Many new regulations and guidance documents on health care reform have been issued in 2011. You are invited to attend a complimentary seminar hosted by Stoel Rives LLP that will provide a review of the newest developments for group health plans in this quickly changing area of the law. Our lawyers will address the new rules for employers and the group health plans they sponsor for their employees. In addition, they will look ahead to 2012 and beyond, including how the "pay or play" mandates will affect both employers and employees. The presentation by Stoel Rives attorneys Howard Bye-Torre and Jim Dale will include:

• Proposed rules on the four-page Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC)
• Claims and appeals regulations, including new rules for internal and external appeals
• New guidance on health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs)
• W-2 reporting of the value of health care coverage to employees
• Update on "pay or play" mandates and health insurance exchanges
• Latest guidance on preventive care and premium tax credits
• Status of court cases testing constitutionality of the health care reform law

For more information about this seminar, please contact Tammie Gonzalez at (208) 387-4244 or tlgonzalez@stoel.com.

This seminar will also be hosted in other Stoel Rives offices. The schedule for upcoming Health Care Reform: Group Health Plan Update 2011 seminars is as follows.