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15 Jul 2012, 8:04 pm
Following the release of updates to the MHPAEA portion of the Employer Self Compliance Tool here by the Department of Labor Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) last week and with mental health benefits among those that ACA specifically identifies as an “essential benefit,” employer and union health plans, their sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators should expect greater scrutiny of their plans compliance with federal… [read post]
9 Nov 2020, 9:16 am
The COVID-19 response, the economy, health care, a change in direction at federal agencies—those issues and so much more are on employers’ radar. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 6:53 pm
This last strategy, the individual mandate, has prompted a series of lawsuits by opponents who claim the law exceeds Congress’ authority under the Commerce Clause, which gives the federal government authority over economic activity. [read post]
30 Jan 2007, 12:24 pm
[JURIST] US President Bush has signed an executive order [text] that places a White House-appointed policy administrator in all federal agencies responsible for developing and enforcing public health and safety, environmental, and civil rights policy. [read post]
31 Jul 2009, 5:45 am
The Obamington administration announced today the wildly popular Cash for Health Insurance program is being suspended due to overwhelming demand. [read post]
4 Sep 2019, 12:38 pm
Although ERISA does not explicitly require exhaustion of administrative remedies, federal courts have held that an ERISA plan participant must exhaust the plan’s administrative appeal procedure before filing a federal lawsuit. [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 9:00 am
The tax is assessed against commercial insurers, HMOs, nonprofit health and dental corporations, Medicaid managed care organizations, specialty prepaid health plans, third-party administrators, and group health plan sponsors. [read post]
10 May 2024, 9:05 pm
Currently, no federal law regulates the use of AI in health care. [read post]
29 Jan 2021, 11:42 am
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has blocked a last-minute rule issued by the Trump administration to limit what evidence the Environmental Protection Agency may consider as it regulates pollutants to protect public health. [read post]
23 Apr 2020, 9:05 pm
As the Australian national government has sought to address the emergency, federal administrative law has been disrupted in important ways. [read post]
21 Oct 2018, 3:52 pm
A series of decisions by the Obama administration loosened the legal concept of gender in federal programs, including in education and health care, recognizing gender largely as an individual’s choice and not determined by the sex assigned at birth. [read post]
21 May 2010, 6:28 am
Part I of this Article describes conditions that will make greater federal involvement inevitable during future public health emergencies. [read post]
20 Jun 2019, 2:44 pm
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled Thursday that a Trump administration family planning “gag rule” that could cut as much as $60 million in Title X funds from Planned Parenthood could go into effect immediately. [read post]
21 May 2018, 10:17 am
The Trump administration announced [press release] its support on Friday to move forward with the proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [official website] that would ban Planned Parenthood and similar organizations from receiving federal family planning funds that they currently receive through Title X [text, PDF]. [read post]
5 Aug 2011, 7:59 am
Attorney's Office Southern District of Texas on August 4, 2011 released the following: "Nursing Home Administrator Arrested for Health Care Fraud and Taking Kickbacks HOUSTON - An employee of a Houston area nursing home has been arrested as a result of the return of a sealed indictment by a Houston grand jury chaging him with conspiracy, health care fraud and violations of the anti-kickback statute arising from a scheme to unlawfully bill federal… [read post]
5 Aug 2011, 7:59 am
Attorney's Office Southern District of Texas on August 4, 2011 released the following: "Nursing Home Administrator Arrested for Health Care Fraud and Taking Kickbacks HOUSTON - An employee of a Houston area nursing home has been arrested as a result of the return of a sealed indictment by a Houston grand jury chaging him with conspiracy, health care fraud and violations of the anti-kickback statute arising from a scheme to unlawfully bill federal… [read post]
31 Jan 2010, 2:03 pm
Until then, covered group health plans and their insurers generally must continue to comply with the more limited mental health parity requirements imposed under the MHPA, as well as other federal group health plan mandates. [read post]
25 Oct 2018, 2:00 am
Federal regulators have proposed allowing employers to sponsor health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) for their employees to go purchase health coverage on the individual market—a practice that is currently prohibited under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [read post]
25 Oct 2018, 2:00 am
Federal regulators have proposed allowing employers to sponsor health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) for their employees to go purchase health coverage on the individual market—a practice that is currently prohibited under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [read post]
5 Jan 2020, 11:36 am
The Trump Administration kicked off the new year with a whimper not a bang with yet another of its attempts to corral the health nightmare of e-cigarettes and vaping by the nation’s young, while not upsetting the industry too much. [read post]
