Wellness Program Reward Rule Takes Effect After Judge Denies Injunction

Mealey's (January 4, 2017, 1:59 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — New rules permitting health insurance premium incentives of up to 30 percent when employees disclose otherwise protected data regarding disabilities and genetic information to wellness programs became law on Jan. 1 after a federal judge in the District of Columbia declined to enjoin them (AARP v. United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, No. 16-2113, D. D.C.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 180612)....