Compliance Alerts
The following alerts have all been written, reviewed, and issued by the EBS Compliance team. The most recent alerts are at the top. If you have questions regarding how a specific alert may affect your population, reach out to your service team to discuss further.
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Roe v. Wade Overturned
On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Mississippi’s restrictions on abortion, a ruling that may lead some states to enact severe abortion restrictions. Many employers will revise their employee health care benefits.
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PCOR Fees due to IRS by July 31
This is a reminder to employers sponsoring self-funded medical plans, MERPs, PFAs, and HRA plans to pay your annual PCOR Fee to the IRS by July 31, 2022.
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San Francisco Employer Health Plan Contribution Reporting
The following alert applies ONLY to employers with employees in San Francisco, CA.
The San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO) requires covered employers to spend a certain dollar amount on health care (i.e. medical, dental, vision, prescription drug) for covered employees. The minimum health care expenditure for each covered employee is determined quarterly by multiplying the employee’s total number of payable hours in the quarter by the applicable health care expenditure rate.
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Massachusetts COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave to End March 15, 2022
On March 1, 2022, the state announced that the Massachusetts COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave program, which was originally set to expire on April 1, 2022, will now expire on March 15, 2022.
Employers in Massachusetts must continue to offer COVID-19 paid sick leave to eligible employees through March 15th.
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Compliance Alert: ACA Reporting Update
2022 1095-C Delivery Extension
Due date to deliver forms to employees: The IRS has announced a semi-permanent automatic extension for employers and insurers to deliver 2021 forms 1095-C and 1095-B to employees. The deadline for Applicable Large Employers (ALE’s) to deliver 2021 1095-C forms to employees has been extended by 30 days from January 31, 2022 to March 2, 2022.
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Group Health Plans, Insurers Must Cover At-Home COVID-19 Tests
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) issued Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Monday that generally require group health plans and insurers to cover the costs of at-home over-the-counter COVID-19 tests (OTC COVID-19 Tests) approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and purchased on or after January 15, 2022.
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Preparing for 2022 Illinois Enacts a New Employee Notice Requirement
This alert applies only to employers with employees working in Illinois.
The state of Illinois enacted a “Consumer Coverage Disclosure Act” which creates a requirement for Illinois employers (that is, any employer offering health coverage to an employee who works in Illinois) to provide a notice to employees that compares the employer offered plan to a list of Illinois essential health benefits.
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Update to the Washington State Long-Term Care Program
This alert is only for employers with employees in Washington state. The WA Cares Fund has been paused.
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2022 MA PFML Updates: Updated Employee Communications and Exemption Renewals
As the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has established updated benefit and contribution amounts for 2022, new employee communications have been released to notify employees of the changes.
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2022 Health and Welfare Benefit Plan Limits
With 2022 soon upon us, employers and payroll professionals are getting ready for another benefit year.