by Girish Anand | Dec 11, 2017 | NLRA, NLRB
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter B. Robb has appointed career NLRB attorney Mark Arbesfeld to be director of the General Counsel’s Office of Appeals. In his new position, Arbesfeld will lead the office that reviews appeals by employers,...
by Girish Anand | Dec 9, 2017 | HHS
On Dec. 6 and 7, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted a first-of-its-kind, two-day Code-a-Thon to help turn data into lifesaving solutions to the opioid epidemic. Fifty teams, comprised of three to five members of computer programmers each, public...
by Girish Anand | Dec 8, 2017 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released for public comment a draft of its Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2018-2022, the agency announced today. The draft plan can be found at Regulations.gov. Comments must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. ET on Jan....
by Girish Anand | Dec 7, 2017 | CHIP, CMS
As part of a stopgap federal government spending measure passed today by both the House and Senate, funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has been authorized through the end of 2017. Meanwhile, funding for the federal government will expire...
by Girish Anand | Dec 7, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Obamacare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported on Dec. 6 that health care spending in 2016 slowed its growth rate, whereas individuals’ out-of-pocket costs rose. In 2016 health care expenditures reached $3.3 trillion, an increase of 4.3 percent,...
