Employers should be aware of the top compliance issues that may impact their health plan coverage for 2025. Some of these compliance issues are established requirements for employers, such as the new simplified reporting under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Other compliance issues are anticipated developments employers should monitor, such as additional health care transparency requirements. It is uncertain what impact Republican control of Congress and the White House may have on health plan compliance issues, although there will likely be a shift in priorities related to health care policies.

Other top health plan compliance issues employers should be aware of in 2025 include:

• New mental health parity requirements, including a fiduciary certification requirement for comparative analyses of nonquantitative treatment limitations (NQTLs);
• Expiration of the telemedicine exception for high deductible health plans (HDHPs); and
• Possible new state and federal oversight of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to help control health care costs.

Click the download button to review the full list of compliance issues.