Firm News

Mary Powell and Gisue Mehdi Present BLR Webinar “Health Reimbursement Arrangements: The Proposed Regulations and the Impact of the Trump Administration on HRAs”

Trucker Huss APC is pleased to announce that attorneys Mary Powell and Gisue Mehdi will be leading a Business and Legal Resources (BLR) webinar titled “Health Reimbursement Arrangements: The Proposed Regulations and the Impact of the Trump Administration on HRAs” on March 6, 2019 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PT. Mary and Gisue will discuss the ways that employers use health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) today and the possible change in the future that would allow employees to use HRAs to pay for premiums for individual health insurance. The webinar will help attendees to understand the proposed rules and the potential impact on traditional employer-sponsored health plans.

Click here to learn more about the webinar. 

Gisue Mehdi concentrates her practice in the areas of health and welfare plans and qualified retirement plans. She focuses her practice primarily on helping employers comply with the various Federal and state laws applicable to health and welfare plans, such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), the Public Health Service Act, HIPAA, COBRA, FMLA and Medicare.

Mary Powell is lauded by Chambers as having “exceptional client management skills” and a “very diligent and detail-oriented” approach. Mary has two decades of experience in all aspects of employee benefits. Her focus is assisting employers with the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and drafting executive compensation and nonqualified deferred compensation plans. Mary assists employers with obtaining Private Letter Rulings from the IRS and she submits comments to the IRS and Department of Labor both prior to the issuance of regulations and in response to proposed guidance issued by those agencies.