Top 10 Compliance Issues for Health and Leave Benefits in 2023

Summary

In 2023, employers will continue to focus on complying with transparency requirements designed to provide greater insight into the prices of prescription drugs and other healthcare. Other issues in the spotlight include health plan coverage of gender, family planning (including abortion) and behavioral health. With respect to gender and family planning, employer-sponsored health plans must comply with rapidly changing federal and state laws and regulations, assess litigation risks, and offer health coverage that aligns with employees' needs and the employer's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals. Employers may want — or have — to expand behavioral health coverage in response to the nation's mental health crisis and tougher enforcement of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA).