Month: January 2022
Healthcare labor groups are pushing back against an emergency decision by the California Department of Public Health to permit healthcare personnel who tested positive for COVID-19 to return to work if asymptomatic, foregoing both an isolation period and follow-up testing. The temporary guidance, published Saturday, is in effect through Feb. 1 for general acute care ...
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2020, the biggest piece of legislation enacted in American history, created an array of complex new laws for many sectors; one of those sectors is health insurance. The CAA brings significant changes to insurance agents and their clients, directly impacting brokers’ sales practices and employers’ legal responsibilities in 2022.
The Biden administration has officially pulled a controversial model that would have tied prices for drugs reimbursed under Part B to prices paid by countries overseas.
As demand for COVID-19 testing soars along with numbers of new cases, people with mild symptoms – or none at all – are crowding already busy Las Vegas-area emergency rooms to be tested for the coronavirus.
Nevada’s 2021 Legislature passed Assembly Bill 250, which allows Nevada resident Medicare Supplement policyholders to annually shop and switch to another Medicare Supplement policy sold in this state. The new law goes into effect on January 1, 2022, and any replacement policy is guaranteed to be issued at standard rates, regardless of the applicant’s health ...
Coronavirus cases exploded to more than 8,000 in Clark County over the holiday weekend, according to the Southern Nevada Health District. The county tallied 8,104 new cases of COVID-19 between Friday and Sunday, bringing the total to 377,518, the district said today. Friday’s report saw the most cases, with 3,261. “Today, we are seeing an ...
When the calendar flips to 2022, certain Medicare costs will creep higher. For the program’s 63.6 million beneficiaries — most of whom are 65 or older — annual adjustments can affect premiums, deductibles and other cost-sharing aspects of Medicare. While each change doesn’t necessarily involve a huge dollar amount, experts say it’s important to consider ...
California consumers and hard-working families will have additional insurance protections under new laws now in effect in 2022. These include laws that provide new health coverage options
The numbers from the holiday weekend are in — and California has broken every record for new coronavirus cases. Obliterated them, actually.
As we head into a new year with high hopes for the economy to continue to recover and grow, 2022 has brought something that everyone can count on: new state laws.