As they do every year, the Internal Revenue Service increased the dollar limits (adjusted for cost-of-living increases) that apply to qualified retirement plans. There are three separate charts below that list the limits that have changed for 2009. The three charts are separated to identify the revised limits for: (1) defined contribution plans, (2) defined benefit plans,
Health FSA Debit Cards – Deadline To Comply Has Been Extended
The January 1, 2009 deadline for bringing health flexible spending accounts (“health FSAs”) into compliance with the IRS‘s new debit card rules has been extended to July 1, 2009.
In short, in 2007, the IRS issued guidance stating that, starting on January 1, 2009, participants could use health FSA
Texas Reports Drop in Malpractice Premiums Due to Tort Reform With Damage Caps
Damage cap credited for drop in Texas malpractice premiums
BY CHRIS RIZO
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AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline)-Thanks to a tort reform law in Texas, physicians in the Lone Star State will have reduced liability premiums, officials said this week.
The board of the Texas Medical Liability Trust recently approved an average rate reduction of 4.7
Notice 2008-59 – Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
In Notice 2008-59, the Treasury and IRS have recently provided guidance related to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) in the form of 42 frequently asked questions and corresponding answers related to HSAs. HSAs are medical savings accounts which are available to US taxpayers who are enrolled in a High Deductible Health Plan. The funds from HSAs
Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 (HEART Act)
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LAW ALERT
June 25, 2008
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY – NEW LAW PROVIDES NEW EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN RIGHTS TO MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY AND THEIR SURVIVORS
Effective immediately, a new federal law, called the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 (HEART Act), requires action to be taken by sponsors of qualified retirement
Plan Rights to Members of the Military and Their Survivors
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LAW ALERT
June 25, 2008
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY – NEW LAW PROVIDES NEW EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN RIGHTS TO MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY AND THEIR SURVIVORS
Effective immediately, a new federal law, called the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 (HEART Act), requires action to be taken by sponsors of qualified retirement
Improving Contributions to Physician Retirement Plans
Introduction
A properly designed retirement program can increase a physician’s retirement plan benefit by more than $80,000 while decreasing the practice’s contribution to the non-physician and even non-owner physician employees by $20,000. If this $100,000 plus difference catches your attention, read the rest of the article! Our examples illustrate how similarly situated physicians can have dramatically different
Health Plan Subrogation Services
TUCKER ARENSBERG HEALTH PLAN SUBROGATION SERVICES
Aggressive Subrogation Saves on Health Plan Costs.
An aggressive subrogation program can save your business money on health plan costs. Tucker Arensberg has handled subrogation for employer health plans for many years. We like to tell the story about how one year, one subrogation recovery alone paid for all
Minute Clinics: Good Information from David Harlow’s HealthBlawg
I spoke with Eric Berkman as he reported the lead story on retail clinics in the current issue of Massachusetts Medical Law Report, as did a number of other authorities on the subject. Massachusetts recently promulgated "limited service" clinic regulations in order to regulate retail clinics appropriately, after CVS applied for a host of
“Should CCHIT Influence Your EHR Selection?”
One of our Medlaw Bloggers, Software Advice, contacted us about EHR certification. We thought the information would be useful.
Here are 4 questions we answered in our analysis:
- What are the benefits of CCHIT? CCHIT has taken on the task of defining the key components of an EHR, how it should communicate with other systems