by Girish Anand | Dec 7, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
Errors on data being sent from the HealthCare.gov website to insurance companies for fulfillment of purchases is down to about 10 percent, a spokesperson for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said Friday. The website was so stodgy and error-prone...
by Girish Anand | Dec 5, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, IRS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Treasury Department's Inspector General (IG) for Tax Administration warns that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) needs to act quickly to put controls in place to prevent fraud by taxpayers seeking refundable tax credits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)....
by Girish Anand | Dec 4, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
According to a report on CNBC.com, the revamped HealthCare.gov site enrolled 29,000 persons in the first two days of operations after announcing a round of fixes. This is in stark contrast to the 26,000 who enrolled during the entire rollout month of October, when the...
by Girish Anand | Dec 4, 2013 | NLRB
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, has struck down the ban against employment arbitration clause collective-action restraints by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The January 2012 opinion by the NLRB ruled...
by Girish Anand | Dec 3, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
Oklahoma was the first state to issue a legal challenge, but it was soon followed by Indiana and then by individuals and businesses in Virginia and the District of Columbia. At issue is the wording of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which states in section 1311...