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Health insurance plans nationwide must continue to pay in full for preventive services, after the Biden administration signed an order partially halting a Texas federal judge's freeze on these services.

On Friday, it was announced that a tentative agreement has been reached after a federal appeals court ordered both sides to reach a compromise on whether to lift the freeze on preventive health services under Obamacare.

As the new law rolls out, some plan sponsors are questioning whether the government's capabilities to negotiate with Medicare on lower drug prices could prompt manufacturers to increase medication costs for employer plans.

While litigation is not widespread, it's important for plan sponsors to look at operations and shore up practices since there was action on 43 defined contribution cases during the first quarter of 2023, according to Mercer.

On Tuesday, an appeals court weighed lifting freeze on Affordable Care Act's preventive health services mandate nationwide in a case most likely headed to the Supreme Court.

Ezekiel J. Emanuel lays out his predictions for what will drive health care in the foreseeable future, from value-based payments and mental health parity to improved maternity and newborn care.

For employers who wish to offer employees earning more than $145,000 a catch-up contribution option, they must first contact their plan recordkeeper to request the changes, which can sometimes take months to be implemented.

The move by many states, like Oregon and California, to require auto-IRA retirement plans for private-sector workers has not discouraged employers from sponsoring their own retirement plan benefits, a Pew study has found.