Issue Brief Summary: The Affordable Care Act in Participant Direction: Understanding Employer Responsibilities

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires large employers to provide affordable healthcare coverage to full-time workers as of January 1, 2014. In preparation for the implementation of the the ACA, the NRCPDS looked into how participant direction will be impacted by the new legislation. As a consequence, in the context of participant direction, the employer mandate is likely to apply to certain Financial Management Services (FMS) providers.