by admin | Nov 12, 2014 | HHS, OCR
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have issued a bulletin in “light of the Ebola outbreak and other events” to clarify “the ways in which patient information may be shared under the HIPAA Privacy...
by admin | Nov 11, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) expects health care sign-ups in the state and federal exchanges during the open enrollment period starting Nov. 15 to total about 13 million people, but Health and Human Services (HHS) officials said Monday they expect only 9 to...
by admin | Nov 10, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, IRS, Obamacare, PPACA
With just a few days to go before the start of the second open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Supreme Court has agreed to hear both sides in the King v. Burwell lawsuit, which aims to strike down health care subsidies in the 36 states that...
by admin | Nov 7, 2014 | USCIS
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has relaunched its website, USCIS.gov, with a new look and an enhanced tool for mobile user to check the status of their cases. The USCIS announcement explained: Our updated homepage for www.uscis.gov and...
by admin | Nov 7, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, IRS, Obamacare, PPACA
When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was written, it set a “minimum value” standard on all health plans by saying a health policy must cover 60 percent of the cost of the “benefits provided by the plan,” but the text failed to specify which...