New Mandates for Group Health Plans: GINA, MHPA, HITECH, MSP Reporting and More
Navigating Plan Compliance Demands and Avoiding Federal Excise Tax
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar/teleconference with Q&A
Conducted on Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Recorded event now available
This CLE webinar will update counsel to employers on the confusing and wide-ranging plan amendments required in 2010 for group health and welfare plans under the latest final, interim and outstanding regulations. The panel will outline best practices for complying with new IRS reporting requirement for plan violations.
Description
New mandates for group health plans require many amendments in 2010, including GINA, MHPAEA, HITECH, CHIPRA, COBRA and Michelle’s Law. GINA regulations, effective in Dec. 2009, create some uncertainty on what plans can do, particularly with health risk assessments, wellness programs and incentives.
Mental Health Parity (MHPAEA) requires plans to put coverage and benefit levels for mental health claims on equal footing with other types of medical benefits. Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act (MMSEA) added new mandatory reporting requirements for GHP arrangements.
The IRS has long imposed excise taxes for failing to comply with COBRA, HIPPA, GINA, mental health parity and other mandates for group health plans. The stakes are considerably higher now that employers must file IRS Form 8928 to report plan violations and pay the required excise tax.
Listen as our authoritative panel of benefits attorneys provides an overview and explanation of the 2010 mandates for group health plans. The panel will discuss best practices to navigate the challenges facing employers and plan administrators and to meet the revised IRS reporting mandates for reporting violations when required.
Outline
- Genetic Information Discrimination Act (GINA)
- Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)
- Medicare MSP reporting obligations (MMSEA)
- HITECH (HIPPA Privacy)
- Michelle’s Law, COBRA subsidy and Children’s Health Insurance Plan Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA)
- Overview of Health Care Reform Act
- New excise tax reporting obligation
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- How does GINA affect health risk assessments, wellness programs and incentives?
- What challenges does the Mental Health Parity Act pose for group health plans?
- What challenges do the MMSEA reporting requirements pose for group health plans?
After participating in this webinar, the attendee will learn about new compliance demands for clients with health and welfare benefit plans. The attendee will learn the requirements for filing new IRS Form 8928 to report plan violations and what clients must do to avoid paying a penaty excise tax for plan violations.
Faculty
Christy A. Tinnes,
Principal
Groom Law Group, Washington, D.C.
She is involved in all aspects of health and welfare plans, including ERISA, HIPAA portability, HIPAA privacy, COBRA, and Medicare. She represents employers designing health plans as well as insurers designing new products. Most recently, she has been extensively involved in the insurance market reform and employer mandate provisions of the health care reform legislation.
Cheryl Risley Hughes,
Of Counsel
Groom Law Group, Washington, D.C.
She is recognized for her expertise with regard to health and welfare plans, including products designed to reduce the cost of health care, particularly consumer-driven health plans. She counsels plan sponsors, insurers, third party administrators and other organizations, including retiree VEBAs, on all aspects of health, welfare and fringe benefits law.
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