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HEALTH PLAN ADMINISTRATION

When, Oh When, Does The Outbreak Period End?

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HEALTH PLAN ADMINISTRATION

RxDC Frequently Asked Questions

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URGENT UPDATE

MZQ will now be filing P-2/D-1s on behalf of plan sponsors

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EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

The Employer Reporting Requirement (Almost) Everyone Forgot

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Employer Requirements

Is Congress Already Phoning It In? MZQ’s Thoughts On CAA23

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Special Edition

Fiduciary Litigation Stresses Rights of Plan Sponsors

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EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

The 2023 Employee Benefit Plan Compliance Issues We Are Thinking About Already

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EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

Don’t Let The Perfect Parity Analysis Be The Enemy of the Good (AKA What’s Required By Law!)

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Health Plan Administration

Public Service Announcement: RxDC reporting is Coming. Are you Ready??!

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Health Plan Administration

Minding Your Numbers—Key Considerations for Open Enrollment

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EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

The Dobbs Decision

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HEALTH PLAN ADMINISTRATION

Group Health Plan Sponsors and Health Insurance Issuers Have Some Decisions to Make!

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EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

Biden Budget Asks for New MHPAEA Enforcement Money and Increased Power to Go After Third-Parties

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HEALTH PLAN ADMINISTRATION

Surprise Billing: Ready or Not, Here It Comes!

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EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

The Results Are In: Everyone Needs To “Phone A Friend” For Mental Health Parity Compliance Help

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HEALTH PLAN ADMINISTRATION

New Employer Health Plan Compliance Responsibilities for 2022

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ACA Reporting

Good Faith Compliance for ACA Reporting Is Ending, But Help Is Still Available!

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Employer Requirements

Friendly Advice on Handling Workforce COVID-19 Vaccination Policies

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EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

SCOTUS is Back…And So Are We!

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HEALTH PLAN ADMINISTRATION

What Keeps Us Up at Night (a Look at What the DOL is Up To…)

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HEALTH POLICY UPDATES

Five Fascinating Parts of the Surprise Billing Rule People Seem to Be Overlooking

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MAKING COMPLIANCE SIMPLE

Recalculating: Don’t Lose Your Way While Helping Clients Navigate Today’s Compliance Landscape

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MAKING COMPLIANCE SIMPLE

Don’t Forget To Update Your Service Agreements!

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HEALTH PLAN ADMINISTRATION

The Compensation Disclosure Requirements in the Consolidated Appropriations Act Will Be A Positive Force For Employee Benefit Specialists and Consumers Moving Forward

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EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

Easier Access to Exchange-Based Premium Tax Credit Subsidies Means Employers Need To Think About Their Liability and Risk Tolerance

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EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

The One with More About the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and NQTL Analyses

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HEALTH PLAN ADMINISTRATION

Group Health Plan Compliance IS Harder Now Than Ever Before—The Facts and Our To-do Lists Do Not Lie!

READ NOW

EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

It’s Past Time To Get To Work on Mental Health Parity NQTL Compliance Analyses!

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EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

ERISA Compliance Is Getting Harder, and the DOL is Getting Serious

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Health Plan Administration

Is the Traditional Health Plan Network About To Go The Way of the Dinosaurs?

READ NOW

EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

SCOTUS Spoke on Rutledge v. PCMA and Their Words Will Impact ERISA Plans for Years to Come

READ NOW

Health Policy Updates

What Employee Benefits Professionals Need to Deal with Now and What’s Coming Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021

READ NOW

Health Policy Updates

Regulatory Flurry as the Clock Tick Down for the Trump Administration

READ NOW

EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

The Dreaded IRS "226-J" Letter – Why an Employer Might Get One and How To Respond

READ NOW

HEALTH POLICY UPDATES

Start Planning for the New Healthcare Price Transparency Rules Now – They Probably Aren’t Going Away!

READ NOW

HEALTH POLICY UPDATES

On Transparency and Voting—Power is in the Details!

READ NOW

EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

Rutledge v. PCMA – We Cannot Wait for SCOTUS's Take

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SCOTUS update

Supreme Update—A Few Words on RBG and California v. Texas

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EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

New FFCRA Paid Leave Rule – Big Deal or No Big Deal?

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EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

Mental Health Parity – Why Is Something So Important So Hard? Part Two of a Two-Part Series!

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EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

Mental Health Parity – Why Is Something So Important So Hard? Part One of a Two-Part Series!

READ NOW

HEALTH POLICY UPDATES

Is There Any Relief for Working Pandemic Parents??!

READ NOW

Employer Requirements

ACA Employer Reporting - Why 2020 May Be Complicated

READ NOW

HEALTH POLICY UPDATES

COVID-19 Testing and the Workplace: What is A Yes, What Is a No, And the Many Options of Maybe So!

READ NOW

HEALTH POLICY UPDATES

New IRS Rule Has Pros and Cons for Direct Primary Care

READ NOW

EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

Paycheck Protection Program – How the Rules Are Changing and How They May Stay the Same

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Health Policy Updates

New COVID-19 Section 125 Plan Guidance—The Possible and Impossible

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Health Policy Updates

PPP or Retention Credit?

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Health Policy Updates

COBRA Deadlines and the Emergency COVID-19 Regulation

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Health Plan Administration

Help Desk: How Will COVID-19 Impact Your Health Plan?

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Health Policy Updates

COVID-19 Paid Leave Tax Credits

READ NOW

Health Policy Updates

COVID-19 Paid Leave Requirements: We’ve Got Some Answers!

READ NOW

Health Policy Updates

COVID-19 and Employee Benefit Plans - The Knows and Unknowns

READ NOW

Health Policy Updates

Coronavirus and Health Insurance Coverage – All the Details You Wish You Didn’t Need

READ NOW

Health Plan Administration

Reference-Based Pricing and Its Compliance Considerations

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Employer Requirements

What To Do About The Medicare Creditable Coverage Requirements

READ NOW

Employer Requirements

Employers Not Prepared for New Jersey Reporting Requirements Face Legal Risk

READ NOW

Health Policy Updates

Health Policy Predictions for 2020

READ NOW

Health Policy Updates

A Flurry of Health Policy Activity Marks the Close of 2019

READ NOW

Making Compliance Simple

Top Ten “True” Health Plan Compliance Cliches

READ NOW

Health Plan Administration

Healthcare Price Transparency – What Will It Take To Make It Work?

READ NOW

Making Compliance Simple

ERISA Disclosures for Health Plans – Is There A Better Way?

READ NOW

Making Compliance Simple

Open Enrollment for Brokers – The Most Wonderful Time of The Year

READ NOW

Health Plan Administration

Individual Coverage HRAs–Worth An Existential Crisis?

READ NOW

Health Plan Administration

What Shall We Do With A MLR Rebate?

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Account-Based Plans

What Preventive Care Services Really Means

READ NOW

Making Compliance Simple

You’ve Got A Friend In Us

READ NOW

Friends with HEALTH Benefits

When, Oh When, Does The Outbreak Period End?

RxDC Frequently Asked Questions

MZQ will now be filing P-2/D-1s on behalf of plan sponsors

The Employer Reporting Requirement (Almost) Everyone Forgot

Is Congress Already Phoning It In? MZQ’s Thoughts On CAA23

Fiduciary Litigation Stresses Rights of Plan Sponsors

The 2023 Employee Benefit Plan Compliance Issues We Are Thinking About Already

Don’t Let The Perfect Parity Analysis Be The Enemy of the Good (AKA What’s Required By Law!)

Public Service Announcement: RxDC reporting is Coming. Are you Ready??!

Minding Your Numbers—Key Considerations for Open Enrollment

The Dobbs Decision

Group Health Plan Sponsors and Health Insurance Issuers Have Some Decisions to Make!

Biden Budget Asks for New MHPAEA Enforcement Money and Increased Power to Go After Third-Parties

Surprise Billing: Ready or Not, Here It Comes!

The Results Are In: Everyone Needs To “Phone A Friend” For Mental Health Parity Compliance Help

New Employer Health Plan Compliance Responsibilities for 2022

Good Faith Compliance for ACA Reporting Is Ending, But Help Is Still Available!

Friendly Advice on Handling Workforce COVID-19 Vaccination Policies

SCOTUS is Back…And So Are We!

What Keeps Us Up at Night (a Look at What the DOL is Up To…)

Five Fascinating Parts of the Surprise Billing Rule People Seem to Be Overlooking

Recalculating: Don’t Lose Your Way While Helping Clients Navigate Today’s Compliance Landscape

Don’t Forget To Update Your Service Agreements!

The Compensation Disclosure Requirements in the Consolidated Appropriations Act Will Be A Positive Force For Employee Benefit Specialists and Consumers Moving Forward

Easier Access to Exchange-Based Premium Tax Credit Subsidies Means Employers Need To Think About Their Liability and Risk Tolerance

The One with More About the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and NQTL Analyses

Group Health Plan Compliance IS Harder Now Than Ever Before—The Facts and Our To-do Lists Do Not Lie!

It’s Past Time To Get To Work on Mental Health Parity NQTL Compliance Analyses!

ERISA Compliance Is Getting Harder, and the DOL is Getting Serious

Is the Traditional Health Plan Network About To Go The Way of the Dinosaurs?

SCOTUS Spoke on Rutledge v. PCMA and Their Words Will Impact ERISA Plans for Years to Come

What Employee Benefits Professionals Need to Deal with Now and What’s Coming Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021

Regulatory Flurry as the Clock Tick Down for the Trump Administration

The Dreaded IRS "226-J" Letter – Why an Employer Might Get One and How To Respond

Start Planning for the New Healthcare Price Transparency Rules Now – They Probably Aren’t Going Away!

On Transparency and Voting—Power is in the Details!

Rutledge v. PCMA – We Cannot Wait for SCOTUS's Take

Supreme Update—A Few Words on RBG and California v. Texas

New FFCRA Paid Leave Rule – Big Deal or No Big Deal?

Mental Health Parity – Why Is Something So Important So Hard? Part Two of a Two-Part Series!

Mental Health Parity – Why Is Something So Important So Hard? Part One of a Two-Part Series!

Is There Any Relief for Working Pandemic Parents??!

ACA Employer Reporting - Why 2020 May Be Complicated

COVID-19 Testing and the Workplace: What is A Yes, What Is a No, And the Many Options of Maybe So!

New IRS Rule Has Pros and Cons for Direct Primary Care

Paycheck Protection Program – How the Rules Are Changing and How They May Stay the Same

New COVID-19 Section 125 Plan Guidance—The Possible and Impossible

PPP or Retention Credit?

COBRA Deadlines and the Emergency COVID-19 Regulation

Help Desk: How Will COVID-19 Impact Your Health Plan?

COVID-19 Paid Leave Tax Credits

COVID-19 Paid Leave Requirements: We’ve Got Some Answers!

COVID-19 and Employee Benefit Plans - The Knows and Unknowns

Coronavirus and Health Insurance Coverage – All the Details You Wish You Didn’t Need

Reference-Based Pricing and Its Compliance Considerations

What To Do About The Medicare Creditable Coverage Requirements

Employers Not Prepared for New Jersey Reporting Requirements Face Legal Risk

Health Policy Predictions for 2020

A Flurry of Health Policy Activity Marks the Close of 2019

Top Ten “True” Health Plan Compliance Cliches

Healthcare Price Transparency – What Will It Take To Make It Work?

ERISA Disclosures for Health Plans – Is There A Better Way?

Open Enrollment for Brokers – The Most Wonderful Time of The Year

Individual Coverage HRAs–Worth An Existential Crisis?

What Shall We Do With A MLR Rebate?

What Preventive Care Services Really Means

You’ve Got A Friend In Us

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