by Girish Anand | Jul 14, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS
On Friday, July 12, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued final regulations on health insurance navigators, who will help steer consumer toward the proper coverage beginning Oct. 1, 2013, when the Health Insurance Marketplaces open for business (in...
by Girish Anand | Jul 13, 2013 | ICE
Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and former Arizona Governor, is leaving her post to become president of the University of California (UC) system. "I thank President Obama for the chance to serve our nation during this...
by Girish Anand | Jul 12, 2013 | Health Care Reform, U.S. Supreme Court
Though the Shared Employment Responsibility provision (aka: employer mandate) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has been put on ice for an additional year, a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld the...
by Girish Anand | Jul 10, 2013 | Health Care Reform
Even though officials announced this week that there would be scant verification of incomes and employment status for those individuals applying for health insurance through the new Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces, a British firm has been awarded a contract...
by Girish Anand | Jul 9, 2013 | Random Musings
In 2010 the Department of Labor (DOL), in an administrative interpretation, declared that mortgage loan officers do not fall under the administrative exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and are thus owed overtime pay for all work beyond 40 hours in a...