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18 Mar 2013, 11:55 am
Since we know for a fact that health care costs drive health insurance costs, this doesn't bode well for future health insurance premiums.■ So the folks who are (allegedly) implementing the Exchanges thinks that there's no real role for agents going forward:"The beauty of the exchange system is that if it works, you don’t have to use an agent,” said Jay Angoff, the first head of Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at the… [read post]
18 Mar 2013, 8:19 am
Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) estimates between 5.7 million and 6.5 million nurses, nurse aides, home health, and personal care workers will be needed in the coming years to care for the 27 million Americans who will require long-term care by 2050. [read post]
18 Mar 2013, 1:07 am
If the data broker later sells access to the database to a health insurance company, whose algorithms put people who purchase deep fryers into a high risk category, in the world of Big Data, the initial, relatively innocuous data disclosure (that was consented to), could suddenly serve as the basis to deny a person health care (or result in higher health care rates). [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 11:01 am
State Department, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, the Vancouver Whitecaps, St. [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 10:17 am
In doing so, the Pharmacy Board was using this data to track and minimize prescriptions that were being overfilled by pharmacies, doctors, other human health care professionals and veterinarians. [read post]
13 Mar 2013, 9:27 am
On February 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule to implement key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) related to essential health benefits, (EHBs), calculation of actuarial value (AV), and accreditation standards. [read post]
12 Mar 2013, 11:27 pm
“Expatriate health plans” within the meaning of the “FAQS About Affordable Care Act Implementation (Part XIII)”(the “Expat FAQ”) are not required to comply the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements for pre-January 1, 2016 plan years, as long as they comply with the applicable federal health plan mandates of pre-Affordable Care Act version of Title XXVII of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act and other applicable law under ERISA… [read post]
12 Mar 2013, 10:25 am
On February 20, 2013, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury (the “Departments”) jointly issued a set of Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) About Affordable Care Act Implementation (Part XII). [read post]
12 Mar 2013, 6:18 am
For example, under “Proactive Release of Agency Operations,” the reports commends the Department of State, Department of Commerce, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), General Services Administration, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for making their staff directories easily accessible online. [read post]
11 Mar 2013, 10:30 pm
Last summer, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a rule defining “pre-existing condition” for the purpose of implementing President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA). [read post]
10 Mar 2013, 6:46 pm
To further guide the development and establishment of new federal qualified health care exchanges and other health insurance reforms contemplated as a key element of the ACA reforms, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) on March 1 issued the following two final rules, one interim final rule and two proposed rules covering key ACA provisions: 1. [read post]
10 Mar 2013, 10:07 am
Businesses using non-employee workers should heed the recently announced expansion of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Voluntary Classification VCS Program (VCS Program) as yet another warning to clean up their worker classification practices and defenses for all workers performing services for the business in any non-employee capacity. [read post]
9 Mar 2013, 4:25 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the HIPAA final omnibus rule (Final Rule) on January 25, 2013. [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 1:24 pm
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]
7 Mar 2013, 6:34 am
Which prompts us to ask, "When is a tax not a tax". [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 2:14 pm
“Farmers need to be aware of what the Department of Health is looking for,” Speed said. [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 3:43 am
Human smuggling investigations will slow down. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 9:18 pm
The report from the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, which was linked to in the story written by a local newspaper, concluded that among other things: "Based on observation, interviews and record review, the facility failed to provide supervision to prevent falls and prevent a resident altercation which resulted in a fall, injury, hospitalization and death." [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 5:48 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil [...] [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 1:51 pm
Use Rough Cost Projections To Make Preliminary Decision Whether To Pay Rather Than Play Under ACA, each business still retains the option not to offer health coverage for employees. [read post]
