by Girish Anand | Jun 13, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a proposed rule to implement President Obama's Executive Order 13658, which mandates a minimum wage of at least $10.10 an hour at companies entering into contractors to do federally...
by Girish Anand | Jun 12, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law
The International Franchise Association (IFA) has filed suit against Seattle for lumping franchise owners into the major corporation category, meaning they have to implement the new $15-an-hour minimum wage in three years rather than in the seven years given small...
by Girish Anand | Jun 11, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, CMS
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday approved applications by 18 state insurance commissioners to delay offering the "employee choice" option on their Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP). Under "employee choice,"...
by Girish Anand | Jun 9, 2014 | CMS, Health Care Reform
After uncovering hundreds of millions — potentially billions — in payments to Medicare Advantage health plans for inflated "risk scores," the Inspector General (IG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) scrapped the audits as too...
by Girish Anand | Jun 8, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
The administration's 36-state-and-growing health insurance website is undergoing a makeover for the umpteenth time and will now see many of its functions hosted in the cloud by Amazon.com, according to the Wall Street Journal. Among other changes, HealthCare.gov...