On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law. The OBBBA includes several employee benefits-related provisions impacting employer-sponsored plans and fringe benefits, including changes to health savings account eligibility, telehealth coverage, dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs), employer-provided childcare credits, student loan repayment programs, and more.
Learn more about the OBBBA’s employee benefits provisions here.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently hosted a roundtable to discuss potential updates to executive compensation disclosure requirements. The roundtable highlighted the need to reevaluate the current executive compensation disclosure framework due to complexity, costs, and potential distortion of corporate behavior. Participants debated the effectiveness of current disclosures, such as pay versus performance and CEO pay ratio, and the classification of personal executive security expenses as perquisites.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act permanently extends the telehealth safe harbor for high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) for plan years beginning after December 31, 2024. This extension allows HDHPs to cover telehealth and remote care services at low or no cost, expanding access for millions of participants and encouraging digital health providers, insurers, and employers to reassess and update their offerings to meet the growing demand.
Learn more about the telehealth HDHP safe harbor extension here.
In this edition of Health Policy Breakroom, Sarah Raaii and Rachel Stauffer join Julia Grabo to explore a crucial virtual care provision from the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act, exploring its effects on patients, employers, and the broader landscape of virtual care policy.
2025 has seen a flurry of new state laws regulating employee restrictive covenant agreements, especially in the healthcare sector, with many states tightening restrictions but Florida taking a different approach. This diverse legal landscape poses significant challenges for employers, particularly those operating in multiple states, as they must navigate and comply with a patchwork of varying regulations.
