On Friday October 6, 2017, the Trump administration released two interim final rules expanding the exemptions allowed under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (the “ACA’s”) contraceptive coverage mandate. Under the ACA, employer group health plans generally are required to cover contraceptives, sterilization, and related patient education and counseling, with exemptions provided for religious
Transgender Teenager’s Death Leads to ACA § 1557 Discrimination Suit Against Hospital
Kyler Prescott was a 14 year old transgender boy who was receiving puberty-delaying medication to help him transition. Shortly before Kyler’s death he had “suicidal ideation” and was taken to Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego in April 2015. The hospital has a Gender Management Clinic to provide services to children with gender dysphoria and
ACA’s Implications for M&A Transactions
Recently, the Practical Law Company published a Q&A with me regarding issues raised by the Affordable Care Act in mergers and acquisitions. We discussed various items employers should review, such as full-time worker definitions, exposure to tax under the employer mandate, and integration of each party’s health programs. Following is
Client Alert: CMS Issues Final Regulations on Federal “Sunshine” Law for Manufacturers and GPOs
Our colleagues at Epstein Becker Green have issued a client alert: “CMS Issues Final Regulations on Federal ‘Sunshine’ Law for Manufacturers and GPOs,” by Amy K. Dow, Wendy C. Goldstein, Kim Tyrrell-Knott, Sarah K. diFrancesca, David C. Gibbons, Daniel G. Gottlieb, and Natasha F. Thoren.
Following is an excerpt:
On February 1, 2013,
Five Actions Employers Should Consider Taking to Comply with the Affordable Care Act
I wrote the January 2013 edition of Take 5: Views You Can Use, a newsletter published by the Labor and Employment practice of Epstein Becker Green.
In it, I summarize five actions that employers should consider taking in 2013 as the DOL steps up its audit efforts under the leadership of
Important New Guidance for Employers under the Affordable Care Act on the Employer Shared Responsibility Penalties and the 90-Day Waiting Period Limitation
On August 31, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), along with the Department of the Treasury, Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued guidance 
under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the “Affordable Care Act”) on
Timeline of Highlights for Employer Group Health Plan Compliance with the Affordable Care Act
by Joan A. Disler, Michelle Capezza, and Gretchen Harders
Now that the Supreme Court of the United States has upheld essentially all of the provisions of the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), employers are faced with looming deadlines to bring their group health plans into compliance with the ACA’s numerous new requirements.
Timeline of Highlights for Employer Group Health Plan Compliance with the Affordable Care Act
by Joan A. Disler, Michelle Capezza, and Gretchen Harders
Now that the Supreme Court of the United States has upheld essentially all of the provisions of the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), employers are faced with looming deadlines to bring their group health plans into compliance with the ACA’s numerous new requirements.
Michelle Capezza on Health FSAs-Plan for the $2500 Cap
Our colleague at Epstein Becker Green Michelle Capezza recently posted this on the Technology Company Counselor blog:
Continue Reading Michelle Capezza on Health FSAs-Plan for the $2500 Cap
The Supreme Court Mulls Obamacare; the Health Care Industry Mulls the Supreme Court
Written by: Stuart M. Gerson
The three days of arguments about the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are complete. The Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States have conducted their post-argument conference and are now turning their attention to the drafting and the discussions that will lead to a