by Girish Anand | Aug 31, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its proposed annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2018, which proposes additional steps to strengthen the Health Insurance Marketplace. CMS said it is issuing this rule earlier in the...
by Girish Anand | Aug 29, 2016 | EEOC
Today the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its final Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues to replace its 1998 Compliance Manual section on retaliation. The guidance also addresses the separate “interference” provision...
by Girish Anand | Aug 28, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
An analysis by the respected Kaiser Family Foundation finds that 31 percent of U.S. counties will have only one insurer to choose from when open enrollment for Obamacare commences Nov. 1. Another 31 percent will have only two, and one county — Pinal in Arizona...
by Girish Anand | Aug 25, 2016 | ACA, HHS, Obamacare
State insurance commissioners, under pressure from health insurers bleeding red on the Obamacare exchanges, have begun approving rate hikes up to 62 percent, but the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) quickly reassured consumers that taxpayers would pick up...
by Girish Anand | Aug 25, 2016 | DOL, EBSA
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has made public a final rule that assists states in creating IRA programs for workers who do not have access to workplace savings arrangements. At the same time, in response to public comments, the department is...