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2025 Aon Washington Report Index

2025 Aon Washington Report Index

Weekly federal legislative and regulatory updates affecting the U.S. workforce and workplace.
 

Aon Washington Report - 12/10/2025
  • Reminder: Required ACA Preventive Care Coverage Expands in 2026
  • 2026 Limits for Benefit Plans
Aon Washington Report - 11/19/2025
  • Reminder: HIPAA Notices Should Be Updated by February 16, 2026
  • Now Available: Aon’s 2026 Compliance Calendar – Supporting Your Plan Administration
  • IRS 2026 Official Indexed Figures for Retirement Plans and Other Employee Benefit Plans
Aon Washington Report - 11/12/2025
  • 2025 ACA Reporting Forms and Instructions Finalized
Aon Washington Report - 11/05/2025
  • IRS Issues Adjusted PCORI Fee for Plan Sponsors
  • PBM Legislation Signed Into Law in California
Aon Washington Report - 10/29/2025
  • SSA Releases 2026 Indexed Figures; Announces 2.8% Benefit Increase
  • Trump Administration Announces Actions Related to IVF Coverage
  • Aon’s Year-End Update: Opportunities for Retirement Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries
Aon Washington Report - 10/22/2025
  • Trump Administration Announces Initiatives to Increase Access to IVF
Aon Washington Report - 10/15/2025
  • IRS Provides Tax Inflation Adjustments for 2026
  • IRS Issues 2026 Benefit Contribution Limits
  • ACIP Issues New Vaccine Recommendations — What Plan Sponsors Need to Know
Aon Washington Report - 10/01/2025
  • Updated Model Notices for Internal Claims, Appeals, and External Review Now Available
Aon Washington Report - 09/24/2025
  • Updated HIPAA FAQ Guidance Issued by HHS
Aon Washington Report - 09/17/2025
  • New HIPAA Security Guidance Released
  • COBRA Penalties Not Applied by Court in the Absence of Harm to Former Employee
Aon Washington Report - 09/10/2025
  • It’s Time to Review Prescription Drug Benefits to Prepare for the Annual Medicare Part D Notice
Aon Washington Report - 08/27/2025
  • Congress Adjourned for Summer Recess
Aon Washington Report - 08/13/2025
  • Congress Adjourned for Summer Recess
  • Departments Signal a Shift in Enforcement of Short-Term Health Insurance Rules
  • DOL Asks for Comments to Review Information for Special Enrollments
Aon Washington Report - 08/06/2025
  • IRS Announces Increases for 2026 ACA Employer Shared Responsibility Penalties
  • Departments Issue FAQs Addressing No Surprises Act and ACA Cost-Sharing Limit
Aon Washington Report - 07/30/2025
  • Illinois PBM Law Imposes New Fees and Conditions and Applies to Self-Insured Health Plans
  • IRS Announces 2026 Affordability Percentage for ACA Employer Mandate
  • Now Available: Legal Consulting & Compliance Quarterly Update
Aon Washington Report - 07/16/2025
  • The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s” Impact on Employer-Sponsored Benefits
Aon Washington Report - 07/02/2025
  • CMS Releases Final Regulations on ACA; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability
  • SCOTUS Upholds State Ban on Transgender Treatments for Minors
Aon Washington Report - 06/25/2025
  • IRS Releases Draft 2025 Forms 1094-B/1095-B
Aon Washington Report - 06/18/2025
  • IRS Releases Early Draft 2025 Forms 1094-C/1095-C
Aon Washington Report - 06/11/2025
  • DOL, EBSA Launch Opinion Letter Program to Expand Compliance Assistance
Aon Washington Report - 06/04/2025
  • Departments Release RFI on Prescription Drug Price Transparency; Issue FAQs About ACA Implementation Part 70
  • DOL Rescinds Guidance on Cryptocurrency in 401(k) Plans
  • Departments Take First Step Toward Enhancing Price Transparency
Aon Washington Report - 05/28/2025
  • HHS Announces It Is Taking “Immediate Steps” to Implement Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Targets
  • DOL, OSHA, Update Inspection Program Focusing on Workplaces With Highest Injury and Illness Rates
  • Federal Court Vacates Portions of EEOC Harassment Guidance
  • Departments Confirm Enforcement Stay of Mental Health Parity 2024 Final Rule
Aon Washington Report - 05/21/2025
  • HHS Releases RFI on Unnecessary Regulations and Notice of Recission on Four Informal Guidance Documents
  • CMS Releases Draft Guidance for the Third Cycle Under Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program
  • Client Alert: Recent Court Decisions and Strategies for Plan Fiduciaries to Consider
  • Trump Administration Seeks “Most-Favored-Nation” Drug Prices From Drug Manufacturers
  • Trump Administration Will Stay Enforcement of Biden-Era MHP Rule, but Pre-2024 MHP Rules Remain in Effect
  • CMS Finalizes Instructions on Impact of Inflation Reduction Act on Creditable Coverage Testing for Employer Plans
Aon Washington Report - 05/14/2025
  • IRS Releases Plan-Specific Substitute Mortality Tables Used to Determine Present Value
  • IRS Announces HSA Limits for 2026
  • Now Available: Legal Consulting & Compliance Quarterly Update
Aon Washington Report - 05/07/2025
  • IRS Publishes 2026 Inflation-Adjusted Amounts for HSAs and HRAs
  • PBGC Announces 2023 Pension Insurance Data Tables Now Available
Aon Washington Report - 04/30/2025
  • Trump Administration Issues Executive Order Aimed at Lowering Prescription Drug Prices
Aon Washington Report - 04/23/2025
  • President Signs EO Announcing Actions to Lower Prescription Drug Costs
  • IRS Publishes Notice Eliminating Unnecessary IRB Guidance
Aon Washington Report - 04/16/2025
  • IRS, Treasury Ask for Recommendations for 2025–2026 Priority Guidance Plan
Aon Washington Report - 04/09/2025
  • DOL Releases Guidance on ERISA’s Annual Funding Notice Requirements Following SECURE 2.0
Aon Washington Report - 04/02/2025
  • Congressional Schedule - Upcoming Spring Recess
Aon Washington Report - 03/26/2025
  • EEOC and DOJ Release Technical Documents on DEI
  • More Health Plan Fiduciary Litigation as J&J Case Is Revived and Another Employer Is Sued
Aon Washington Report - 03/12/2025
  • President Delivers State of the Union Address
Aon Washington Report - 03/05/2025
  • President Signs EO on Healthcare Price Transparency
  • Trump Administration Issues Executive Order Directing Further Implementation of Health Plan, Hospital Price Transparency
  • IRS Provides More Guidance on March 3 Deadline for Alternative Form 1095-C Delivery Method
  • Now Available: Legal Consulting & Compliance Quarterly Update
Aon Washington Report - 02/26/2025
  • President Signs Executive Order on IVF
  • Trump Administration Issues Executive Order Addressing IVF
Aon Washington Report - 02/19/2025
  • Executive Memorandum Temporarily Implements Regulatory Freeze
Aon Washington Report - 02/12/2025
  • Executive Order Ends Federal Support for Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
  • Departments Issue FAQs Addressing Gag Clause Prohibition and No Surprises Act
Aon Washington Report - 02/05/2025
  • EEOC Announces Guidance Related to Gender Identity
  • Court Dismisses J&J ERISA Fiduciary Claims but Fiduciary Risk Remains for Employer Health Plan Sponsors
Aon Washington Report - 01/29/2025
  • HHS Announces 15 Additional Drugs Selected for Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
  • Departments Issue 2024 MHPAEA Report to Congress
  • PBGC Releases Proposed Rule on Miscellaneous Corrections, Clarifications, and Improvements
  • Medicare Part D Disclosure Reminder
Aon Washington Report - 01/22/2025
  • Departments Withdraw Rule on Enhancing Coverage of Preventive Services Under the ACA
  • Departments Release FAQs About Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Implementation Part 69
  • IRS Releases Notice on Calculating QPAs in 2025
  • HHS Issues Final Regulations on Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2026 and Basic Health Program
  • DOL Announces Improvements to VFCP
  • IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on Automatic Enrollment Requirements Under Section 414A
  • IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on New Roth Catch-Up Rule, Other SECURE 2.0 Act Provisions
  • PBGC Publishes Comprehensive Premium Filing Instructions for 2025 Plan Years
Aon Washington Report - 01/15/2025
  • Departments Withdraw Proposed Rules: Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under ACA
  • HHS Issues Proposed Rule Strengthening Cybersecurity Under HIPAA
  • PBGC Issues Guidance on Premium Filing Due Dates for 2025
  • IRS Releases Covered Compensation Tables
  • Two New Laws Provide ACA Reporting and Disclosure Relief
  • Now Available: Aon 2025 Compliance Calendar
Aon Washington Report - 01/8/2025
  • CMS Releases Fact Sheet on 64 Part B Drugs With Coinsurance Reduction From January 1, 2025 – March 31, 2025
  • PBGC Releases Final Rule on Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Valuation of Benefits and Assets; Expected Retirement Age; Missing Participants Mortality
  • EEOC Releases Fact Sheet on “Wearables in the Workplace: The Use of Wearables and Other Monitoring Technology Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws”
  • IRS Publishes 2025 Standard Mileage Rates
  • Congress Passes Spending Bill That Does Not Extend HSA Telehealth Provisions
  • Deadline Relief Applies to Plans and Participants Affected by 2024 Hurricanes
  • IRS Issues Adjusted PCORI Fee for Plan Sponsors
 
 
 
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