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ACA: Proposed Rules on Workplace Wellness Programs
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes provisions to encourage appropriately designed, consumer-protective wellness programs in group health coverage. Effective for plan years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2014, ACA essentially codifies the existing HIPAA nondiscrimination requirements for health-contingent wellness programs, while also increasing the maximum reward that can be offered under these programs.
On Nov. 26, 2012, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury  (Departments) released proposed regulations regarding ACA's nondiscrimination requirements for wellness programs. The proposed regulations would increase the maximum reward under a health-contingent wellness program from 20 percent to 30 percent of the cost of coverage and would further increase the maximum reward to 50 percent for wellness programs designed to prevent or reduce tobacco use.
The regulations would apply to both grandfathered and non-grandfathered group health plans and group health insurance coverage for plan years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2014.
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