by admin | Oct 8, 2015 | DOL, FLSA
Shortly after receiving an appeal from the Home Care Association of America about the rule from the Department of Labor (DOL) extending overtime and minimum wage protections to home care workers associated with third-party employers, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts...
by admin | Oct 8, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) thave released final rules that simplify requirements and add new flexibilities for providers to make electronic health information...
by admin | Oct 7, 2015 | DOL
Following a decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals validating a Department of Labor (DOL) rule extending minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers, the agency said it would begin enforcing the ruling 30 days after it becomes official, on Nov....
by admin | Oct 6, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, PPACA
Section 1332 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) allows states to obtain waivers to tinker with provisions of Obamacare beginning in 2017. Depending on how much leeway the federal government will allow, states could drop the individual mandate or...
by admin | Oct 5, 2015 | HIPAA, OCR
In a letter to the Inspector General who just criticized the agency for its lack of action, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) pledged to commence Phase 2 of its HIPAA audit program in early 2016. The audits to check compliance with the security, privacy and breach...
