Department of Labor Advisory Opinion on Disclosure of Usual and Customary Fees

This document is about a Department of Labor advisory opinion concluding that a welfare plan must disclose to participants and beneficiaries any documents or instruments that specify procedures, formulas, methodologies, or schedules used to determine or calculate their benefit entitlements, such as a schedule of "usual and customary" fees for medical procedures, under ERISA sections 104(b)(2) and 104(b)(4).