by admin | Sep 24, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform
The number of health insurance companies offering policies on HealthCare.gov beginning Nov. 15 — the start of the next open enrollment period — will jump to 249 from the 191 that participated during the first enrollment period. And that’s after...
by admin | Sep 24, 2014 | U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court came into being 225 years ago today when President George Washington signed the Judiciary Act of 1789. The act gave the court six justices, and over the years the number has changed to where it stands today at nine justices. The act also established...
by admin | Sep 22, 2014 | USCIS
U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has begun using a new secure blue ink for many of its secure stamps. The older secure red ink was retired and is no longer used by USCIS. You will now see the following list of stamps with secure blue ink: Department...
by admin | Sep 22, 2014 | HHS, HIPAA
The compliance deadline for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Omnibus Final Rule, issued in January 2013, has arrived. By tomorrow (Sept. 23, 2014), both covered entities and business associates need to be in full compliance with the...
by admin | Sep 19, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has warned again that some 115,000 people will lose the health insurance policies they purchased under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) if they don’t submit documents showing their legal right to reside in the...