As businesses are increasingly focused on reopening and rebuilding, it’s important to also stay on top of non-COVID-related regulatory and legislative matters to ensure continued compliance. This update covers issues involving Vaccine strategies, Medicare, Transparency and more.
Can employers require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine?
Plan sponsors must provide the annual Creditable (or Non-creditable) Coverage Disclosure Notice to all Medicare-eligible individuals by October 15.
The tri-agencies have issued FAQ guidance that effectively delays compliance of some transparency rules and requests “good faith” compliance with others.
An increased de minimis failures threshold, extended safe harbor sunset, and a new anonymous, no-fee, pre-submission conference process are among the changes in the latest Revenue Procedure.
The Health Care Security Ordinance (“HCSO”) applies to businesses with 20+ employees and to nonprofits 50+ employees.
The amended ordinance adds leave for the closure of employee’s place of employment for public health reasons, and requires an employer to provide every new employee with a copy of the policy.