Sarah G. Raaii focuses her practice on employee benefits and matters related to health care reform, data privacy and HIPAA compliance, executive compensation, and health and welfare, cafeteria, 401(k), 403(b) and pension plans.
Sarah has experience counseling clients on regulatory compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), Internal Revenue Code and related state and federal laws affecting employee benefit plans. She assists clients with drafting employee benefit plan documents and amendments and represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), US Department of Labor (DOL) and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation with respect to plan qualification issues. Sarah also advises clients on employee benefits diligence, design, implementation and transition matters arising from corporate and private equity mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to joining McDermott, Sarah worked for the National Economic Council at the White House, where she implemented the Affordable Care Act and developed the DOL fiduciary rule with leaders from the Executive Office of the President, the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of the Treasury. Sarah previously worked with in-house attorneys and federal and state government relations professionals in the Leadership Development Program of a Fortune 500 global insurance and financial services corporation.
During law school, Sarah served as a contributing editor for and was published in the Iowa Law Review.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Sarah G. Raaii
- Tri-Agencies Address Preventive Services Coverage in The Wake of Braidwood - (Posted On Friday, April 21, 2023)
- Preparing for the End of the COVID-19 Emergency: Tri-Agencies Issue FAQs to Assist Plans and Issuers - (Posted On Wednesday, April 05, 2023)
- Preparing for the End of the COVID-19 Emergency: Telehealth - (Posted On Monday, April 03, 2023)
- Mental Health Parity, Quantitative Treatment Limitations, Employee Assistance Plans and the End of the COVID-19 Emergency - (Posted On Wednesday, March 29, 2023)
- Telehealth and the End of the COVID-19 Emergency - (Posted On Wednesday, March 22, 2023)
- Coverage of COVID-19 Vaccines and the End of the COVID-19 Emergency - (Posted On Wednesday, March 15, 2023)
- Coverage of COVID-19 Testing and the End of the COVID-19 Emergency - (Posted On Wednesday, March 08, 2023)
- How Employers Need to Prepare for the End of the COVID Public Health Emergency and National Emergency - (Posted On Thursday, March 02, 2023)
- How Employers Should Prepare for the End of the Covid-19 National and Public Health Emergencies - (Posted On Friday, February 24, 2023)
- Proposed Universal Contraceptive Coverage in Response to Roe Reversal - (Posted On Friday, February 10, 2023)