by PC Editorial Staff | May 10, 2022 | CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), DOJ, Employee benefit plans
Previously, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a nationwide law enforcement action to combat COVID-19 healthcare fraud. In recent developments, the DOJ brought criminal charges against 21 defendants, across nine federal districts, for alleged participation...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 25, 2022 | CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Supreme Court, Vaccinations
Between January 14 and January 20th, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released separate guidance for three groups of states regarding the health care worker vaccine mandate. Effectively, the CMS mandate is now enforceable in all 50 states....
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 14, 2022 | CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Supreme Court, Vaccinations
In its ruling on January 13th, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard (ETS). Meanwhile, a separate ruling allowed enforcement of the Centers for Medicare and...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 11, 2022 | CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), OSHA, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court (the Court) heard oral arguments on January 7th, 2022, regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) vaccine-or-test standard and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’s (CMS’s) vaccine mandate for...
by Girish Anand | Aug 13, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Obamacare
From 2016 to 2018, 2.5 million customers who failed to qualify for a subsidy dropped their coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare), a 40 percent falloff, according to data released Monday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). “As...
by Girish Anand | Apr 22, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Obamacare
After a lengthy commentary period that saw few changes from the proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serves (CMS) has released its “Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters” for health insurance plans being sold on the Affordable Care Act...
