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News and Updates

Jun 1, 2010

HHS to Establish a Health Reform Web Portal

The Affordable Care Act requires that Health and Human Services (HHS) create an Internet website, referred to as a "web portal," through...

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May 27, 2010

IRS Releases 2011 Amounts for HSAs and HDHPs

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published contribution limits for health savings accounts (HSAs) and out-of-pocket expenses for...

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May 12, 2010

New Guidance Issued on Dependent Coverage Extension

The new national health insurance reform act - the Affordable Care Act - requires group health plans and health insurance issuers that...

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May 7, 2010

Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Regulations Released

Conner Strong's recently issued legislative bulletin provided a link to a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fact sheet on the...

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Apr 29, 2010

Dependent to Age 26 Developments

HHS Urges Plans to Extend Dependent Coverage: Health and Human Services (HHS) has sent a letter urging employers and insurers to...

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Apr 16, 2010

Early Retiree Reinsurance Program To Begin June 23

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a fact sheet on the early retiree reinsurance program enacted as part of the...

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Apr 13, 2010

New Governmental Webpages On Healthcare Reform

The White House and Health and Human Services (HHS) web sites provide general information about health reform and question and answer...

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Mar 26, 2010

National Health Insurance Reform It’s Official Now

National Health Insurance Reform passed its final legislative hurdle last night as the US House passed 220-207 (a re-vote) a package of...

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Mar 25, 2010

Latest National Health Insurance News And Year By Year Impact

This afternoon the Senate passed on a 56-43 basis the House amendments to the Senate’s original health bill. In spite of the fact that...

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Mar 24, 2010

President Signs Health Insurance Reform

At a ceremony at the White House yesterday, the President signed the Senate’s health insurance reform bill originally passed on December...

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Mar 23, 2010

Details Of The US House’s Health Insurance Amendments

As reported yesterday by Conner Strong, on Sunday March 21, in addition to approving the Senate health insurance reform bill, the US...

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Mar 22, 2010

US House Passes Health Reform Legislation

On Sunday, March 21, 2010 the US House of Representatives passed health care reform legislation by a vote of 219-212. The final votes...

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Aug 3, 2009

PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING AND THE FIRST DATABANK SETTLEMENT

The Issue At-a-Glance By now, you’ve probably heard that First DataBank (FDB), the prescription drug industry’s largest publisher of...

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Jul 14, 2009

Introduction to Family Income to Respond to Significant Transactions Act and Healthy Families Act

Mid-June the House Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on workforce protections met with various organizations to hear the pros...

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Jul 2, 2009

IRS Releases 2010 Limits on Deductible Contributions to HSAs

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published inflation-adjusted limits for health savings accounts (HSAs) and high deductible health...

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Jun 25, 2009

Expanded Coverage for Adult Children Up to Age 30 in Pennsylvania

June 10, 2009 marked the enactment of Senate Bill 189, also known as Act 4 of 2009. This bill, signed by Governor Edward G. Rendell,...

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May 18, 2009

CMS Publishes Medicare Part D Parameters For 2010

On April 6, 2009 the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Announcement of Calendar Year (CY) 2010 Medicare...

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May 13, 2009

Proposed Regulations on GINA’s Employment NondiscriminationRequirements Have Been Issued By the EEO

In March 2009, The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued proposed regulations on the Genetic Information...

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May 11, 2009

HIPAA RULE CHANGES WITHIN THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009

Introduction: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) contains funding for Health Information Technology (HIT) and...

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May 6, 2009

New Jersey Mandate: Grace’s Law is Now in Effect

Named after Grace Gleba of Warren County, New Jersey, the Governor signed Grace’s Law the later part of 2008. This legislation requires...

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