GSA NATIONAL BLOG

One of the components of the ACA that will come into play this calendar year is the transitional reinsurance program. The purpose of the program is to help stabilize premiums... Read More

Obama Administration delays health insurance mandate for medium-sized employers For the second time since last year, the White House is giving certain employers a grace period before they must offer... Read More

Recent years have seen a marked rise in Department of Labor (DOL) wage and hour investigations. With those efforts carrying into the new year, now is an important time to... Read More

DOL Issues Formal Guidance for the Employee Notice of Coverage Options Perhaps one of the most important elements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — the Health Insurance Exchange/Marketplace —... Read More

Details on These Tax Treatment Changes Since its enactment in 1996, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which forms part of the United States Code, has prohibited the federal government... Read More

Details for Final Regulations of Individual Mandate Published The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final rules on Tuesday for the individual mandate provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable... Read More

What the PPACA Delays Mean Recent delays have highlighted the administrations overall concerns with the complexities of integrating healthcare reform and the need for more time for effective implementation of... Read More

The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued temporary guidance for the Employee Notice of Coverage Options. Employers are not required to provide Notices under this temporary guidance. If preferred, employers... Read More

GSA will continue to provide additional information after further guidance is published Lost in the news of the Play or Pay mandate for large employers being delayed is the additional... Read More

ACA’s employer mandate will not take effect until 2015 The Obama administration unexpectedly announced Tuesday that it is delaying the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act... Read More

Employer Notification Templates Now Available Perhaps one of the most important elements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — the Health Insurance Exchange/Marketplace — will open on October 1, 2013.... Read More

Meeting Minimum Value The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) benefit standards for large employers, 50 or more full-time-equivalent employees, have begun taking shape and will differ from those... Read More