You may not have noticed between watching all the election ads on television over the last 3 months, but there has been a slowdown (some would say freeze) on any significant regulatory guidance. Now that the election is over, expect a number of key guidance and regulatory packages to be released over the next 2-3 months. Some of this guidance may be released fairly soon.
The health and welfare guidance and regulatory packages that are currently in queue are as follows: • Additional re-insurance fee rules • PCOR fee final regulations • Employer penalty – “pay” or “play” – proposed regulations • Employee notice rules concerning the exchanges • HIPAA privacy final regulations Further, with the status quo at both the White House and in Congress, we don’t expect any major legislative changes to be passed that would affect the Affordable Care Act. However, both the White House and Congress must pass additional legislation to deal with the “fiscal cliff” (the perfect storm of tax increases and budget cuts) that will occur in 2013. Any deal that is struck to solve the fiscal cliff may involve some minor changes to the Affordable Care Act (as well as other benefits issues), but we don’t expect anything major to change as a result of a deal.Disclaimer
While we are pleased to have you contact us by telephone, surface mail, electronic mail, or by facsimile transmission, contacting Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP or any of its attorneys does not create an attorney-client relationship. The formation of an attorney-client relationship requires consideration of multiple factors, including possible conflicts of interest. An attorney-client relationship is formed only when both you and the Firm have agreed to proceed with a defined engagement.
DO NOT CONVEY TO US ANY INFORMATION YOU REGARD AS CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL A FORMAL CLIENT-ATTORNEY RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
If you do convey information, you recognize that we may review and disclose the information, and you agree that even if you regard the information as highly confidential and even if it is transmitted in a good faith effort to retain us, such a review does not preclude us from representing another client directly adverse to you, even in a matter where that information could be used against you.
