President Trump Signs an Executive Order to Improve Price and Quality Transparency in Healthcare

President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to increase healthcare price and quality transparency. The order specifically directs the Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services […]
HHS Proposes to Revise ACA Section 1557 Rule

On May 24, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a proposed rule to revise its regulations under the Patient Protection and Affordable […]
Innovative Attends NAHU Capitol Conference
February 24-27th, Vice President Consulting Ryan Kastner, Director of Marketing Jamie Bratton and Vice President of HR & General Counsel, Deirdre Groenen, Esq. attended the 2019 NAHU Capitol Conference in […]
Tax Credit Check from Horizon

Attention Horizon customers! You may have received or will receive shortly, a check in the mail from Horizon regarding a tax credit refund check. Note, this is a legitimate check […]
November Compliance Recap

November was a busy month in the employee benefits world. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) extended the due date for employers to furnish Forms 1095-C or 1095-B to individuals, extended […]
Innovative Compliance- The New Jersey Equal Pay Act

As of July 1, 2018, the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (“the Act”), which amends the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”), went into effect in New Jersey. The […]
Important NJ Earned Sick Leave Update

In yesterday’s blog post, we discussed the New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law, which went into effect this Monday, October 29th. For more on the specifics of the law, click […]
NJ Earned Sick Leave Law Goes into Effect

For New Jersey employers (or PA, NY or other employers who have employees who work in NJ), the NJ Earned Sick Leave Law went into effect Monday, October 29, 2018. […]
June Compliance Recap

June was a relatively quiet month in the employee benefits world. The U.S. Department of Labor issued final regulations regarding association health plans. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a […]
Compliance Alert! – NJ Gov. Phil Murphy Signs Two New Healthcare Acts into Law

This past week, New Jersey Governor, Phil Murphy, signed two bills into law that will impact New Jersey residents. Employers who offer benefits in New Jersey and surrounding states should […]