Download or read book Incentives for Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs in Group Health Plans (Us Internal Revenue Service Regulation) (Irs) (2018 Edition) written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incentives for Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs in Group Health Plans (US Internal Revenue Service Regulation) (IRS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Incentives for Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs in Group Health Plans (US Internal Revenue Service Regulation) (IRS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This document contains final regulations, consistent with the Affordable Care Act, regarding nondiscriminatory wellness programs in group health coverage. Specifically, these final regulations increase the maximum permissible reward under a health-contingent wellness program offered in connection with a group health plan (and any related health insurance coverage) from 20 percent to 30 percent of the cost of coverage. The final regulations further increase the maximum permissible reward to 50 percent for wellness programs designed to prevent or reduce tobacco use. These regulations also include other clarifications regarding the reasonable design of health-contingent wellness programs and the reasonable alternatives they must offer in order to avoid prohibited discrimination. This book contains: - The complete text of the Incentives for Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs in Group Health Plans (US Internal Revenue Service Regulation) (IRS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section