by Girish Anand | Jan 21, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS
In the past week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has begun referring to the health insurance exchanges mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) as "marketplaces." Fans of PPACA say the renaming was done to ease...
by Girish Anand | Jan 17, 2013 | HHS, HIPAA
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) moved forward today to strengthen the privacy and security protections for health information established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The final omnibus...
by Girish Anand | Jan 17, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released a proposed rule that promotes consistent policies and processes for eligibility notices and appeals in Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Exchanges and gives states...
by Girish Anand | Jan 15, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which was under a deadline of Jan. 1, 2013, to determine if the states were ready to set up health insurance exchanges as mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), but it has extended the...
by Girish Anand | Jan 14, 2013 | NLRB
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon has released a summary of the board's activities during Fiscal Year 2012. Here are some details he selected for emphasis: 93.9% of all initial union elections were conducted within 56 days...