BNA Books Announces the 2012 Edition of “ERISA Regulations”

BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, today announces the publication of the 2012 Edition of ERISA Regulations, providing all the rules and regulations on employee benefits issued by federal agencies.

ERISA Regulations, 2012 Edition  contains the full text of all proposed and final regulations through July 31, 2011, from the Department of Labor, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and the Treasury Department and final regulations from the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies that affect benefit plans. Included in the 2012 Edition are important new regulations such as: 

• Department of Labor (Employee Benefits Security Administration) regulations on group health plans and health insurance issuers relating to coverage of (1) preventive services, (2) internal claims and appeals and external review processes, and (3) grandfathered health plan status under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and fiduciary requirements for disclosure in participant-directed individual account plans
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations on single-employer plan terminations initiated by PBGC and on the bankruptcy filing date treated as plan termination date
• Internal Revenue Service regulations on group health plans and health insurance issuers relating to coverage of (1) preventive services, (2) internal claims and appeals and external review processes, and (3) grandfathered health plan status under PPACA; hybrid retirement plans; and excise taxes on prohibited tax shelter transactions
• Health and Human Services regulations on group health plans and health insurance issuers relating to coverage of (1) preventive services, (2) internal claims and appeals and external review processes, and (3) grandfathered health plan status under PPACA

ERISA Regulations, 2012 Edition  is edited by Eric H. Rubin, Esq., Managing Editor for Federal Tax at BNA Tax & Accounting, a subsidiary of BNA, Arlington, VA; Michael G. Kushner, Esq., an attorney with LeClairRyan, New York, NY; and Sharon F. Fountain, Esq., Managing Editor for Compensation Planning at BNA Tax & Accounting, a subsidiary of BNA, Arlington, VA.

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