What You Need to Know On June 20, 2017, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the Impairment Rating Evaluation (IRE) process was unconstitutional because the General Assembly is not permitted to delegate its authority to issue impairment rating guidelines to a non-legislative body, or in the Protz case, the American Medical Association (AMA). See Protz … Continued
The Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has indefinitely suspended the revised EEO-1 Report’s compliance date. Major criticisms of the new format, including the large cost of compliance along with the lack of privacy safeguards precipitated its suspension. Private-sector employers and covered federal contractors will not be required to … Continued
Details of the Senate’s GOP health reform bill, the “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017”, were released yesterday. After much speculation we finally have a good idea of what GOP leadership in the upper house would like to see change. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell intends to push the bill through for a vote by the … Continued
On June 5, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision holding that an employee benefit plan may be exempt from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) as a “church plan” even if a church did not establish it. This is big news for church affiliated retirement plan sponsors AND health and welfare benefit … Continued
The Department of Health and Human Services officially approved the Market Stabilization rule as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) on April 18, 2017. This rule amends the ACA and takes effect June 19, 2017. Unlike the AHCA, this is not a full bill that repeals and replaces ACA; instead, it … Continued
Advocates of the initiative to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are pleased that the House Republicans were able to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA). While getting the bill approved in the House is a big accomplishment, and one that GOP leadership can legitimately celebrate, it is important to understand that this is … Continued
