Read More About Proposed Changes to HIPAA-Excepted Benefits

In "Departments propose changes to HIPAA-excepted benefit regulations", Buck Consultants explains that:

"Recently issued proposed regulations make significant changes to the definition of HIPAA-excepted
benefits. The proposed rules would eliminate the condition that participants in self-insured plans pay a separate premium for limited-scope vision and dental benefits and provide criteria by which employers could offer certain “wraparound” coverage to employees for whom the employer’s primary medical plan is unaffordable under the ACA. They also set out the conditions under which EAPs can qualify as excepted benefits."

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