In yet another compromise to allay concerns of religious organizations, the Obama administration on Friday proposed new and revamped rules for coverage of prescription contraceptives. ›› More

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2012 ruling on the federal health care reform act's individual mandate, several legal challenges relative to employers' obligations under the law remain unsettled. ›› More

As deadlines for complying with several major provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act loom, employers still lack formal guidance from federal government agencies on several provisions of the landmark health care form law. ›› More

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The federal government will be running health insurance exchanges in more than half of the states, including several of the biggest states — such as Florida, Texas and Pennsylvania — when a key provision of the 2010 health care reform law kicks in next year. ›› More

Though employers nationwide have begun crunching the numbers to determine whether to “pay” or “play” and comply with the coverage mandate under the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, most have decided to play, at least for now. ›› More

While details of their notification and reporting obligations regarding the public insurance exchanges established under the health care reform law remain unsettled, employers shouldn't wait to review their readiness to meet those requirements, experts say. ›› More

If they haven't done so yet, now is the time for employers to make a decision about “pay or play” compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Alden J. Bianchi, a practice leader at Boston-based Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C., discusses the rules and recent Internal Revenue Service guidance. ›› More

Updated rules for Massachusetts' groundbreaking health care reform law could require extra work for self-insured employers and grandfathered plans that are exempt from certain similar requirements in the federal health care reform law. ›› More