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15 Jul 2010, 6:49 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Affordable Care Act gives authority to the Departments to develop guidelines for group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to utilize value-based insurance designs as part of their offering of preventive health services. [read post]
15 Jul 2012, 8:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is recognized, internationally, nationally and locally for her more than 24 years of work, advocacy, education and publications on cutting edge health and managed care, employee benefit, human resources and related workforce, insurance and financial services, and health care matters. [read post]
2 May 2011, 3:15 pm by Steven Boutwell
Thomas In accordance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (the “Department”) issued its report to Congress on the National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care on March 21, 2011 (“National Quality Strategy”). [read post]
Department of Health and Human Services jointly announced a cross-government inquiry into the impact of private equity investment and other forms of “corporate greed” in the health care sector. [read post]
15 Sep 2015, 5:37 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Self-insured group health plan sponsors and fiduciaries, health insurance issuers, third party administrators (TPAs) and administrative services-only (ASO) contractors who may participate in helping contributing entities submit reinsurance contributions required by the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA) should consider participating one of the “Module 3: 2015 Reinsurance Contributions: Form Completion, Submission, and Payment”… [read post]
15 May 2014, 5:51 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The findings presented in this report examine women’s coverage, access, and affordability to care, as well as their connections to health providers and use of preventive services such as contraception, screening tests, and counseling services. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 3:23 pm
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services released a final rule implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements for manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or medical supplies covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to report annually certain payments or transfers of value provided to physicians or teaching hospitals. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 3:23 pm
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services released a final rule implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements for manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or medical supplies covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to report annually certain payments or transfers of value provided to physicians or teaching hospitals. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer and other group health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators and  individual and group health insurers should confirm their plan documents and practices comply with new additional guidance on when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) preventive care mandates set forth in Public Health Services (PHS) Act section 2713, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal… [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer and other group health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators and  individual and group health insurers should confirm their plan documents and practices comply with new additional guidance on when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) preventive care mandates set forth in Public Health Services (PHS) Act section 2713, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal… [read post]
29 Apr 2013, 4:56 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Changing plan years won’t extend the period that a group health plan or group or individual health insurance policy can qualify for a waiver of the annual limitation restrictions (Annual Limit Rule) of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) according to new guidance issued by the US Departments of Health & Human Services (HHS), Treasury (IRS) and Labor (DOL)(collectively, the… [read post]
9 Mar 2013, 4:25 am
All physicians, physician groups, other health care providers, and health care businesses, should promptly marshal their existing business associate agreements for review and analysis to determine which agreements must be changed to comply with the Final Rule. [read post]
9 Nov 2023, 5:00 am by The Petrie-Flom Center Staff
Further, health insurance coverage varies substantially between racial and ethnic groups in the United States, with low-income people of minority groups having lower odds of being insured. [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 6:17 am by Hunton & Williams LLP
On July 19, 2010, the United States Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury issued interim final regulations covering the mandates under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended (the “Health Care Reform Act”), relating to the internal and external claims review process. [read post]
11 May 2009, 7:42 am
According to the Washington Post, here is how it shakes out.leading groups in the health-care industry have offered to squeeze $2 trillion in savings from projected increases over the next decadeThe groups aim to achieve the proposed savings by using new efficiencies to trim the rise in health-care costs by 1.5 percent a yearIf you could trim your health care costs by 1.5% per year, how much would you save? [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 1:44 pm
Annex 1001.1b-2 of NAFTA, Annex Kbis-01.1-4 of the CCFTA and Annex 1401.1-4 of the CPFTA, which all use the Common Classification System for classifying services, exclude all classes of services under Group G, “Health and Social Services"; and? [read post]
27 Oct 2020, 6:58 pm by Robert McKennon
The post New California Law Expands Coverage for Mental Health Services and Substance Use Disorders Offered by California Health Plans appeared first on McKennon Law Group. [read post]
6 Aug 2023, 1:51 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Other health care giants are imitating United’s vertical integration strategy. [read post]
8 Mar 2023, 2:02 pm by Chris Skelton
Part A of Medicare covers hospital or hospice care and some home health care, while Part B covers medically necessary services, and Part D covers prescription medications. [read post]