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Special Compliance Alerts

Meritain Health Prepares for ICD-10 Compliance

Nov-01-2011

International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) is part of a government mandate. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has mandated that all HIPAA covered entities must implement ICD-10 for use in standard electronic transactions for dates of service that occur on or after October 1, 2013. More...

Complimentary Webinar: HealthCare Reform and Your Business

Sep-12-2011

It has been over a year since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed into law, and September 23, 2011 will mark a year since employers were required to comply with this legislation. More...

Revised model disclosure notices issued for Part D-eligible individuals

Jun-07-2011

Entities that are required to provide Medicare Part D-eligible individuals with information regarding the status of their prescription drug plan should now be utilizing notifications that reflect the new annual election period. More...

Recent Changes with Healthcare Reform

Apr-11-2011

Healthcare reform continues to progress and over the past few weeks, multiple updates have been released. More...

New Notice Requirement for the Limited Benefit Plans Compliance Waiver

Dec-15-2010

On December 9, 2010, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a model notice, applicable to plan sponsors and insurers of limited benefit plans who had been granted a waiver from meeting the restricted annual limit mandate. More...

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Update

Jun-25-2010

Earlier this year, interim final regulations (Interim Regs) were issued by the Department of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services, that provided much needed detail to assist plans with complying with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (“MHPAEA”) or otherwise known as the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. More...

Health Reform and Your Health Plan

Mar-30-2010

As expected, on Thursday, March 25, 2010, prior to the Congressional holiday recess, the slightly modified H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Tax Credit Reconciliation Act of 2010 was passed by the House of Representatives. More...

ARRA COBRA Subsidy Extension

Jan-26-2010

On December 21, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (Act). More...

Mental Health Parity

Sep-21-2009

In October 2008, the U.S. Congress passed the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act as a component of the national Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. More...

Special Compliance Alert: CHIPRA

Apr-07-2009

On February 4, 2009, President Obama enacted the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). More...