The ACA introduced a new requirement for employers to include Wellness in their Summary of Benefits and Coverage if the Wellness program pays for health services (like preventive screening).  Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the “individual mandate” component of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”) is constitutional, employers that sponsor health plans must prepare to comply with several important Act requirements.  Although some of these rules will not go into effect until January, 2014, others become effective much sooner.  This document summarizes a number of the Act’s most pressing requirements for employers.   Published: 2012