IRS Announces Special Per Diem Rates for Travel Away From Home Beginning October 1, 2024
IRS Notice 2024-68 (Sept. 20, 2024) Available at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-24-68.pdf The IRS has announced special per diem rates that can be used …
DOL Clarifies That Its Cybersecurity Guidance Applies to All Employee Benefit Plans
DOL Compliance Assistance Release No. 2024-01 Available at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/key-topics/retirement-benefits/cybersecurity/compliance-assistance-release-2024-01 The DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has updated 2021 cybersecurity …
Final Mental Health Parity Rules Solidify NQTL Comparative Analysis Requirements
Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: Final Rules, 26 CFR Part 54; 29 CFR Part …
Can a Group Health Plan Add an Annual Dollar Limit on Benefits?
QUESTION: Can we make a design change to our self-insured group health plan to impose a $1.5 million annual dollar …
Seventh Circuit Addresses Plan Limitations on Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Midthun-Hensen v. Grp. Health Coop. of S. Cent. Wis., Inc., 2024 WL 3646149 (7th Cir. 2024) Available at https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/OpinionsWeb/processWebInputExternal.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2024/D08-05/C:23-2100:J:Easterbrook:aut:T:fnOp:N:3244881:S:0 A …
HHS Announces Civil Monetary Penalties for HIPAA, MSP, and SBC Violations, Effective August 8, 2024
HHS, Annual Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustment, 45 CFR Part 102, 89 Fed. Reg. 64815 (Aug. 8, 2024) Available at …
Can We Terminate COBRA Coverage Early If a Qualified Beneficiary Submits a Fraudulent Claim?
QUESTION: A COBRA qualified beneficiary has submitted a fraudulent claim to our health plan. Can we terminate her COBRA coverage …
Texas Courts Place Nationwide Hold on DOL Investment Advice Fiduciary Rule
FACC v. DOL, 2024 WL 3554879 (E.D. Tex. 2024); American Council of Life Insurers v. DOL, 2024 WL 3572297 (N.D. …
IRS Issues Final and Proposed Required Minimum Distribution Regulations Reflecting SECURE and SECURE 2.0 Act Changes
Final Regulations, Required Minimum Distributions, 29 CFR Parts 1, 31, and 54, 89 Fed. Reg. 58886 (July 19, 2024); Notice …
Eleventh Circuit: No Pre-Birth FMLA Leave Entitlement for Non-Married Expectant Father
Tanner v. Stryker Corp. of Mich., 2024 WL 3058746 (11th Cir. 2024) Available at https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202214188.pdf An employee was expecting a …