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[Guidance Overview]
"San Francisco recently released its updated contribution requirement for 2021.... The ordinance applies to any employer that has one or more employees working regularly at least 8 hours per week (104 hours per calendar quarter) within the City/County Limit of San Francisco. This is so, even if all of the employer's other workers are located outside of San Francisco "
HUB International
[Guidance Overview]
"While the new statewide mandate does not preempt existing local laws -- including New York City's Earned Safe and Sick Time Act and Westchester County's Earned Sick Leave and Safe Time Leave Law -- some of its provisions offer more generous PSL benefits and employee protections. In addition, the new sick leave law allows cities with a population of at least one million to enact a local sick leave ordinance that meets or exceeds statewide requirements for minimum hours and use."
Buck
[Guidance Overview]
"[E]mployers with fewer than 500 employees that provide health care services now must evaluate each employee, on a case-by-case basis, to determine if the employee falls under the definition of 'health care provider.' If the employee does not, the employee now has FFCRA leave rights."
Nixon Peabody LLP
[Guidance Overview]
"Generally, rebates attributable to premium payments made by participants or out of trust assets will be considered plan assets, and rebates attributable to employer-paid premiums will not be considered plan assets.... [DOL] Technical Release 2011-04 recognizes three approaches to dealing with the allocation of the 'plan asset' portion of the rebate. The fiduciary can: [1] pay a direct cash refund to participants; [2] provide participants with a premium discount or premium holiday; or [3] use the assets to enhance plan benefits (e.g., add a disease management or wellness program)."
Verrill Dana LLP
"[United HealthCare is] partnering with its sister company, Naviguard ... to provide the member advocacy around negotiating the balance bill levels should the provider deem the reimbursement too low. This clever tactic has been deployed by reference-based pricing companies ... to eliminate provider networks in general. UHC is now introducing it to support Medicare-based reimbursements for out-of-network services."
EPIC
"The September Order now directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement two payment models, presumably via the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), to address reimbursement for certain prescription drugs under both the Medicare Part B and Part D programs. However, the September Order does not provide much detail as to how the demonstrations will be operationalized."
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