On April 6, 2016, the US Department of Labor posted final versions of the updated summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) template and instructions, updated uniform glossary and other associated ...

Implementing Health Reform (February 29 update). There have been a couple of recent litigation developments respecting the Affordable Care Act. First, on February 29, 2016, the Supreme Court refused ...

When HHS published its template for a Summary of Benefits and Coverage my first thought was, "Wow, this looks a lot like the summary information available in my products and many other products on the ...

Implementing Health Reform (April 11 Update on Vertical Choice). In the 2017 Benefit and Payment Parameters rule the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created a new option for employer ...

The Departments of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Labor (“DOL”), and Treasury (the “Departments”) have jointly released final changes to the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (“SBC”) template, the ...