Williams Mullen’s Health Care Reform Team can help you navigate the requirements, costs and options available under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as the Affordable Care Act. Our team is comprised of a cross-practice group of attorneys from our Healthcare, Employee Benefits, Tax, Labor and Employment and Government Relations sections. Because this law is complicated and developments are ongoing, our team monitors Affordable Care Act developments from every angle.
Affordable Care Act: "Pay or Play" Compliance Concerns for Employers
Williams Mullen’s Health Care Reform Team can help you navigate the requirements, costs and options available under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as the Affordable Care Act. Our team is comprised of a cross-practice group of attorneys from our Healthcare, Employee Benefits, Tax, Labor and Employment and Government Relations sections. Because this law is complicated and developments are ongoing, our team monitors Affordable Care Act developments from every angle. Whether it’s through email alerts, seminar, webinars or a personal meeting, our approach is to clearly explain the impact on your business and our goal is to provide you with an integrated solution that achieves your strategic objectives. You will find that most of our Health Care Reform Team members are lawyers because you not only need someone who understands the Act’s nuances but also someone who knows how best to protect you under the law. So whether you are a business trying to assess the minimum essential health coverage or a provider grappling with reimbursement considerations, the Williams Mullen Health Care Reform Team can help you now.
Our assistance to clients includes the following:
- Determining whether and when an employer is subject to Affordable Care Act mandates
- Review of plan design to ensure compliance
- Develop compliance strategies that make business sense
- Provide guidance on complying with the affordability requirement using IRS safe harbors
- Assess payment liability
- Review of notices and summary plan descriptions to ensure compliance with ACA disclosure requirements
- Assessment of grandfathered plan status
- Advice on complying with new nondiscrimination rules for insured plans
- Compliance with the automatic enrollment requirement for plans
- Creating administration processes to facilitate compliance
- Advice on participation eligibility requirements and permitted waiting periods
- Advice on complying with new ACA fees, such as the Transitional Reinsurance Program Fee and the Comparative Effectiveness Research Fee
Affordable Care Act: "Pay or Play" Compliance Concerns for Employers
News
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07.27.2018
PODCAST: What Do Government Contractors Need to Know About the Affordable Care Act in 2018?
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03.28.2017
Trump’s Budget Proposal: Increased Spending for Health Care Fraud Enforcement
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09.23.2016
New Nondiscrimination Rules Impact Health Care Providers and Health Plans
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02.25.2016
Affordable Care Act Compliance Update for 2016
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11.06.2015
Bipartisan Budget Agreement Triggers New Audit Rules for Partnerships; Repeals ACA Automatic Enrollment
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06.25.2015
Supreme Court Upholds ACA Premium Assistance Nationwide
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11.18.2014
Brydon DeWitt Featured in Inside Business Article About Health Care Reform Compliance
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11.06.2014
Health Care Reform Challenges for Educational Institutions
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09.17.2014
Former Virginia Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Resources Matthew Cobb Joins Williams Mullen
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04.01.2014
Brydon DeWitt discusses the ACA enrollment deadline on Channel 8
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02.12.2014
Employer Healthcare Mandate Transition Relief Announced
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02.05.2014
ACA – Where Are We Now? Health and Welfare Benefits Compliance Update
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10.07.2013
Brydon DeWitt featured in Inside Business article about the ACA
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10.03.2013
Three Healthcare Questions For Construction Industry Employers
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07.03.2013
Employer Healthcare Mandate Delayed
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06.12.2013
Three Healthcare Questions as 2014 Approaches
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03.15.2013
Virginia Legislative Report at the Conclusion of the 2013 Session
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10.01.2012
Health Care Reform: The Employer Shared Responsibility and “Full-Time Employees"
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03.28.2012
Virginia Legislative Report at the Conclusion of the 2012 Session
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07.14.2011
Health Care Reform Alert: Claims Procedure Rules For Non-Grandfathered Plans Revised
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03.31.2011
Health Care Reform Update
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09.29.2010
Health Care Reform: Tips for Open Enrollment
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08.07.2010
Brydon M. DeWitt Explains the Value of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage
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05.11.2010
Agencies Clarify Health Care Reform Adult Child Coverage
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03.31.2010
Understanding Health Care Reform - Employer Alert
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01.08.2010
Can Antitrust Exemption Survive Health Care Reform?
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01.01.2010
Will Health Care Reform End the Insurance Industry’s Antitrust Exemption?
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09.16.2009
Congressional Update - September 16, 2009
Events
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06.21.2018
Legal Aspects of Health & Welfare Plans
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06.06.2018
Common Pitfalls and Best Practices in Group Health Plans
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05.04.2017
Spring 2017 Tax Forum
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10.21.2015
Virginia Society of CPA's Specialized Knowledge Day
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08.19.2015
Affordable Care Act Reporting Requirements
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03.31.2015
Webinar: Buying, Selling, Relocating Assisted Living or Nursing Home Beds in North Carolina
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09.17.2013
2013 Richmond Healthcare Reform Leadership Forum
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09.10.2013
WMACCA Richmond - More Timely Than Ever: Healthcare Reform Outlook
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07.20.2013
Health Care Reform: Three Big Questions as 2015 Approaches
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11.09.2012
Decision 2012 and Its Impact on the Future of Health Care Reform
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Wyatt S. Beazley, IV
Partner- Phone:804.420.6497
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Matthew M. Cobb
Partner- Phone:804.420.6390
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Brydon M. DeWitt
Partner- Phone:804.420.6917
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Thomas F. "Chip" Hancock, IV
Senior Associate- Phone:804.420.6244
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Joy Heath
Partner- Phone:919.981.4001
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Nicole Pugar Lawter
Director of Government Relations*- Phone:703.760.5241
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Marc Purintun
Partner- Phone:804.420.6310
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Marie D. Yascko-Rosado
Associate- Phone:804.420.6418
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