by Girish Anand | May 14, 2014 | DOL, OSHA
Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez announced he will re-establish the charter of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee (WPAC). WPAC was established to advise and make recommendations to the secretary of Labor and the assistant secretary for Occupational...
by Girish Anand | May 13, 2014 | HIPAA
Susan McAndrew, dubbed by fellow workers in the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) as "the mother of HIPAA," retired on May 2, and now the leader of the entire group — OCR Director Leon Rodriguez — is on the verge of moving over to head the U.S....
by Girish Anand | May 12, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
Virginia today became the first state to unveil the premiums its health insurers will charge on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces come next fall, with increases ranging from 3.3 percent to 14.9 percent, according to insurance company filings with the state....
by Girish Anand | May 10, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform
Though the big health insurers fought many provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tooth and nail, that didn't stop them from finding a rainbow in the midst of health care reform and jacking up the pay of their chief executive officers. Aetna CEO Mark...
by Girish Anand | May 7, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
Several insurers report that about 80 percent of those who signed up for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces have made their initial premium payments, but they add that there are "many duplicate enrollments" among the 8 million the...
