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The Affordable Care Act prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who report violations of the Act's health insurance reforms, found in Title I of the Affordable Care Act. For more information, visit www.whistleblowers.gov.
- Affordable Care Act Implementation FAQs
- Affordable Care Act Nondiscrimination Provisions Applicable to Insured Group Health Plans
- Applicability to HRAs, Health FSAs, and Certain other Employer Healthcare Arrangements
- Automatic Enrollment
- Coverage of Preventive Services
- Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
- Employer Shared Responsibility
- Essential Health Benefits
- Excepted Benefits
- Expatriate Health Plans
- Extension of Coverage For Adult Children
- Grandfathered Health Plans
- Health Reimbursement Arrangements
- Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review
- Limitations on Cost Sharing
- Medical Loss Ratio
- Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity
- Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements
- Ninety-Day Waiting Period Limitation
- Notice to Employees of Coverage Options
- Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions, and Patient Protections
- Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Program
- Provider Non-Discrimination
- Public Forum on Automatic Enrollment in Large Employer Health Plans
- Short Term, Limited Duration Insurance
- Small Business Health Care Tax Credit for Small Employers
- Stop Loss Insurance
- Student Health Coverage
- Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary
- Transitional Reinsurance Program - Reinsurance Contributions
- Transparency in Coverage
- Value-Based Insurance Design in Connection with Preventive Care Benefits
- Wellness Programs
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Nothing scheduled at this time.
- 2024 Annual Report on Self-Insured Group Health Plans
2024 Report | Appendix A | Appendix B - 2023 Annual Report on Self-Insured Group Health Plans
2023 Report | Appendix A | Appendix B - 2022 Annual Report on Self-Insured Group Health Plans
2022 Report | Appendix A | Appendix B - 2021 Annual Report on Self-Insured Group Health Plans
2021 Report | Appendix A | Appendix B - 2020 Annual Report on Self-Insured Group Health Plans
2020 Report | Appendix A | Appendix B - 2019 Annual Report on Self-Insured Group Health Plans
2019 Report | Appendix A | Appendix B - 2018 Annual Report on Self-Insured Group Health Plans
2018 Report | Appendix A | Appendix B - 2017 Annual Report on Self-Insured Group Health Plans
2017 Report | Appendix A | Appendix B - 2016 Annual Report on Self-Insured Group Health Plans
2016 Report | Appendix A | Appendix B - 2015 Annual Report on Self-Insured Group Health Plans
2015 Report | Appendix A [Original] [Revised] | Appendix B - 2014 Annual Report on Self-Insured Group Health Plans
2014 Report | Appendix A [Original] [Revised] | Appendix B - 2013 Annual Report on Self-Insured Group Health Plans
2013 Report [Original] [Revised] | Appendix A [Original] [Revised] | Appendix B - 2012 Annual Report on Self-Insured Group Health Plans
2012 Report | Appendix A [Original] [Revised] | Appendix B - 2011 Annual Report on Self-Insured Group Health Plans
2011 Report | Appendix A | Appendix B - Study of the Large Group Market
- Recent Data on Health Benefits from the National Compensation Survey | Cover Letter
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Study: Consistency of Large Employer and Group Health Plan Benefits with Requirements of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
- HHS Cover Document for Report to Congress, 2013 - Workplace Wellness Programs Study: Final Report
- Report to Congress, 2013 – Workplace Wellness Programs Study: Final Report
- Workplace Wellness Programs Study: Case Studies Summary Report
- A Review of the U.S. Workplace Wellness Market – 2012
- An Analysis of 2007-2009 Filings of Form M-1
- HealthCare.gov – Official consumer site for the marketplace
- marketplace.cms.gov – Resources for professionals preparing for the marketplace
- Reforming America’s Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition
- Workers and Families Information on Health Plans
- Employers and Advisers Information on Health Plans
- Group Health Plan Reports and Form 5500 Data
- Health Benefits Education Campaign
- HHS.gov/HealthCare
- IRS Website on the Affordable Care Act
- GAO Report – Private Health Insurance: Data on Application and Coverage Denials
- House Committees Health Insurance Reform at a Glance | Implementation Timeline | Consumer Protections | For Employers