by admin | Apr 1, 2015 | HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) have awarded approximately $12 million to BioCryst Pharmaceuticals of Durham, N.C., for the advanced development of a promising...
by admin | Mar 23, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
While Democrats were singing its praises, Republicans in Congress were working on a measure to present to the president to end it (however unlikely that he’d ever sign it). “It,” of course, is the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as...
by admin | Mar 17, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, DOL, Health Care Reform, HHS
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury have published final rules to amend the definition of excepted benefits to include certain limited coverage that wraps around individual health insurance. Such coverage would have to be specifically...
by admin | Mar 11, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, HHS, Obamacare
Nationwide, nearly 11.7 million consumers selected or were automatically re-enrolled in health insurance coverage through the state and federal Health Insurance Marketplace as of Feb. 22, according to a report released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human...
by admin | Feb 26, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued the Final HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016. This rule seeks to improve consumers’ experience in the Health Insurance Marketplace and to ensure their coverage options are...
by admin | Feb 25, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last week admitted that it had sent out some 800,000 erroneous Obamacare tax statements that either over-stated or under-stated the individuals’ tax credits for the health insurance they purchased on...