Compliance

Employers and third-party administrators must recognize the significant business risks associated with health plans that exclude gender-affirming care in today's post-Bostock environment.

The notice said that list would be reviewed periodically to determine whether more items should be included if they are proven to either prevent certain conditions or improve chronic disease diagnoses.

As more states pass laws regarding gender-affirming care, employers need to take a close look at how they structure their health care benefit plans.

Companies that had touted their DEI progress are now questioning whether they've set themselves up for future legal action.

The owner of one of California's largest pain management clinics has agreed to settle allegations of fraud for inflicting unnecessary and painful procedures on patients whom they were supposed to be relieving of pain, according to the DOJ.

The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed to reinforce the 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act that requires insurers to cover mental health benefits to the same degree as medical and surgical benefits.

A small but growing list of big-name companies are calling employees back to their desks four days a week, as experts advise executives to carefully consider what they're trying to achieve with in-office requirements and to be intentional about that.

"Unmistakably, the aim is to use the document to persuade courts to extend the frontiers," said former FTC Chair William Kovacic.