Sarah Raaii
Subscribe to Sarah Raaii's PostsSarah G. Raaii focuses her practice on employee benefits and matters related to health care reform, data privacy and HIPAA compliance, executive compensation, and health and welfare, cafeteria, 401(k), 403(b) and pension plans. Read Sarah Raaii's full bio.
Consolidated Appropriations Act: Health and Welfare Benefits Provisions
By Jacob Mattinson and Sarah Raaii on Jan 20, 2021
Posted In Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (the Act) was signed into law by the president on December 27, 2020, and includes significant health and welfare benefits provisions that affect group health plans and health insurance issuers. The Act is the most comprehensive single piece of legislation to impact group health plans since the Affordable Care Act. Access...
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Agencies Issue Final Employer Healthcare Price Transparency Rule
By Jacob Mattinson and Sarah Raaii on Dec 10, 2020
Posted In Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans
On October 29, 2020, the US Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury (collectively, the Departments) issued the Transparency in Coverage final rule (the Rule), along with a fact sheet, setting forth requirements for group health plans and health insurance issuers to disclose cost-sharing information upon request to participants, as well as additional...
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