by Girish Anand | May 31, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today postponed a legislated feature of the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), a health insurance marketplace for small businesses and their employees included in the Patient Protection and Affordable...
by Girish Anand | May 27, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS, PPACA
Obamacare, according to a CNN/ORC International Poll conducted May17-18, is just as unpopular today as it was in 2010 when opposition sent Scott Brown into the presumably Democratic stronghold Senate seat in Massachusetts held previously by Ted Kennedy. To put...
by Girish Anand | May 14, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS, PPACA
Utah and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this past week agreed to a fourth model for what the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) once called insurance exchanges but are now dubbed health insurance marketplaces. Under the new model,...
by Girish Anand | Mar 26, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS, HIPAA
The HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule takes effect today, March 26, but the compliance date for its new standards and provisions is not until Sept. 23, 2013. The rule sets forth breach notification standards and penalties; folds the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act...
by Girish Anand | Feb 28, 2013 | DOL, Health Care Reform
Under the Affordable Care Act, the Department of Labor (DOL) today published final rules relating to reporting requirements for multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) and entities claiming exception (ECEs) and the additional enforcement authority to crack down...
by Girish Anand | Feb 26, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced a final rule that will make purchasing health coverage easier for consumers. The policies outlined will give consumers a consistent way to compare and enroll in health...