by admin | Aug 26, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has named the head of Connecticut's Obamacare program to run HealthCare.gov for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Kevin Counihan will join CMS officially as Marketplace Chief Executive Officer...
by admin | Aug 25, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), saying it was taking "several steps to help ensure women, whose coverage is threatened, receive coverage for recommended contraceptive services at no additional cost, as they should be entitled to under the...
by admin | Aug 22, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS
According to today's Wall Street Journal, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working on a new rule on the contraceptive mandate in Obamacare that will allow non-profits to object to the mandate but let the insurance provider pay for it anyway. In...
by admin | Aug 21, 2014 | ADA, EEOC
Manitowoc, Wis.-based Orion Energy Systems violated federal law by requiring an employee to submit to medical exams and inquiries that were not job-related and consistent with business necessity as part of a so-called "wellness program," which was not...
by admin | Aug 21, 2014 | DOL
The Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced today that it has allocated $8,348,423 in health and safety training grants for 47 states and the Navajo Nation in fiscal year 2014. Grantees will use the funds to provide federally...
