CMS Finalizes Rule That Calls For Standardized Plan Options, Network Adequacy Reviews For ACA Exchanges

Insurers on the Affordable Care Act will have to develop standardized plan options and prepare for network adequacy audits on the law’s insurance exchanges starting next year, according to a final rule. 

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Nevada Small Businesses Struggling 2 Years After Pandemic’s Start

The results of the 2020-21 Nevada Small Business Development Center client survey show that small businesses are still struggling significantly with staffing, supply chains and COVID-related issues.

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Nevada COVID-19 Hospitalizations At ‘Record Low,’ Association Says

Clark County’s COVID-19 metrics stayed relatively flat for the second straight week, as the Nevada Hospital Association reported “record low” statewide hospitalization numbers.

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California Will Keep Workplace Pandemic Rules Through 2022

California workplace regulators on Thursday extended mandatory pay for workers affected by the coronavirus through the end of 2022, acting more than two months after state lawmakers restored similar benefits through September.

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The Ball Is Back In Newsom’s Court On Single-Payer Health Care In California

On Monday, the commission finalized that report, which found that health care costs will skyrocket by 30% in nine years under the current system and advocates an overhaul that would eliminate distinctions among private and government coverage, in favor of a new system to provide health care to all Californians.

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Is Hybrid The New Normal? Workers Are Back In Person But Only A Few Days A Week

In-office presence varies by industry in Los Angeles County, with tech and entertainment-related businesses in the forefront, but the easing of pandemic safety restrictions in early March has clearly led to an increase in work getting done at the office instead of at home, landlords said.

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U.S. Hospitals Struggle to Absorb Pandemic-Era Rising Costs

Labor costs per patient jumped by 19% in 2021 from 2019, and supplies rose by over 20% per patient during that period, according to the report. Nursing expenses shifted heavily toward travel nurses. The travelers’ share of nursing budgets rose to 39% in 2022 from 5% in 2019.

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Employers Still Overlooking A Big Factor That’s Fueling Burnout

Burnout has been on the rise since the start of pandemic — a trend that been a big factor in the turnover tsunami that has swept the nation.

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L.A. County Keeps Mask Mandate At Airports, On Public Transit, Despite Federal Changes

Despite recent changes at the federal level, Los Angeles County is continuing to require travelers to mask up when aboard public transit or in indoor transportation hubs such as airports. The new health officer order, which went into effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday, means the nation’s most populous county again has face-covering rules that go ...

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CMS Proposes 5 Medicare Special Enrollment Periods

Medicare beneficiaries experiencing specific illnesses or circumstances could soon get Part B coverage outside the normal open enrollment periods under a proposed rule released Friday. Individuals who are impacted by an emergency or disaster, formerly incarcerated people and those subject to a health plan or employer error that prevented them from enrolling in Medicare on ...

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