2024 Aon Washington Report Index

Weekly federal legislative and regulatory updates affecting the U.S. workforce and workplace.

Aon Washington Report - 12/11/2024

HHS Announces Final Regulations on Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Calendar Year 2025 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program; and Medicare Overpayments
IRS Releases Publication 5223 General Rules and Specifications for Affordable Care Act Substitute Forms 1095-A, 1094-B, 1095-B, 1094-C, and 1095-C
DOL, IRS, and PBGC Release Information for Annual Benefits Plan Report/Return Filings
2025 Limits for Benefit Plans

Aon Washington Report - 11/27/2024

DOL Announces Online Information Collection for “Lost” Retirement Savings
PBGC Releases FY 2024 Annual Report

Aon Washington Report - 11/20/2024

CMS Releases 2025 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles; Medicare Part D Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amounts

Aon Washington Report - 11/13/2024

PBGC Posts Benefit Restrictions – Present Value of Maximum Guarantee Table
PBGC Publishes FAQs on SFA Permissible Investments and IGFI Securities
IRS Issues 2025 Benefit Contribution Limits
Now Available: Legal Consulting & Compliance Quarterly Update

Aon Washington Report - 11/06/2024

IRS Releases 2025 Official Indexed Figures for Retirement Plans and Other Employee Benefit Plans; 401(k) Contribution Limit Increases to 23,500 in 2025
IRS 2025 Official Indexed Figures for Retirement Plans and Other Employee Benefit Plans
IRS Issues Contraceptive Safe Harbor, Expands and Clarifies Pre-Deductible Preventive Care Coverage in HDHPs
Departments Issue FAQs on Coverage of Preventive Services and WHCRA Benefits

Aon Washington Report - 10/30/2024

Departments Release Proposed Rules and FAQs on Enhancing Coverage of Preventive Services and Expanding Birth Control Coverage Under the ACA
PBGC Announces Guarantee Limit
IRS Provides Tax Inflation Adjustments for 2025
If Your Health Plan Includes a Tobacco Surcharge, It’s Time for a Checkup
Aon’s Year-End Update: Opportunities for Retirement Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries

Aon Washington Report - 10/23/2024

IRS Releases Notices on Expenses Treated as Amounts Paid for Medical Care and Preventive Care for Purposes of Qualifying as an HDHP Under Section 223
PBGC Announces 2025 Premium Rates for Single-Employer and Multiemployer Plans

Aon Washington Report - 10/16/2024

CMS Announces Medicare Two Dollar Drug List Model, Sample Two Dollar Drug List; Seeks Comment
IRS Issues Guidance on Long-Term, Part-Time Employees in 403(b) Retirement Plans; Announces Delayed Applicability Date for Related Final 401(k) Regulation
SSA Releases 2025 Indexed Figures; Announces 2.5% Benefit Increase
SSA Releases 2025 Indexed Figures; Announces 2.5% Benefit Increase
Departments Issue Final Regulations on Mental Health Parity

Aon Washington Report - 10/09/2024

HHS Releases Final Guidance for Second Cycle of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program
IRS Releases Text of 2024 Instructions for IRS Forms 1094-B/C and 1095-B/C
HHS Announces Cost Savings for 54 Prescription Drugs Under Medicare Inflation Rebate Program

Aon Washington Report - 10/02/2024

PBGC Releases 2022 Pension Insurance Data Tables Installment
IRS Announces Special Per Diem Rates
Now Available: New Private Letter Ruling Permitting Choice

Aon Washington Report - 09/25/2024

IRS Updates FAQs for Premium Tax Credit
DOL Launches Webpage Marking 50th Anniversary of ERISA
IRS Private Letter Ruling Allows Employees to Allocate Employer 401(k)
DOL Issues Cybersecurity Guidance for Employer Health Plans

Aon Washington Report - 09/18/2024

EBSA Publishes Compliance Assistance Release No. 2024-01; Updating Cybersecurity Guidance for Employee Benefit Plans
IRS Announces 2025 Affordability Percentage for ACA Employer Mandate

Aon Washington Report - 09/11/2024

Departments Release Final Rules on MHPAEA
IRS Releases Draft of 2024 Instructions for Forms 1094-B and 1095-B
Departments Issue Final Rules Under Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

Aon Washington Report - 09/04/2024

Congress Reconvenes
IRS Releases Fact Sheet on How Businesses Complete Forms W-2 Under Secure 2.0 Act

Aon Washington Report - 08/28/2024

Congress Adjourned for Summer Recess
IRS Issues Interim Guidance Under Section 110 of the SECURE 2.0 Act With Respect to Matching Contributions Made on Account of Qualified Student Loan Payments

Aon Washington Report - 08/21/2024

Congress Adjourned for Summer Recess
CMS Announces Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Agreement

Aon Washington Report - 08/14/2024

Congress Adjourned for August Recess

Aon Washington Report - 08/07/2024

Congress Adjourned for August Recess
CMS Releases Preliminary 2025 Medicare Part D Bid Information and Announces Premium Stabilization Demonstration
IRS Publishes Final Regulations on Plan-Specific Substitute Mortality Tables for Determining Present Value
IRS Releases Revenue Procedure for Requesting Approval of Plan-Specific Substitute Mortality Tables
Now Available: Legal Consulting & Compliance Quarterly Update

Aon Washington Report - 07/31/2024

Treasury, IRS Release Updated Guidance on RMDs
PBGC Releases FY 2023 Projections Report

Aon Washington Report - 07/24/2024

HHS Releases Final Part 2 Guidance on Medicare Prescription Payment Plan
IRS Releases Draft 2024 Forms 1094-B/1095-B and 1094-C/1095-C

Aon Washington Report - 07/17/2024

Spring 2024 Regulatory Agenda Released
District Courts Put Parts of 1557 Regulations on Hold Across U.S
SCOTUS Overrules Chevron Deference Doctrine—Employers Assess Impact on Regulation of Employer Health Plans
Aon Client Alert: A Post-Chevron World: What Does It Mean for Retirement Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries?
Double Trouble—Programs Offering Tax Savings for Employers and Employees Face IRS Rules Against “Double-Dipping”

Aon Washington Report - 07/03/2024

CMS Announces Cost Savings for 64 Prescription Drugs
DOL Issues Report to Congress on Interpretive Bulletin 95-1
HHS Finalizes ACA 1557 Health Care Nondiscrimination Rules Yet Again

Aon Washington Report - 06/26/2024

July 31 Is PCORI Fee Deadline for Self-Insured Health Plans
Final HIPAA Rule Details Health Information Protections, Requires Updating Privacy Notice
Fifth Circuit Upholds Limitations on ACA Preventive Care Requirement; No Impact on Most Employers for Now

Aon Washington Report - 06/19/2024

Supreme Court Strikes Down Challenge to FDA’s Approval of Mifepristone

Aon Washington Report - 06/12/2024

PBGC Issues Final Rule on Valuation Assumptions and Methods

Aon Washington Report - 06/05/2024

Departments Update Gag Clause Prohibition Attestation Submissions for 2024

Aon Washington Report - 05/29/2024

Departments Release Prohibition on Gag Clauses on Price and Quality Information in Provider Agreements

Aon Washington Report - 05/22/2024

DOL Releases Interim Final Rules Amending Abandoned Plan Regulations; Publishes Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption
IRS Announces Updated Static Mortality Tables for Defined Benefit Pension Plans for 2025
ACA Out-of-Pocket Maximum Housekeeping for 2025
Aon Client Alert: Final Regulations on Fiduciary Investment Advice and Impact on Retirement Investors

Aon Washington Report - 05/15/2024

HHS Releases FAQ on Risk Adjustment Telehealth and Audio-Only Services
IRS Publishes 2025 Inflation-Adjusted Amounts for HSAs and HRAs
HHS, OCR Publish ACA Final Rule on Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities
IRS Issues 2025 HSA Limits

Aon Washington Report - 05/08/2024

DACA Recipients Eligible for ACA Coverage and Subsidies Under Final Regulation
Departments, OPM Issue FAQ About Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Implementation Part 67
HHS Releases Final Rule on Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities
WHD Publishes FAB on AI and Automated Systems in the Workplace
Departments Finalize New Notice Requirement for Employer Fixed Indemnity Coverage, but Defer Other Proposed Changes for Now

Aon Washington Report - 05/01/2024

DOL Rescinds 2018 AHP Rule
DOL Issues Final Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary
EEOC Releases Final Workplace Harassment Guidance
WHD Announces Final FLSA Overtime Rule
FTC Approves Final Non-Compete Clause Rule
Now Available: Legal Consulting & Compliance Quarterly Update

Aon Washington Report - 04/24/2024

HHS/OCR Issue Final HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care
HRSA Publishes Final Rule on Drug Pricing Program; ADR
DOL Releases Proposed Information Collection Request for Public Comment; Retirement Savings Lost and Found
IRS Releases Notice on Certain RMDs for 2024
EEOC Issues Final Rule on PWFA
IRS Issues FAQs Related to the Tax Treatment of Work-Life Referral Services Provided to Employees
CMS Eases Impact of Inflation Reduction Act on Creditable Coverage Testing for Employer Plans

Aon Washington Report - 04/10/2024

Congress Reconvenes
CMS Releases Final Regulations on Contract Year 2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D
Departments Release Final Regulations on NBPP for 2025
Departments Release FAQ on Prohibition on Lifetime and Annual Limits and Annual Limitation on Cost-Sharing
HHS Releases White Paper on Preventing Drug Shortages
EBSA Publishes Final Amendment to QPAM Exemption
Comment Period for SECURE 2.0 Section 319 – Effectiveness of Reporting and Disclosure Requirements Extended to May 22
WHD Updates PWRB

Aon Washington Report - 04/03/2024

Congress Adjourned for Spring Recess
Departments Release Final Regulations on STLDI; “Junk Insurance”
HHS and ONC Release Draft 2024–2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan
CMS Announces Savings on 41 Prescription Drugs as Part of Inflation Reduction Act
EEOC Releases Two Litigation Program Updates; New Data Dashboard and Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report

Aon Washington Report - 03/27/2024

President Signs $1.2 Trillion Funding Bill Into Law
Congress Adjourned for Spring Recess

Aon Washington Report - 03/20/2024

President Biden Issues EO on Women’s Health and Announces New Actions to Advance Research and Innovation
EEOC Releases Data Dashboard With 2017 and 2018 Pay Data Collection; Finds Men Are More Likely to Be in Higher Pay Bands Than Women
SECURE 2.0: Time-Limited Opportunity for Cash Balance Plans to Eliminate Minimum Interest Crediting Rates

Aon Washington Report - 03/13/2024

President Signs Funding Bill Into Law
President Delivers State of the Union Address

Aon Washington Report - 03/06/2024

President Signs Interim Funding Bill Into Law
SOTU Address Scheduled for March 7
President Expected to Release 2025 Fiscal Budget Request to Congress on March 11
HHS Receives Counteroffers From Drug Companies in Response to Inflation Reduction Act; Releases ASPE Data on Rural Health
CMS Issues Final Guidance on Medicare Prescription Drug Plan; Releases ICR

Aon Washington Report - 02/28/2024

SOTU Address Scheduled for March 7
President Expected to Release 2025 Fiscal Budget Request to Congress on March 11
OCR Delivers Annual Reports On HIPAA Compliance and Breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information

Aon Washington Report - 02/21/2024

CMS Issues Part Two Draft Guidance for Medicare Prescription Payment Plan
DOL Releases Updated Equity Action Plan
Now Available: Legal Consulting & Compliance Quarterly Update

Aon Washington Report - 02/14/2024

IRS Releases Revenue Procedure on Adjusted Dollar Amounts Under Section 4980H for Calendar Year 2025
2021 Pension Insurance Data Tables Installment Now Available

Aon Washington Report - 02/07/2024

SOTU Address Scheduled for March 7
President Expected to Release 2025 Fiscal Budget Request to Congress on March 11
Departments Release FAQ About Affordable Care Act Implementation Part 65; TiC
CMS Releases Proposed Payment Updates for 2025 MA and Part D Programs
HHS Makes First Offer for Drug Negotiation Program; Releases Reports and Launches New Resource Hub
PBGC Launches New e-Filing Portal

Aon Washington Report - 01/31/2024

CMS Releases RFI on MA Data Transparency
Aon Publications on Federal Developments in 2023
DOL Publishes New Model Notices for Public Exchange
Annual Medicare Part D Disclosure Reminder (With Inflation Reduction Act Twist)

Aon Washington Report - 01/24/2024

President Signs Stop-Gap Appropriations Bill Into Law; Funds Government Through March
Departments Issue FAQs About ACA Implementation, Part 64; Coverage of Preventive Services
HHS Announces Additional Series of Actions on Contraceptive Care Coverage
Departments Extend Comment Period on Federal IDR Operations Regulations
CMS Releases Final Regulations Expanding Access to Health Information and Improving the Prior Authorization Process
Departments and PBGC Issue RFI on Effectiveness of Reporting and Disclosure Requirements Under SECURE 2.0 Section 319
DOL Releases Proposed Rule on Retirement Plans and Automatic Portability Transactions
Departments Issue Guidance on New Emergency Savings Accounts (PLESAs)
IRS Releases Final Regulations Updating Minimum Present Value Requirements for Defined Benefit Plan Distributions
Now Available: Aon 2024 Compliance Calendar

Aon Washington Report - 01/17/2024

HHS Publishes Final Rule Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes; Partially Rescinds 2019 Final Rule
PBGC Announces Launch of New e-Filing Portal
PBGC Releases Comprehensive Premium Filing Instructions for 2024 Plan Years
DOL Releases Final Rule on Classifying Workers as Employees or Independent Contractors Under the FLSA; Rescinds 2021 Independent Contractor Rule

Aon Washington Report - 01/10/2024

EBSA Publishes Transcripts of Online Hearing on Proposed Retirement Security Rule; Related Proposed Exemption Amendments
IRS Releases Guidance on Miscellaneous Changes Under the SECURE 2.0 Act
IRS Publishes Notice on 2023 Cumulative List of Changes in Plan Qualification Requirements for Defined Contribution Qualified Pre-Approved Plans

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