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.
HDHP telehealth safe harbor permanently reinstated
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.
Unpacking the OBBBA’s HDHP telehealth safe harbor permanency
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.
Florida expands rules favoring noncompetes while other states limit them further
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.
IRS reminds businesses about the Childcare Tax Credit
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released Tax Tip 2025-39, reminding businesses about the Childcare Tax Credit. Taxpayers may receive a credit of up to $150,000 per year to offset 10% of qualified childcare resource and referral costs and 25% of qualified childcare facility costs. To be eligible for the credit, an employer must have paid or incurred qualified childcare costs during the tax year to provide childcare services to employees.
Learn more about other new IRS guidance in this IRS roundup.
