Health & Welfare Plans
Overview
Congress, U.S. federal agencies and states have promulgated an ever-increasing flood of new rules and regulations governing employer-sponsored health & welfare (H&W) plans. Employers and plan administrators struggle to “know the law” and properly apply it as it develops. Our H&W practice provides the advice and practical know-how necessary to ensure ongoing compliance and avoid potential liability.
Alston & Bird was one of the first firms to recognize and act upon the need for focused H&W benefits expertise. Members of the H&W practice have attained national recognition through publishing, lecturing, prior government service, and day-to-day client representation. John Hickman is author to four major treatises on Cafeteria Plans, Health Care Reform, HIPAA and Consumer-Driven Health Care. Ashley Gillihan is the author of the Flexible Benefits Answer Book. Former Congressman and long-time Ways and Means Committee member Earl Pomeroy spent his career on Capitol Hill immersed in the issues faced by the employer community and is known for his appreciation of the challenges faced by employers with respect to employee benefits. Carolyn Smith worked more than 20 years on the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, advising Congress on health, pension, and tax matters from both a technical and policy perspective.
Health & Welfare Benefits Lunch Group
For almost 20 years we have been providing monthly Health & Welfare Benefits briefings for our clients. Over 150 companies join us in our office and by telephone each month. We are pleased to make copies of our materials available below.
Register at our Preference Center to be added to our list. Select “Health & Welfare Benefits Monthly Update” from the list of available publications.
Linked below are downloadable versions of our presentation materials from the past few years.
The linked documents were current as of the listed publication date. Subsequent legal developments may have occurred that could impact the content included therein. The documents have not been updated for subsequent developments.
Downloads
All downloads are for the Health & Welfare Benefits Monthly Update Presentation unless mentioned otherwise. View our Index of Documents for a PDF version of all materials since 2019
2026
2025
- December 2025
- November 2025
- October 2025
- September 2025
- June 2025
- May 2025
- April 2025
- March 2025
- February 2025
2024
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- June 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
2023
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023: Also contains the August 29, 2023, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Advisory | Agencies Issue Extensive MHPAEA Guidance: Plan and Issuer Action Required
- April 2023
- February 2023
2022
- December 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022: Also contains the February 14, 2022, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Advisory | Testing for COVID and Your Kits for Free: Expanded Coverage of OTC COVID-19 Test Kits and Developments in Preventive Care
2021
- December 2021
- November 2021
- September 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021: Also contains the February 4, 2021, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Advisory | Group Health Plan Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act: A Deeper Dive
2020
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020: Health Benefits 2020: Are You Up to Date?
- June 2020
- March 2020: February 28, 2020, Labor & Employment / Health Care Advisory | The Coronavirus: Employer and Workplace Considerations
View our complete list of Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Advisories.