by Girish Anand | Jul 17, 2017 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced the availability of $10.5 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants to fund training and education for workers and employers to help them identify and prevent workplace safety and health hazards....
by Girish Anand | Jul 16, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
The percentage of uninsured adults has risen in the first two quarters of 2017, according to a new Gallup poll. Standing at 10.9 percent in the third and fourth quarters of 2016, the percent of adults without health insurance rose to 11.3 in the first quarter and to...
by Girish Anand | Jul 15, 2017 | HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), along with state and federal law enforcement partners, participated in the largest health care fraud takedown in history in July 2017. More than 400 defendants in 41 federal...
by Girish Anand | Jul 14, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
A Harris poll has found that 61 percent of employees aren’t concerned about a potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or commonly Obamacare), but there are provisions of the law they want to see preserved. Coverage for pre-existing conditions (80...
by Girish Anand | Jul 13, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
Alaska has obtained a Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to create the Alaska Reinsurance Program (ARP), which will be used to drive down costs to consumers while also providing coverage to those who lack insurance. “The approval...
