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New Guidance on Over-the-Counter Medicines and Drugs
Health care reform established new restrictions on the reimbursement of over-the counter (OTC) medicines and drugs purchased after...
Sep 13, 2010
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Health Reform – Are you Ready?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the health reform law) requires all group health plans to comply with certain mandates,...
Sep 7, 2010
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Health Reform Rules on Claims, Appeals, and External Review –Model Forms Released
Under the health reform law, all non-grandfathered plans must comply with new federal internal appeals and external review requirements...
Aug 30, 2010
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Regulations Released Internal Appeals & External Review Processes Related to Health Insurance Reform
The various rules related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act...
Aug 17, 2010
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Health Insurance Reform Law Aids Nursing Mothers
Most of the attention related to health insurance reform has been given to the area of employee benefit coverage, but there are other...
Jul 30, 2010
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Wellness Gets a Boost
Beginning in 2014, under the new health reform law employers can offer increased incentives to employees who participate in a wellness...
Jul 29, 2010
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DOL Issues Model Health Care Reform Notices
The Department of Labor (DOL) has published model notice documents that can be used to satisfy notice requirements under the Affordable...
Jul 8, 2010
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Health Reform Grandfather Plan Rules Released
On Monday, June 14, 2010, health care reform interim rules gave much anticipated guidance on how and when insured and self-insured health...
Jun 15, 2010
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Health Care Reform – It’s Not Just Coming from Washington
While national health insurance reform has received all of the attention, states across the nation have been actively involved in passing...
Jun 14, 2010
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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...
Apr 16, 2010
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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...
Apr 13, 2010
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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...
Mar 26, 2010
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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...
Mar 25, 2010
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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...
Mar 24, 2010
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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...
Mar 23, 2010
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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...
Mar 22, 2010
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November 18, 2009Benefit Plans Need to Comply with Michelle’s Law, Grace’s Law & the Autism
There's been no shortage of news about healthcare reform lately, making it difficult to keep track of recently-enacted legislation. To...
Nov 18, 2009
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