverage of recommended preventative services -Affordable Care Acts (ACA) preventative services requirement, Braidwood v. Becerra ruling Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) legislation including the PBM Reform Act - S. 1339 Safe Step Act - S. 652 Site-Based Invoicing and Transparency Enhancement (SITE) Act - S. 1869 Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency (PATIENT) Act of 2023 - H.R. 3561 Transparent PRICE Act - H.R. 3281 Fairness for Patients Medications Act - H.R. 3285 Facilitating Accountability in Reimbursements Act (FAIR Act) - H.R. 3417 Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act - H.R. 3800 Mental Health Matters Act - (H.R. 7780) (117th Congress) Health Network and Directory Improvement Act - S. 5093 Healthcare Workforce Shortage - request for information (RFI), Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Healthy Competition for Better Care Act - S. 3139 (118th Congress) Telehealth Expansion Act - S, 1001/H.R. 1843 HSA Telehealth Extension Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act - H.R. 824 Employer-sponsored health coverage Site-Neutral Payment Reform Hospital Billing Practices Mental health parity Health cost transparency Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Chronic Disease Management Prescription drug legislation Surprise billing regulations Health Equity ERISA preemption Regulatory White House - End of Public Health Emergency (PHE) and National Emergency (NE) Department of Health (HHS), Department of Labor (Labor) and Department of Treasury (Treasury) - (the tri-agencies) - guidance issued on end of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) and National Emergency (NE) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - comment letter underscoring importance of Medicare Advantage to employers and comments on 2024 rate notice HHS and CMS - request for information (RFI) - current essential health benefits guidance HHS, Labor and Treasury(the tri-agencies) - guidance on group health plan attestations to Gag clause prohibition HHS, Labor and Treasury(the tri-agencies) -clarification of air ambulance reporting deadline for group health plans HHS, Labor and Treasury(the tri-agencies) - prescription drug and health care cost reporting - submitted comments HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - final surprise billing regulations on the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - request for information (RFI) - advanced explanation of benefits Treasury/IRS -Pre-Deductible Telehealth Care in High Deductible Health Plans HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) Mental health parity requirements for group health plans and insurers, including under the CAA HHS, Labor and Treasury (tri-agencies) - transparency provisions under the CAA HHS - Enforcement of Hospital Price Transparency Rules Treasury/IRS - request for guidance on repurposing of welfare benefit fund assets ERISA uniformity High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Abortion coverage and travel benefits in health plans Employer mandate ERISA Preemption Preventative care
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2023 · first_quarter · Q1
Legislative Priorities - preserve and strengthen employer-provided health coverage, lower cost and improve value; leverage telehealth to improve access and value, and combat the mental health crisis FY 2024 Budget Proposal - mental health, prescription drug pricing, paid family leave and pandemic preparedness Mental Health Matters Act - (H.R. 7780) (117th Congress) Health Network and Directory Improvement Act Healthcare Workforce Shortage - request for information (RFI), Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Healthy Competition for Better Care Act - S. 3139 (117th Congress) Telehealth Expansion Act - S, 1001/H.R. 1843 HSA Telehealth Extension Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act - H.R. 824 Employer-sponsored health coverage Site-Neutral Payment Reform Hospital Billing Practices Mental health parity Health cost transparency PBM Transparency and Oversight legislation Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Chronic Disease Management Prescription drug legislation Surprise billing regulations Health Equity Regulatory White House - Public Health Emergency (PHE) and National Emergency (NE) ending May 11, 2023 Department of Health (HHS), Department of Labor (Labor) and Department of Treasury (Treasury) - (the tri-agencies) - request for guidance on end of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) and National Emergency (NE) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - comment letter underscoring importance of Medicare Advantage to employers and comments on 2024 rate notice HHS and CMS - request for information (RFI) - current essential health benefits guidance HHS, Labor and Treasury(the tri-agencies) - guidance on group health plan attestations to Gag clause prohibition HHS, Labor and Treasury(the tri-agencies) - clarification of air ambulance reporting deadline for group health plans HHS, Labor and Treasury(the tri-agencies) prescription drug and health care cost reporting HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - final surprise billing regulations on the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - request for information (RFI) - advanced explanation of benefits Treasury/IRS -Pre-Deductible Telehealth Care in High Deductible Health Plans HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) Mental health parity requirements for group health plans and insurers, including under the CAA HHS, Labor and Treasury (tri-agencies) - transparency provisions under the CAA HHS - Enforcement of Hospital Price Transparency Rules Treasury/IRS - request for guidance on repurposing of welfare benefit fund assets ERISA uniformity High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Abortion coverage and travel benefits in health plans Employer mandate
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2022 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Legislative Employer-sponsored health coverage - testing and vaccine distribution, COBRA subsidies, telehealth, primary care and worksite clinics and more comprehensive coverage of chronic disease prevention measures FY 2023 Budget Proposal - mental health, pandemic preparedness Inflation Reduction Act - H.R. 5376/Public Law No. 117-169 - health care coverage and affordability issues, prescription drugs Healthy Competition for Better Care Act - S. 3139 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - S. 596/H.R. 1577 Telehealth Expansion Act - S. 1704/H.R. 5981 HSA Telehealth Extension FAMILY Act - H.R. 804/S.248 - Paid Family Leave Paid Family and Medical Leave The Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (RPDPS) - S. 4750/H.R. 8594 Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act - draft legislation Affordable Insulin Now Act - S. 3700/H.R. 6833 PREVENT Pandemics Act - S. 3799 Transparency of Hospital Billing Act - H.R. 8133 Consumer Choice of Care Act - H.R. 8134 Addressing Anticompetitive Contracting Clauses Act - H.R. 8135 Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Quality, Cost & Transparency - Lower Health Care Costs Act (S. 1895, 116th Congress) Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act - H.R. 7767 Mental Health Matters Act - H.R. 7780 The Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act - H.R. 7666 Mental Health - Request for Information (RFI) - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Mental health parity Prescription drug legislation Surprise billing regulations Healthy Future Task Force (House Republicans) - comments submitted to Affordability (lower costs) and Modernization (Telehealth expansion) Subcommittees Health Equity Regulatory Departments of Health & Human Services (HHS), Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - final surprise billing regulations on the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - on No Surprises Act and Transparency in Coverage Requirements HHS, Office of for Civil Rights (OCR) - notice of proposed rulemaking on nondiscrimination in health programs and activities HHS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - request for information (RFI) - Medicare Advantage (MA), retiree health plans, employer group waiver plans (EGWPs) HHS - comments on health care competition, price transparency, and site-neutral payment HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - request for information (RFI) - advanced explanation of benefits Treasury/IRS - proposed Regulations - Affordability Determination for Employer-Sponsored Family Health Coverage (Family Glitch) Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) - Request for Information (RFI) - recommendations for increasing competition in health care HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - Provider Nondiscrimination Rules FTC - Request for Information (RFI) on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) Treasury/IRS -Pre-Deductible Telehealth Care in High Deductible Health Plans HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - CAA requirements for group health plans and health insurers to report on prescription drug and health spending Mental health parity requirements for group health plans and insurers, including under the CAA HHS, Labor and Treasury (tri-agencies) - transparency provisions under the CAA HHS - Enforcement of Hospital Price Transparency Rules Treasury/IRS - request for guidance on repurposing of welfare benefit fund assets ERISA uniformity High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Commercialization of Covid-19 vaccines and testing Abortion coverage and travel benefits in health plans Employer mandate
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2022 · third_quarter · Q3
Legislative Employer-sponsored health coverage - testing and vaccine distribution, COBRA subsidies, telehealth, primary care and worksite clinics and more comprehensive coverage of chronic disease prevention measures FY 2023 Budget Proposal - mental health, pandemic preparedness Inflation Reduction Act - H.R. 5376/Public Law No. 117-169 - health care coverage and affordability issues, prescription drugs Healthy Competition for Better Care Act - S. 3139 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - S. 596/H.R. 1577 Telehealth Expansion Act - S. 1704/H.R. 5981 HSA Telehealth Extension FAMILY Act - H.R. 804/S.248 - Paid Family Leave Paid Family and Medical Leave The Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act (RPDPS) - S. 4750/H.R. 8594 Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act - draft legislation Affordable Insulin Now Act - S. 3700/H.R. 6833 PREVENT Pandemics Act - S. 3799 Transparency of Hospital Billing Act - H.R. 8133 Consumer Choice of Care Act - H.R. 8134 Addressing Anticompetitive Contracting Clauses Act - H.R. 8135 Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Quality, Cost & Transparency - Lower Health Care Costs Act (S. 1895, 116th Congress) Strengthening Behavioral Health Benefits Act - H.R. 7767 Mental Health Matters Act - H.R. 7780 The Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act - H.R. 7666 Mental Health - Request for Information (RFI) - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Mental health parity Prescription drug legislation Surprise billing regulations Healthy Future Task Force (House Republicans) - comments submitted to Affordability (lower costs) and Modernization (Telehealth expansion) Subcommittees Health Equity Regulatory Departments of Health & Human Services (HHS), Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - final surprise billing regulations on the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - on No Surprises Act and Transparency in Coverage Requirements HHS, Office of for Civil Rights (OCR) - notice of proposed rulemaking on nondiscrimination in health programs and activities HHS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - request for information (RFI) - Medicare Advantage (MA), retiree health plans, employer group waiver plans (EGWPs) HHS - comments on health care competition, price transparency, and site-neutral payment HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - request for information (RFI) - advanced explanation of benefits Treasury/IRS - proposed Regulations - Affordability Determination for Employer-Sponsored Family Health Coverage (Family Glitch) Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) - Request for Information (RFI) - recommendations for increasing competition in health care HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - Provider Nondiscrimination Rules FTC - Request for Information (RFI) on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) Treasury/IRS -Pre-Deductible Telehealth Care in High Deductible Health Plans HHS, Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - CAA requirements for group health plans and health insurers to report on prescription drug and health spending Mental health parity requirements for group health plans and insurers, including under the CAA HHS, Labor and Treasury (tri-agencies) - transparency provisions under the CAA HHS - Enforcement of Hospital Price Transparency Rules Treasury/IRS - request for guidance on repurposing of welfare benefit fund assets ERISA uniformity High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Commercialization of Covid-19 vaccines and testing Abortion coverage and travel benefits in health plans Employer mandate
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2022 · second_quarter · Q2
Legislative Employer-sponsored health coverage - testing and vaccine distribution, COBRA subsidies, telehealth, primary care and worksite clinics and more comprehensive coverage of chronic disease prevention measures Further Extending Government Funding - short-term continuing resolution (CR- through February 18, 2022 - HSA Telehealth extension - H.R. 6119 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (CAA 2022) - Telehealth extension FY 2023 Budget Proposal - mental health, pandemic preparedness Build Back Better Act (BBBA) - H.R. 5376 - health care coverage and affordability issues, prescription drugs, paid family and medical leave, mental health parity penalties Healthy Competition for Better Care Act - S. 3139 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - S. 596/H.R. 1577 Telehealth Expansion Act - S. 1704/H.R. 5981 FAMILY Act - H.R. 804/S.248 - Paid Family Leave Paid Family and Medical Leave American Families Plan - national comprehensive paid family and medical leave program Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) - H.R. 3684 Affordable Insulin Now Act - S. 3700/H.R. 6833 Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act - draft legislation PREVENT Pandemics Act - S. 3799 Transparency of Hospital Billing Act - H.R. 8133 Consumer Choice of Care Act - H.R. 8134 Addressing Anticompetitive Contracting Clauses Act - H.R. 8135 Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Quality, Cost & Transparency - Lower Health Care Costs Act (S. 1895, 116th Congress) Mental Health Matters Act - H.R. 7780 The Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act - H.R. 7666 Mental Health - Request for Information (RFI) - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Mental health parity Prescription drug legislation Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act - H.R. 3 Surprise billing regulations Healthy Future Task Force (House Republicans) - comments submitted to Affordability (lower costs) and Modernization (Telehealth expansion) Subcommittees Regulatory Treasury/IRS - proposed Regulations - Affordability Determination for Employer-Sponsored Family Health Coverage (Family Glitch) Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) - Request for Information (RFI) - recommendations for increasing competition in health care Departments of Health & Human Services (HHS), Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - recommendations for forthcoming Health Plan Nondiscrimination Rules Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) - comments regarding health equity data reporting, hospital price transparency rules, and release of hospital safety data - Medicare Proposed IPPS Rule Federal Trade Commission (FTC) - Request for Information on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) White House Executive Order - Continuing to Strengthen Americans Access to Affordable, Quality Health Coverage and related regulations on the premium tax credit under the ACA Treasury/IRS -Pre-Deductible Telehealth Care in High Deductible Health Plans HHS/Labor & Treasury (the tri-agencies) interim final regulations (IFR) on CAA requirements for group health plans and health insurers to report on prescription drug and health spending Executive Order - Promoting Competition in the American Economy Labor, Treasury & HHS (the tri-agencies) - public report issued on mental health parity compliance enforcement Mental health parity requirements for group health plans and insurers, including under the CAA Treasury/DOL/HHS - implementation of surprise billing provisions under the CAA - interim final regulations (IFR) part 1 and part 2 DOL - State All Payer Claims Database - Guidance, including Report by Advisory Committee under the CAA DOL/Treasury/HHS - transparency provisions under the CAA HHS - Enforcement of Hospital Price Transparency Rules Treasury/IRS - request for guidance on repurposing of welfare benefit fund assets ERISA uniformity High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans
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2022 · first_quarter · Q1
Legislative Employer-sponsored health coverage - testing and vaccine distribution, COBRA subsidies, telehealth, primary care and worksite clinics and more comprehensive coverage of chronic disease prevention measures Further Extending Government Funding - short-term continuing resolution (CR- through February 18, 2022 - HSA Telehealth extension - H.R. 6119 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (CAA 2022) - Telehealth extension FY 2023 Budget Proposal - mental health, pandemic preparedness Build Back Better Act (BBBA) - H.R. 5376 - health care coverage and affordability issues, prescription drugs, paid family and medical leave, mental health parity penalties Healthy Competition for Better Care Act - S. 3139 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - S. 596/H.R. 1577 Telehealth Expansion Act - S. 1704/H.R. 5981 FAMILY Act - H.R. 804/S.248 - Paid Family Leave American Families Plan - national comprehensive paid family and medical leave program Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) - H.R. 3684 Affordable Insulin Now Act - S. 3700/H.R. 6833 PREVENT Pandemics Act - S. 3799 Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Quality, Cost & Transparency - Lower Health Care Costs Act (S. 1895, 116th Congress) Mental Health - Request for Information (RFI) - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Mental health parity Prescription drug legislation Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act - H.R. 3 Surprise billing regulations Healthy Future Task Force (House Republicans) - comments submitted to Affordability (lower costs) and Modernization (Telehealth expansion) Subcommittees Regulatory Departments of Health & Human Services (HHS), Labor and Treasury (the tri-agencies) - group health plan coverage of over the counter (OTC) COVID-19 tests without cost-sharing Treasury/IRS - proposed permanent ACA health coverage reporting relief White House Executive Order - Continuing to Strengthen Americans Access to Affordable, Quality Health Coverage and related regulations on the premium tax credit under the ACA Treasury/IRS -Pre-Deductible Telehealth Care in High Deductible Health Plans HHS/Labor & Treasury (the tri-agencies) interim final regulations (IFR) on CAA requirements for group health plans and health insurers to report on prescription drug and health spending Executive Order - Promoting Competition in the American Economy HHS - Comprehensive Plan for Addressing High Drug Costs Labor/HHS/Treasury - proposed regulations regarding air ambulance reporting for group health plans and insurers Labor, Treasury & HHS (the tri-agencies) - public report issued on mental health parity compliance enforcement Mental health parity requirements for group health plans and insurers, including under the CAA Treasury/DOL/HHS - implementation of surprise billing provisions under the CAA - interim final regulations (IFR) part 1 and part 2 DOL - State All Payer Claims Database - Guidance, including Report by Advisory Committee under the CAA EEOC - vaccine incentive and mandate guidance for employers DOL/Treasury/HHS - transparency provisions under the CAA HHS - Enforcement of Hospital Price Transparency Rules Provider nondiscrimination rules under the CAA and the ACA Treasury/IRS - request for guidance on repurposing of welfare benefit fund assets ERISA uniformity High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Federal Trade Commission (FTC)/Department of Justice (DOJ) - Request for Information (RFI) on Merger Enforcement State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans
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2021 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Employer-sponsored health coverage - testing and vaccine distribution, COBRA subsidies, telehealth, primary care and worksite clinics and more comprehensive coverage of chronic disease prevention measures Build Back Better Act (BBBA) - H.R. 5376 - health care coverage and affordability issues, prescription drugs, paid family and medical leave, mental health parity penalties Healthy Competition for Better Care Act - S. 3139 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - S. 596/H.R. 1577 Telehealth Expansion Act - S. 1706/H.R. 5981 Further Extending Government Funding - short-term continuing resolution (CR- through February 18, 2022 - HSA Telehealth extension - H.R. 6119 FAMILY Act - H.R. 804/S.248 - Paid Family Leave American Families Plan - national comprehensive paid family and medical leave program Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) - H.R. 3684 Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Quality, Cost & Transparency - Lower Health Care Costs Act (S. 1895, 116th Congress) Mental Health - Request for Information (RFI) - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Prescription drug legislation Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act - H.R. 3 Surprise billing regulations Regulatory Treasury/IRS - proposed permanent ACA health coverage reporting relief Labor, Health & Human Services and Treasury - COVID-19 vaccine surcharge and incentive guidance (FAQs) White House - COVID-19 Action Plan ï‚§Announcements regarding vaccinations, testing requirements for private employers, and vaccination requirements for federal contractors ï‚§DOL/OSHA - Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) for employers with 100 or more employees White House announcement regarding group health plan coverage of over-the-counter COVID-19 tests Treasury/IRS - request policy of non-enforcement for access to Pre-Deductible Telehealth Care in High Deductible Health Plans HHS/Labor & Treasury (the tri-agencies) interim final regulations (IFR) on CAA requirements for group health plans and health insurers to report on prescription drug and health spending Executive Order - Promoting Competition in the American Economy HHS - Comprehensive Plan for Addressing High Drug Costs Labor/HHS/Treasury - proposed regulations regarding air ambulance reporting for group health plans and insurers Mental health parity requirements for group health plans and insurers, including under the CAA Treasury/DOL/HHS - implementation of surprise billing provisions under the CAA - interim final regulations (IFR) part 1 and part 2 DOL - State All Payer Claims Database - Guidance, including Report by Advisory Committee under the CAA EEOC - vaccine incentive and mandate guidance for employers DOL/Treasury/HHS - transparency provisions under the CAA HHS - Enforcement of Hospital Price Transparency Rules, and health care inequities - Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule for 2022 - finalized rules Treasury/IRS - request for guidance on repurposing of welfare benefit fund assets ERISA uniformity High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans
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2021 · third_quarter · 3A
Legislative Employer-sponsored health coverage - robust COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution, COBRA subsidies, telehealth, primary care and worksite clinics and more comprehensive coverage of chronic disease prevention measures Build Back Better Act (BBBA) - health care coverage and affordability issues, prescription drugs, paid family and medical leave Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - S. 596/H.R. 1577 Telehealth Expansion Act - S. 1706 FAMILY Act - H.R. 804/S.248 - Paid Family Leave American Families Plan - national comprehensive paid family and medical leave program Building an Economy for Families Act (BEFA) -universal paid family and medical leave Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) - H.R. 3684- health care provision Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Quality, Cost & Transparency - Lower Health Care Costs Act (S. 1895, 116th Congress) Public health insurance option - Request for Information (RFI) Mental Health - Request for Information Prescription drug legislation Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act - H.R. 3 Surprise billing regulations Regulatory American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - H.R. 1319, (Public Law 117-2) - implementation White House - COVID-19 Action Plan - announcements regarding vaccinations, testing requirements for private employers, and vaccination requirements for federal contractors Departments of Labor, Treasury and HHS - FAQs about Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) Implementation - Part 49 - delay of several transparency requirements for group health plans, and other guidance Executive Order - Promoting Competition in the American Economy HHS - Comprehensive Plan for Addressing High Drug Costs Treasury, HHS & Labor - guidance (FAQs) on coverage requirements for HIV-related medications Labor/HHS/Treasury - proposed regulations regarding air ambulance reporting for group health plans and insurers Mental health parity requirements for group health plans and insurers, including under the CAA Treasury & IRS - IRS Notice 2021-46 - additional guidance on COBRA subsidy provisions under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Treasury/DOL/HHS - implementation of surprise billing provisions under the CAA - interim final regulations (IFR) part 1 and part 2 DOL - submission of data to state all-payer claims databases by self-insured employers; State All Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee under the CAA EEOC - vaccine incentive and mandate guidance for employers DOL/Treasury/HHS - transparency in coverage - final regulations DOL/Treasury/HHS - transparency provisions under the CAA HHS - Enforcement of Hospital Price Transparency Rules, and health care inequities - Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule for 2022 Treasury/IRS - request for guidance on repurposing of welfare benefit fund assets Treasury/IRS/DOL/HHS - Request for information (RFI) - group health plan prescription drug reporting requirements under the CAA White House - National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness EEOC - wellness programs under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) DOL/Treasury/HHS- guidance on maximum duration of relief extending certain participant and plan deadlines resulting from COVID-19 ERISA uniformity High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Telehealth
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2021 · third_quarter · Q3
Legislative Employer-sponsored health coverage - robust COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution, COBRA subsidies, telehealth, primary care and worksite clinics and more comprehensive coverage of chronic disease prevention measures Build Back Better Act (BBBA) - health care coverage and affordability issues, prescription drugs, paid family and medical leave Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - S. 596/H.R. 1577 Telehealth Expansion Act - S. 1706 FAMILY Act - H.R. 804/S.248 - Paid Family Leave American Families Plan - national comprehensive paid family and medical leave program Building an Economy for Families Act (BEFA) -universal paid family and medical leave Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) - H.R. 3684- health care provision Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Quality, Cost & Transparency - Lower Health Care Costs Act (S. 1895, 116th Congress) Public health insurance option - Request for Information (RFI) Mental Health - Request for Information Prescription drug legislation Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act - H.R. 3 Surprise billing regulations Regulatory American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - H.R. 1319, (Public Law 117-2) - implementation White House - COVID-19 Action Plan - announcements regarding vaccinations, testing requirements for private employers, and vaccination requirements for federal contractors Departments of Labor, Treasury and HHS - FAQs about Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) Implementation - Part 49 - delay of several transparency requirements for group health plans, and other guidance Executive Order - Promoting Competition in the American Economy HHS - Comprehensive Plan for Addressing High Drug Costs Treasury, HHS & Labor - guidance (FAQs) on coverage requirements for HIV-related medications Labor/HHS/Treasury - proposed regulations regarding air ambulance reporting for group health plans and insurers Mental health parity requirements for group health plans and insurers, including under the CAA Treasury & IRS - IRS Notice 2021-46 - additional guidance on COBRA subsidy provisions under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Treasury/DOL/HHS - implementation of surprise billing provisions under the CAA - interim final regulations (IFR) part 1 and part 2 DOL - submission of data to state all-payer claims databases by self-insured employers; State All Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee under the CAA EEOC - vaccine incentive and mandate guidance for employers DOL/Treasury/HHS - transparency in coverage - final regulations DOL/Treasury/HHS - transparency provisions under the CAA HHS - Enforcement of Hospital Price Transparency Rules, and health care inequities - Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule for 2022 Treasury/IRS - request for guidance on repurposing of welfare benefit fund assets Treasury/IRS/DOL/HHS - Request for information (RFI) - group health plan prescription drug reporting requirements under the CAA White House - National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness EEOC - wellness programs under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) DOL/Treasury/HHS- guidance on maximum duration of relief extending certain participant and plan deadlines resulting from COVID-19 ERISA uniformity High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Telehealth
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2021 · second_quarter · 2A
Legislative Employer-sponsored health coverage - robust COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution, COBRA subsidies, telehealth, primary care and worksite clinics and more comprehensive coverage of chronic disease prevention measures American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - H.R. 1319, (Public Law 117-2) FY21 Budget Reconciliation Bill - Federal subsidies for COBRA coverage FY2022 budget proposal Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - S. 596/H.R. 1577 Telehealth Expansion Act - S. 1706 FAMILY Act - H.R. 804/S.248 - Paid Family Leave Administration Infrastructure Proposal/Outline Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Quality, Cost & Transparency - Lower Health Care Costs Act (S. 1895, 116th Congress) Mental health & behavioral health care American Families Plan - national comprehensive paid family and medical leave program Building an Economy for Families Act -universal paid family and medical leave Public health insurance option - Request for Information (RFI) Prescription drug legislation Elijah E. Cummings Lower Dru Costs Now Act - H.R. 3 Regulatory Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (CAA) - H.R. 133 (Public Law 116-260) - employer-sponsored health, paid leave, other benefit plans (flexible spending arrangements), surprise billing, transparency, and mental health parity) - implementation DOL/Treasury/HHS - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) re mental health parity requirements for group health plans and insurers under the CAA HHS - proposed amendments governing privacy standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) HHS - Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters (NBPP) Treasury/IRS/DOL - implementation guidance on COBRA subsidies under the CAA Treasury/DOL/HHS - implementation of surprise billing provisions under the CAA DOL - submission of data to state all-payer claims databases by self-insured employers; State All Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee under the CAA EEOC - vaccine incentive and mandate guidance for employers DOL/Treasury/HHS - transparency in coverage - final regulations HHS - price transparency provisions in the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system - proposed rule Treasury/IRS - request for guidance on repurposing of welfare benefit fund assets Treasury/IRS/DOL/HHS - Request for information (RFI) - group health plan prescription drug reporting requirements under the CAA White House - National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness EEOC - wellness programs under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) Treasury/IRS - guidance on FSA provisions in the CAA DOL/Treasury/HHS- guidance on maximum duration of relief extending certain participant and plan deadlines resulting from COVID-19 ERISA uniformity High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Telehealth
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2021 · second_quarter · Q2
Legislative Employer-sponsored health coverage - robust COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution, COBRA subsidies, telehealth, primary care and worksite clinics and more comprehensive coverage of chronic disease prevention measures American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - H.R. 1319, (Public Law 117-2) FY21 Budget Reconciliation Bill - Federal subsidies for COBRA coverage FY2022 budget proposal Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - S. 596/H.R. 1577 Telehealth Expansion Act - S. 1706 FAMILY Act - H.R. 804/S.248 - Paid Family Leave Administration Infrastructure Proposal/Outline Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Quality, Cost & Transparency - Lower Health Care Costs Act (S. 1895, 116th Congress) Mental health & behavioral health care American Families Plan - national comprehensive paid family and medical leave program Building an Economy for Families Act -universal paid family and medical leave Public health insurance option - Request for Information (RFI) Prescription drug legislation Elijah E. Cummings Lower Dru Costs Now Act - H.R. 3 Regulatory Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (CAA) - H.R. 133 (Public Law 116-260) - employer-sponsored health, paid leave, other benefit plans (flexible spending arrangements), surprise billing, transparency, and mental health parity) - implementation DOL/Treasury/HHS - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) re mental health parity requirements for group health plans and insurers under the CAA HHS - proposed amendments governing privacy standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) HHS - Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters (NBPP) Treasury/IRS/DOL - implementation guidance on COBRA subsidies under the CAA Treasury/DOL/HHS - implementation of surprise billing provisions under the CAA DOL - submission of data to state all-payer claims databases by self-insured employers; State All Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee under the CAA EEOC - vaccine incentive and mandate guidance for employers DOL/Treasury/HHS - transparency in coverage - final regulations HHS - price transparency provisions in the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system - proposed rule Treasury/IRS - request for guidance on repurposing of welfare benefit fund assets Treasury/IRS/DOL/HHS - Request for information (RFI) - group health plan prescription drug reporting requirements under the CAA White House - National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness EEOC - wellness programs under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) Treasury/IRS - guidance on FSA provisions in the CAA DOL/Treasury/HHS- guidance on maximum duration of relief extending certain participant and plan deadlines resulting from COVID-19 ERISA uniformity High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Telehealth
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2021 · first_quarter · Q1
Legislative Employer-sponsored health coverage - robust COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution, COBRA subsidies, telehealth, primary care and worksite clinics and more comprehensive coverage of chronic disease prevention measures American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - H.R. 1319, (Public Law 117-2) FY21 Budget Reconciliation Bill - Federal subsidies for COBRA coverage FY 22 Budget Reconciliation Bill FAMILY Act - H.R. 804/S.248 - Paid Family Leave Administration Infrastructure Proposal/Outline Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Quality, Cost & Transparency - Lower Health Care Costs Act (S. 1895, 116th Congress) Mental health Paid Sick Leave Regulatory Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 - H.R. 133 (Public Law 116-260) - employer-sponsored health, paid leave and other benefit plans (flexible spending arrangements, surprise billing, transparency, mental health parity) - implementation White House Executive Order - Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) HHS - Interim Final Regulations on COVID-19 Vaccine White House Memorandum - Regulatory Freeze Pending Review White House Memorandum - Modernizing Regulatory Review White House - National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness EEOC - Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on wellness programs under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) Treasury/IRS - clarifying guidance on FSA provisions in Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) Treasury/IRS - Transition relief for health coverage reporting requirements DOL (EBSA) - guidance on maximum duration of relief extending certain participant and plan deadlines resulting from COVID-19 DOL, HHS & Treasury - FAQs Part 44- COVID-19 testing, preventive, SBC relief, excepted benefits Treasury/DOL/HHS - request for guidance on COBRA subsidies and outbreak periods ERISA uniformity High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Telehealth
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2020 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Legislative Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 - H.R. 133 (Public Law 116-260) - employer-sponsored health, paid leave and other benefit plans (flexible spending arrangements, surprise billing, transparency, mental health parity) Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic Response - employer-sponsored health, paid leave and other benefit plans (Testing, COBRA subsidies, vaccines, risk corridors, health savings accounts, telehealth, on-site clinics, and high-deductible health plans, primary care) The Worker Health Coverage Protection Act (COBRA subsidies) Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act Lower Prescription Drug Costs Now Act - H.R. 3 Prescription Drug Rebates & Costs Bill - S. 657 Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act - S. 2543 Health care cost and transparency, drug pricing Know the Price Act - H.R. 6005 Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act - H.R. 6800 The Heroes Act - revised pandemic relief and economic stimulus package (House Democratic Leadership) Ban Surprise Billing Act - H.R. 5800 Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act - H.R. 5826 The STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act - S. 1531 Protecting People from Surprise Medical Bills Act - H.R. 3502 No Surprises Act - H.R 3630 End Surprise Medical Billing Act - H.R. 861 Telehealth Expansion Act - S. 3539 Health Care at Home Act - H.R. 6644/S. 3741) Reauthorizing and Extending Americas Community Health (REACH) Act - H.R. 2328 Lower Health Care Costs Act - S. 1895 Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act - S. 1628 New Parents Act - S. 920 Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act - S.463/H.R. 1185 Chronic Disease Management Act - S.1948/H.R. 3709 Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Regulatory and Other Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic Response - including proposed and final guidance affecting employer-sponsored health, paid leave and other benefit plans (Cost-sharing, testing, telehealth, COBRA Subsidies, Cafeteria plans and other group health plan time frames, health flexible spending arrangements and dependent care flexible spending arrangements, and vaccines) Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor & Treasury - interim final regulations regarding group health plan coverage of COVID-19 vaccines Guidance implementing the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - proposed annual Medicare regulation governing certain hospital payment and reporting rules Department of Labor - Proposed update to Mental Health Parity Self-Compliance Tool Executive Orders on Drug Prices and Prescription Drug Rebates - Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - final regulations addressing prescription drug rebates under the Medicare Part D program and interim final regulations regarding most favored nations drug price requirements Multi-Part Executive Order - An America-First Healthcare Plan - surprise billing, preexisting conditions Executive Order - Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First Departments of Treasury, Labor and HHS - Final Price Transparency Rule ERISA uniformity Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service - request for extension of COVID-19 relief related to Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSAs) Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) - application of employer mandate to individual coverage HRAs - Proposed Rule High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Department of Labor (DOL) - Request for Information (RFI) on paid leave Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) - reporting requirements Departments of Treasury, IRS and HHS - Grandfathered group health plans - final regulations Department of Treasury and IRS - proposed regulations -direct primary care arrangements Telehealth Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association plans Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - Wellness plans proposed rules Regulations and guidance regarding Administration procedures for issuing guidance
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2020 · third_quarter · Q3
Legislative Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic Response - employer-sponsored health, paid leave and other benefit plans (Testing, COBRA subsidies, risk corridors, health savings accounts, telehealth, on-site clinics, and high-deductible health plans, primary care) Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act - H.R. 6074 (Public Law 116-123) Families First Coronavirus Response Act - H.R. 6201 (Public Law 116-127) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act - H.R. 748 (Public Law 116-136) The Worker Health Coverage Protection Act (COBRA subsidies) Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act Lower Prescription Drug Costs Now Act - H.R. 3 Prescription Drug Rebates & Costs Bill - S. 657 Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act - S. 2543 Health care cost and transparency, drug pricing Know the Price Act - H.R. 6005 Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act - H.R. 6800 The Heroes Act - revised pandemic relief and economic stimulus package (House Democratic Leadership) Ban Surprise Billing Act - H.R. 5800 Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act - H.R. 5826 The STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act - S. 1531 Protecting People from Surprise Medical Bills Act - H.R. 3502 No Surprises Act - H.R 3630 End Surprise Medical Billing Act - H.R. 861 Telehealth Expansion Act - S. 3539 Health Care at Home Act - H.R. 6644/S. 3741) Reauthorizing and Extending Americas Community Health (REACH) Act - H.R. 2328 Lower Health Care Costs Act - S. 1895 Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act - S. 1628 New Parents Act - S. 920 Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act - S.463/H.R. 1185 Chronic Disease Management Act - S.1948/H.R. 3709 Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Regulatory and Other Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic Response - including proposed and issued guidance affecting employer-sponsored health, paid leave and other benefit plans (Cost-sharing, testing, telehealth, COBRA Subsidies, Cafeteria plans and other group health plan time frames, health flexible spending arrangements and dependent care flexible spending arrangements, and vaccines) Department of Labor - Proposed update to Mental Health Parity Self-Compliance Tool Executive Orders on Drug Prices and Prescription Drug Rebates Multi-Part Executive Order - An America-First Healthcare Plan - surprise billing, preexisting conditions Executive Order - Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services - Proposed Price Transparency Rule ERISA uniformity Dependent Care Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSAs) Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) - application of employer mandate to individual coverage HRAs - Proposed Rule High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Department of Labor - Request for Information (RFI) on paid leave Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) - reporting requirements Grandfathered group health plans - proposed regulations by the Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services Direct primary care arrangements - proposed regulations by the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association plans Wellness plans Regulations and guidance regarding Administration procedures for issuing guidance
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2020 · second_quarter · Q2
Legislative Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic Response - employer-sponsored health, paid leave and other benefit plans (Testing, COBRA subsidies, risk corridors, health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans, primary care) Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act - H.R. 6074 (Public Law 116-123) Families First Coronavirus Response Act - H.R. 6201 (Public Law 116-127) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act - H.R. 748 (Public Law 116-136) Lower Prescription Drug Costs Now Act - H.R. 3 Prescription Drug Rebates & Costs Bill - S. 657 Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act - S. 2543 Health care cost and transparency, drug pricing Know the Price Act - H.R. 6005 Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act - H.R. 6800 Ban Surprise Billing Act - H.R. 5800 Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act - H.R. 5826 The STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act - S. 1531 Protecting People from Surprise Medical Bills Act - H.R. 3502 No Surprises Act - H.R 3630 End Surprise Medical Billing Act - H.R. 861 Telehealth Expansion Act - S. 3539 Health Care at Home Act - H.R. 6644/S. 3741) Reauthorizing and Extending Americas Community Health (REACH) Act - H.R. 2328 Lower Health Care Costs Act - S. 1895 Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act - S. 1628 New Parents Act - S. 920 Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act - S.463/H.R. 1185 Chronic Disease Management Act - S.1948/H.R. 3709 Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Regulatory and Other Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic Response - including proposed and issued guidance affecting employer-sponsored health, paid leave and other benefit plans (Cost-sharing, Testing, Tele-health, COBRA Subsidies, Cafeteria plans, COBRA and other group health plan time frames, health flexible spending arrangements and dependent care flexible spending arrangements) Executive Order - Protecting and Improving Medicare for our Nations Seniors Executive Order - Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) - annual adjustment guidance and transition guidance Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services (HHS) - Proposed Price Transparency Rule ERISA uniformity Dependent Care Flexible Spending Arrangements Health Flexible Spending Arrangements Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) - application of employer mandate to individual coverage HRAs - Proposed Rule High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Paid leave proposals and issues Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) - reporting requirements Grandfathered group health plans - proposed regulations Direct primary care arrangements - proposed regulations Mental health parity requirements - self compliance tool updates Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association plans Wellness plans
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2020 · first_quarter · Q1
Legislative Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic Response - employer-sponsored health, paid leave and other benefit plans (Cost-sharing, Tele-health, COBRA Subsidies) Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act - H.R. 6074 (Public Law 116-123) Families First Coronavirus Response Act - H.R. 6201 (Public Law 116-127) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act - H.R. 748 (Public Law 116-136) Lower Prescription Drug Costs Now Act - H.R. 3 Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act - S. 2543 Prescription Drug Rebates & Costs Bill - S. 657 Health care cost and transparency, drug pricing Know the Price Act - H.R. 6005 Surprise Medical Billing Ban Surprise Billing Act - H.R. 5800 Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act - H.R. 5826 The STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act - S. 1531 Protecting People from Surprise Medical Bills Act - H.R. 3502 No Surprises Act - H.R 3630 End Surprise Medical Billing Act - H.R. 861 Telehealth Expansion Act - S. 3539 Reauthorizing and Extending Americas Community Health (REACH) Act - H.R. 2328 Lower Health Care Costs Act - S. 1895 Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Budget Proposal Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act - S. 1628 New Parents Act - S. 920 Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act - S.463/H.R. 1185 Chronic Disease Management Act - S.1948/H.R. 3709 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) - reauthorization Regulatory and Other Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic Response - employer-sponsored health, paid leave and other benefit plans (Cost-sharing, Tele-health , COBRA Subsidies) Executive Order - Protecting and Improving Medicare for our Nations Seniors Executive Order - Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First HHS - Proposed Rule - addressing drug manufacturers coupons, annual limitation on cost sharing, guidance regarding small employer health reimbursement arrangements (QSEHRAs), and value-based insurance design Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services (HHS) - Proposed Price Transparency Rule ERISA uniformity Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) - application of employer mandate to individual coverage HRAs - Proposed Rule High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Medicare Advantage Program State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans State privacy regulations affecting employer sponsored plans Electronic communication and disclosure of benefits information - Department of Labor Proposed Rule: Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee Pension Benefits Plans Paid leave proposals and issues Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) - reporting requirements
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2019 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Legislative Lower Prescription Drug Costs Now Act - H.R. 3 Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act - S. 2543 Equality Act - H.R. 5/S. 788 Prescription Drug Rebates & Costs Bill - S. 657 The Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act - H.R. 748/S. 684 Health Care Reform - ongoing legislative and regulatory implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Cadillac tax on health benefits, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 - H.R 1865 & H.R. 1158 - repeal of Cadillac tax and other health care provisions Health care cost and transparency The STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act - S. 1531 Protecting People from Surprise Medical Bills Act - H.R. 3502 No Surprises Act - H.R 3630 Reauthorizing and Extending Americas Community Health (REACH) Act - H.R. 2328 End Surprise Medical Billing Act - H.R. 861 Lower Health Care Costs Act - S. 1895 Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Proposal Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act - S. 1628 New Parents Act - S. 920 Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act - S.463/H.R. 1185 Chronic Disease Management Act - S.1948/H.R. 3709 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) - reauthorization Regulatory and Other Executive Order - Protecting and Improving Medicare for our Nations Seniors Executive Order - Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services (HHS) - Proposed Price Transparency Rule HHS - 2020 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System - Proposed and Final Rule Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States HHS NPRM - Section 1557 - Nondiscrimination in Health and Health Education Programs or Activities ERISA uniformity Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) - application of employer mandate to individual coverage HRAs - Proposed Rule HHS - Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs and proposed rule on removal of safe harbor protections for rebates HHS Proposed Rule - 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program HHS - Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2021 - Proposed Rule High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) - including IRS Notice 2019-45 Medicare Advantage Program State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Final FAQs guidance regarding implementation the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) - as amended by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the 21st Century Cures Act Electronic communication and disclosure of benefits information - Department of Labor Proposed Rule: Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee Pension Benefits Plans Paid leave proposals and issues Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) - reporting requirements
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2019 · third_quarter · Q3
Legislative Lower Prescription Drug Costs Now Act - H.R. 3 Equality Act - H.R. 5/S. 788 Prescription Drug Rebates & Costs Bill - S. 657 The Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act - H.R. 748/S. 684 Health Care Reform - ongoing legislative and regulatory implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Cadillac tax on health benefits Continuing Appropriations Act of 2018 - H.J. Res. 125 - two year delay of the Cadillac Tax Health care cost and transparency Drug pricing proposals The STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act - S. 1531 Protecting People from Surprise Medical Bills Act - H.R. 3502 No Surprises Act - H.R 3630 Reauthorizing and Extending Americas Community Health (REACH) Act - H.R. 2328 End Surprise Medical Billing Act - H.R. 861 Lower Health Care Costs Act - S. 1895 Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Proposal Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act - S. 1628 New Parents Act - S. 920 Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act - S.463/H.R. 1185 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) - reauthorization Regulatory and Other HHS Medicare Program Proposed Rule - Hospital Charges HHS NPRM - Section 1557 - Nondiscrimination in Health and Health Education Programs or Activities Executive Order - Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First ERISA uniformity Health care cost and transparency Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) - Proposed regulations to use HRAs to purchase health insurance on the individual markets High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Department of Health & Human Services - Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs and proposed rule on removal of safe harbor protections for rebates Proposed rule - 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program Presidential Executive Order: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost Presidential Executive Order: Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States - STLDI Medicare Advantage Program State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans Final FAQs guidance regarding implementation the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) - as amended by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the 21st Century Cures Act Electronic communication and disclosure of benefits information Paid leave proposals and issues
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2019 · second_quarter · Q2
Legislative Equality Act - H.R. 5/S. 788 Prescription Drug Rebates & Costs Bill - S. 657 The Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act - H.R. 748/S. 684 Health Care Reform - ongoing legislative and regulatory implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Cadillac tax on health benefits Continuing Appropriations Act of 2018 - H.J. Res. 125 - two year delay of the Cadillac Tax Health care cost and transparency Drug pricing proposals The STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act - S. 1531 Protecting People from Surprise Medical Bills Act - H.R. 3502 No Surprises Act - H.R 3630 End Surprise Medical Billing Act - H.R. 861 Lower Health Care Costs Act - S. 1895 Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Proposal Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act - S. 1628 New Parents Act - S. 920 Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act - S.463/H.R. 1185 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) - reauthorization Regulatory and Other Executive Order - Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First ERISA uniformity Health care cost and transparency Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) - Proposed regulations to use HRAs to purchase health insurance on the individual markets High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Department of Health & Human Services - Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs and proposed rule on removal of safe harbor protections for rebates Proposed rule - 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program Presidential Executive Order: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost Presidential Executive Order: Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States - STLDI Medicare Advantage Program State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans FAQs - proposed guidance regarding implementation the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) - as amended by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the 21st Century Cures Act Electronic communication and disclosure of benefits information Paid leave proposals and issues
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2019 · first_quarter · Q1
Legislative Prescription Drug Rebates & Costs Bill - S. 657 The Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act - H.R. 748/S. 684 Health Care Reform - ongoing legislative and regulatory implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Cadillac tax on health benefits Continuing Appropriations Act of 2018 - H.J. Res. 125 - two year delay of the Cadillac Tax Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal - provisions affecting employer-sponsored benefits Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills Act - Legislative Discussion Draft Health care cost and transparency Drug pricing proposals Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Proposal Federal paid leave legislation Regulatory and Other ERISA uniformity Health care cost and transparency Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) - Proposed regulations to use HRAs to purchase health insurance on the individual markets High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Department of Health & Human Services - Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs and proposed rule on removal of safe harbor protections for rebates Proposed rule - 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program Presidential Executive Order: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost Presidential Executive Order: Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States - STLDI Medicare Advantage Program State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans FAQs - proposed guidance regarding implementation the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) - as amended by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the 21st Century Cures Act Electronic communication and disclosure of benefits information Paid leave proposals and issues
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2018 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Legislative Opioids Crisis Response Act - S. 2680/H.R. 6 Health Care Reform - ongoing legislative and regulatory implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Cadillac tax on health benefits Continuing Appropriations Act of 2018 - H.J. Res. 125 - two year delay of the Cadillac Tax Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 - S. 58/H.R. 173 Health Savings Act of 2017 - S. 403/H.R. 1175 Creating High Quality-Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act - S. 870 Save American Workers Act - H.R. 3798 Chronic Disease Management Act of 2018 - S. 2410/H.R. 4978 Broader Options for Americans Act - H.R. 2579 Commonsense Reporting Act of 2017 - S. 1908/H.R. 3919 Workflex in the 21st Century Act - H.R. 4219 ACA Relief Legislation - H.R. 4616 Bipartisan HSA Improvements Act of 2018 - H.R. 5138 HSA Employer Flexibility Act - H.R. 6128 Restoring Access to Medication and Modernizing Health Savings Accounts Act - S. 6199 Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act - H.R. 6311 Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act - S. 2554 Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act of 2018 - S. 3412 Reducing Costs for Out-of-Network Service Act of 2018 - S. 3541 No More Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2018 - S. 3592 Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act of 2018 Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills Act - Legislative Discussion Draft The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal - provisions affecting employer-sponsored benefits Cost transparency and out-of-network billing Regulatory and Other Cost transparency Association Health Plans (AHPs) Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) - Proposed regulations to use HRAs to purchase health insurance on the individual markets High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Department of Health & Human Services - Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs Federal disaster tax, filing and reporting relief for employers and individuals Presidential Executive Order: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost Presidential Executive Order: Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States - STLDI Employer wellness programs - nondiscrimination rules: Americans with Disabilities ACT (ADA) & Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) - Final regulations Medicare Advantage Program State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans FAQs - proposed guidance regarding implementation the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) - as amended by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the 21st Century Cures Act Electronic communication and disclosure of benefits information Paid leave proposals and issues
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2018 · third_quarter · Q3
Legislative Opioids Crisis Response Act - S. 2680/H.R. 6 Health Care Reform - ongoing legislative and regulatory implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Cadillac tax on health benefits Continuing Appropriations Act of 2018 - H.J. Res. 125 - two year delay of the Cadillac Tax Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 - S. 58/H.R. 173 Health Savings Act of 2017 - S. 403/H.R. 1175 Creating High Quality-Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act - S. 870 Save American Workers Act - H.R. 3798 Chronic Disease Management Act of 2018 - S. 2410/H.R. 4978 Broader Options for Americans Act - H.R. 2579 Commonsense Reporting Act of 2017 - S. 1908/H.R. 3919 Workflex in the 21st Century Act - H.R. 4219 ACA Relief Legislation - H.R. 4616 Bipartisan HSA Improvements Act of 2018 - H.R. 5138 HSA Employer Flexibility Act - H.R. 6128 Restoring Access to Medication and Modernizing Health Savings Accounts Act - S. 6199 Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act - H.R. 6311 Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson (GCHJ) health care reform proposal The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal - provisions affecting employer-sponsored benefits Cost transparency and out-of-network billing Regulatory and Other Association Health Plans (AHPs) Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Department of Health & Human Services - Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs Federal disaster tax, filing and reporting relief for employers and individuals Presidential Executive Order: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost Presidential Executive Order: Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States - STLDI Employer wellness programs - nondiscrimination rules: Americans with Disabilities ACT (ADA) & Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) - Final regulations Medicare Advantage Program State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans FAQs - proposed guidance regarding implementation the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) - as amended by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the 21st Century Cures Act Electronic communication and disclosure of benefits information Paid leave proposals and issues
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2018 · second_quarter · Q2
Legislative The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - H.R. 1 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act - H.R. 6 Health Care Reform - ongoing legislative and regulatory implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Cadillac tax on health benefits Continuing Appropriations Act of 2018 - H.J. Res. 125 - two year delay of the Cadillac Tax Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 - S. 58/H.R. 173 Health Savings Act of 2017 - S. 403/H.R. 1175 Creating High Quality-Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act - S. 870 Chronic Disease Management Act of 2018 - S. 2410/H.R. 4978 Broader Options for Americans Act - H.R. 2579 Commonsense Reporting Act of 2017 - S. 1908/H.R. 3919 ACA Relief Legislation - H.R. 4616 Bipartisan HSA Improvements Act of 2018 - H.R. 5138 HSA Employer Flexibility Act - H.R. 6128 Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 - S. 2680 Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson (GCHJ) health care reform proposal The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal - provisions affecting employer-sponsored benefits Regulatory and Other Association Health Plans (AHPs) Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Department of Health & Human Services - Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs Federal disaster tax, filing and reporting relief for employers and individuals Presidential Executive Order: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost Presidential Executive Order: Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States - STLDI Employer wellness programs - nondiscrimination rules: Americans with Disabilities ACT (ADA) & Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) - Final regulations Medicare Advantage Program State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans FAQs - proposed guidance regarding implementation the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) - as amended by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the 21st Century Cures Act Electronic communication and disclosure of benefits information Paid leave proposals and issues
AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL via AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
2018 · first_quarter · Q1
Legislative The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - H.R. 1 Health Care Reform - ongoing legislative and regulatory implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Cadillac tax on health benefits Continuing Appropriations Act of 2018 - H.J. Res. 125 - two year delay of the Cadillac Tax Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 - S. 58/H.R. 173 Health Savings Act of 2017 - S. 403/H.R. 1175 Creating High Quality-Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act - S. 870 Chronic Disease Management Act of 2018 - S. 2410/H.R. 4978 Broader Options for Americans Act - H.R. 2579 Commonsense Reporting Act of 2017 - S. 1908/H.R. 3919 ACA Relief Legislation - H.R. 4616 Bipartisan HSA Improvements Act of 2018 - H.R. 5138 Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson (GCHJ) health care reform proposal The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal - provisions affecting employer-sponsored benefits Regulatory and Other Association Health Plans (AHPs) Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRAs) Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Federal disaster tax, filing and reporting relief for employers and individuals Presidential Executive Order: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Cost Presidential Executive Order: Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States - STLDI Disability Benefits - final rule for certain claims procedures for disability plans Employer wellness programs - nondiscrimination rules: Americans with Disabilities ACT (ADA) & Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) - Final regulations Medicare Advantage Program Final Fiduciary Definition - delay of applicability date State health care requirements affecting self-insured plans FAQ Part 38, guidance related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPEA) - Model Form for Mental Health Parity Disclosure Electronic communication and disclosure of benefits information
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office