Employer-Paid

"Under the ACA preventive services requirement, employer health plans and insurers must cover, without cost sharing, all immunizations recommended by ACIP and adopted by the CDC," wrote two WTW-affiliated physicians — Jeff Levin-Scherz and Patricia Toro.

The new "revenue procedure" provides parameters for benefits arrangements such as cafeteria plans and qualified small employer health reimbursements.

Following a successful pilot program, New York employers with 10 or more employees that do not already offer a qualified retirement plan will now be able to provide their employees the opportunity to save for retirement at work.

Beginning Jan. 1, employers can choose between two methods for calculating the credit -- a wages-paid method or a newly introduced premium-based method.

PBMs predict the new law will increase costs at fully insured plans by $1,800 per enrollee per year.

The chamber also sent the House a bill that would add two ESOP reps to the ERISA Advisory Council.