New TX Law Restricts Gender Affirming Care for Youth Effective September 1, 2023
Texas SB 14, which has been sent to the Governor to become law, will severely restrict gender affirming …
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Fees Due By July 31, 2023
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to help patients, clinicians, payers, and …
HSA Indexing for 2024
On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, the IRS released 2024 indexing for health savings accounts (HSAs) and excepted benefit …
Covid-19: Certain Telemedicine Flexibilities Extended via Temporary Rule
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a temporary …
IRS Provides Another Reminder of FSA Claim Substantiation Requirements
On April 28, 2023, the IRS’s Office of Chief Counsel published a memorandum recounting the existing claim substantiation …
The Braidwood Decision and Coverage of Preventive Health Services
On May 15, 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a stay on the …
National Emergency and Outbreak Period Ending Sooner
In late January of this year, the White House announced that it intended to end the pandemic-related National …
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is Expiring: Agency FAQs Released
In our previous Bolton blog and Alert, we outlined how the end of the PHE will affect group …
San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO) Annual Reporting Due 5/1/23
The deadline to complete the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance Annual Reporting for 2022 is May 1, …
IRS FAQs Clarify When General Health Expenses are Qualified Medical Expenses
On Friday, March 17, 2023, the IRS announced they have assembled a series of frequently asked questions (FAQs) …
Nation’s Top 3 Insulin Manufacturers Promise Price Cuts
On March 1, Eli Lilly announced cuts to insulin list prices and providing an automatic cap on “out-of-pocket …
Proposed Rules for Contraceptive Services
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires non-grandfathered health plans to cover contraceptives in 18 FDA-defined categories with no …
