Mental Health Parity Compliance and New DOL Enforcement Guidance

Mr. Barlament is a shareholder and member of Reinhart's Employee Benefits Practice. He practices in all areas of employee benefits law, but with a focus on health and welfare plan matters. Mr. Barlament is nationally recognized in this area and works with clients around the country. He counsels employers, plan fiduciaries, multiemployer plans, pharmacy benefit managers, insurers, insurance brokers, third-party administrators and other plan service providers on a range of employee benefit matters. Mr. Barlament's clients rely on him for innovative, proactive strategies related to employee benefit laws, including ERISA, HIPAA, the Affordable Care Act, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and others.

Ms. Campbell is a Health and Welfare Practice Leader. She advises clients on all aspects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including the insurance market reforms, qualified health plan standards, exchange rules, consumer assistance programs for the federal marketplace, and ACA section 1557 nondiscrimination rules. Ms. Campbell also works with clients on the Federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), state insurance law, and Medicare and Medicaid. She represents health insurance companies, employers, consultants, and trade associations on federal and state laws regulating health coverage. Ms. Campbell also provides advice on advocacy with federal and state agencies, compliance programs, government enforcement, and regulatory initiatives. She is the former Director of the Compliance and Enforcement Division for the Oversight Group at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) at the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), and immediately prior to joining Groom, she was the Group Director for the Consumer Support Group at CCIIO. In her positions at HHS, Ms. Campbell worked closely with all key stakeholders, including health insurance companies, state insurance regulators, the Departments of Labor and the Treasury, trade associations, and consumer groups.

Ms. Hobbs focuses her practice on a variety of employee benefit and executive compensation matters. She advises clients on a wide range of employee benefits issues, including the design and implementation of qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and equity compensation arrangements. Ms. Hobbs helps clients navigate the complex legal and regulatory issues relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA); Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA); and relevant sections of the Internal Revenue Code, including Sections 162(m), 280G and 409A.

Ms. Summers practice focuses on all aspects of labor, employment, and employee benefit matters. She gained invaluable experience as a federal law clerk for the Honorable Roger L. Wollman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and uses that insight to aid clients through her litigation practice.