Health Law Advisor

By Greta Ravitsky

I wrote the January 2013 edition of Take 5: Views You Can Use, a newsletter published by the Labor and Employment practice of Epstein Becker Green.

In it, I summarize five actions that employers should consider taking in 2013 as the DOL steps up its audit efforts under the leadership of the reenergized Obama administration:

1. Assess the Workforce
2. Choose Whether to “Pay” or to “Play”
3. Evaluate Existing Wellness Programs and/or Implement New Wellness Programs to Enhance Employees’ Health Profiles and to Avoid or Minimize the “Cadillac Tax”
4. Understand and ...

Epstein Becker Green is pleased to announce a webinar series for employers on the forthcoming rules and regulations implementing the Affordable Care Act ("ACA"). We expect the Administration to release a significant number of regulations in the near future which will directly impact employers.

EBG Health Care & Life Sciences and Labor & Employment practitioners, along with outside speakers, will provide in-depth analysis on proposed rules and regulations and how they will impact decisions that must be made by employers. The first webinar will take place on November 30.

Stay tuned ...