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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

QUESTION: What is an excepted benefit HRA (EBHRA)? ANSWER: EBHRAs are limited-dollar HRAs that qualify as excepted benefits and thus are not subject to the PHSA mandates. They can be offered by employers of any size that want to provide an account-based supplement to their group health coverage without being constrained by the requirements for integrated HRAs.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

HHS, Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation and the Annual Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustment for 2021, 45 CFR Part 102, 86 Fed. Reg. 62928 (Nov. 15, 2021). Available at [link]. HHS has announced adjustments of civil monetary penalties for statutes within its jurisdiction. The latest amounts are based on a cost-of-living increase of 1.01182%.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

IRS Notice 2021-63 (Nov. 16, 2021); IRS News Release IR-2021-225 (Nov. 16, 2021). Notice 2021-63. News Release. The IRS has issued guidance clarifying how the temporary 100% business expense deduction for food or beverages from restaurants applies to the meal portion of per diem rates and allowances. As background, Code § 274(n) generally limits otherwise allowable deductions for food or beverage expenses to 50% of the expenses.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

McKenna v. ZO Skin Health, Inc., 2021 WL 4078291 (N.D. Ohio 2021). Available at [link]. An employee with cancer elected COBRA after being terminated by her employer. She then took a job with a second employer but resigned after working 15 days. After receiving notice from the second employer’s TPA that she was eligible for COBRA under the second employer’s health plan, the employee contacted the first employer’s TPA and dropped her existing COBRA coverage.

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Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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Requirements Related to Surprise Billing, Part II; Petition Process for Certification of IDR Entities. Available at [link]. HHS has provided an online process for health plans and insurers to petition HHS to deny the application of an entity seeking certification as a surprise medical billing independent dispute resolution (IDR) entity. As background, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 comprehensively revised and expanded the Affordable Care Act’s patient protection requirements to shiel

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