Rachel Loscheider

Oct 2, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Edward I. Leeds |Rachel Loscheider

SummaryThe U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) updated its 2021 cybersecurity guidance to clarify that it applies to all employee benefit plans. The DOL guidance confirms that plan fiduciaries, including health and welfare plan fiduciaries, have an obligation to evaluate the cybersecurity procedures of plan record-keepers and other service providers.

Jun 28, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Edward I. Leeds |Rachel Loscheider

[co-author: Sofia Reed]Over the course of the past few months, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), both of which are divisions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), have issued a series of new regulations and guidance related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). OCR issued a final rule that modifies HIPAA to support reproductive health care privacy.

Mar 18, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Christopher A. Jones |Edward I. Leeds |Rachel Loscheider

SummaryThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania changed its tax treatment of assistance that employers provide for dependent care services – including dependent care flexible spending accounts. Retroactive to January 1, 2023, Pennsylvania will no longer tax employees on amounts that employers pay or subsidize for dependent care up to $5,000 ($2,500 for employees who are married and file separate returns).

Mar 15, 2024 | ballardspahr.com | Christopher Jones |Edward I. Leeds |Rachel Loscheider

Summary The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania changed its tax treatment of assistance that employers provide for dependent care services – including dependent care flexible spending accounts. Retroactive to January 1, 2023, Pennsylvania will no longer tax employees on amounts that employers pay or subsidize for dependent care up to $5,000 ($2,500 for employees who are married and file separate returns).

Jul 21, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Edward I. Leeds |Rachel Loscheider

As we previously reported, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury jointly issued guidance on the requirement in the CAA that health plans and insurers attest to their compliance with the prohibition against gag clauses.