• Click here to read Buck Consultants' summary of how recently released DOL FAQ on mental health parity (click here to read FAQ) impacts grandfather status (7/6/10)
• Click here to read Health Reform GPS's summary of Health Insurance Reforms & Grandfathered Plans (6/26/10)
• Click here to read the HHS press release on regulations for grandfathered plans (6/14/10).
• Click here to read the HHS Q&A on the regulations for grandfathered plans (6/14/10)
• Click here for Health Reform GPS's summary of immediate reforms in private health insurance, including what applies to Grandfathered Plans (5/10/10)
• Click here for Proskauer's presentation on Grandfathered Plans & Exception for Collectively Bargained Agreements (4/29/10)
• Click here for Groom Law Group chart identifying sections effective for Grandfathered Plans (4/2/10) 

• Click here to read an NPR story on large employer plans re: covering <27 early (see all Mercer survey results under General category below) (5/20/10)
• Click here for Buck Consultant's summary of the Guidance on Extension of Children's Health Coverage to Age 26 (5/13/10)
• Click here for DOL "Young Adults & the Affordable Care Act: Protecting Young Adults & Eliminating Burdens on Families & Businesses"
• Click here for "Q & A: DOL Young Adults & the Affordable Care Act..."
• Click here for press release on IRS guidance on tax-free employer-provided health coverage for children under age 27 (4/27/10)
• Click here for IRS Notice 2010-28 (4/27/10)

 

• Click here to read Buck Consultants' summary & commentary onf the final ERRP application & FAQs (7/9/10)
• Click here to read Employee Benefit News article on updated guidance on early retiree reinsurance progam & list of "dos & donts" from Towers Watson (7/6/10)
• Click here to read National Business Coalition on Health's Action Alert on the release of the official application & application instructions for the early retiree reninsurance program (6/29/10)
• Click here to read Hewitt survey results that indicate most U.S. companies plan to apply for the federally funded Retiree Reinsurance Program (5/25/10) 
• Click here for Groom Law Group Memo on Interim Final Regulationson Retiree Reinsurance Program (5/6/10)
• Click here for Buck Consultants' summary of HHS Interim Final Regulations on Retiree Reinsurance Program (5/6/10)
• Click here for Paul Hasting's "Early Retiree" Retiree Health Insurance Initial Observations & First Guidance (5/4/10)
• Click here for Paul Hasting's "Early Retiree" Retiree Health Insuarnce & CLASS compliance slides (4/22/10)
• Click here for Sebelius Fact Sheet on Retiree Reinsurance Program. (4/9/10) 
• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius posted a fact sheet to a White House blog on the early retiree reinsurance program included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). This reinsurance program is one of the first significant parts of the health reform law to be implemented, and has already garnered considerable employer interest.

 

Part-Time Employees

• Click here to read Bass Berry & Sims summary on how part-time employees are addressed in health reform (4/15/10)

 

• Click here to read Milliman's assessment of the impact of health reform on Large Employers (6/11/10)
• Click here to read ther results of Mercer's survey of 800 large employers re: the impact of health reform (5/20/10)
• Click here for Health Reform GPS's summary of immediate reforms in private health insurance (5/10/10)
• Click here to read about the health reform study groups Employee Benefit News plans to establish.
• MBGH hopes to join at least one group, so stay tuned.
• Click here for Benefits Selling summary of how health reform affects LARGE employers (5/1/10)
• Click here for Groom Law Group chart of effective dates (4/8/10)
• Click here for SHRM April 5, 2010 HR Week Health Reform Update (4/5/10).
•  Includes summary of employer impact for key health reform provisions. Please note, some links are for SHRM members only
Click here to access March 31, 2010 Slides from Groom Law Group on Navigating Health Reform (3/31/10)
•  Good resource to identify employer requirements for self-insured and insured plans
• Click here for MBGH's Health Reform presentation to the Tennessee Personnel Management Association (4/15/10)
   

See below for MBGH NBCH Health Care Reform Update: Employer Implementation Summary (March 31, 2010)