Helping Employees Return to the Workplace: Leadership Tips

With most of the world beginning to reopen after months of pandemic lockdown, it’s time for businesses to begin implementing their plans for re-entry to the workplace. Among the expert tips: ensure employee safety and emotional well-being, offer flexibility, and communicate effectively.

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California’s Deadliest Spring in 20 Years Suggests COVID Undercount

The first five months of the COVID-19 pandemic in California rank among the deadliest in state history, deadlier than any other consecutive five-month period in at least 20 years.

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Trump Outpatient Drug Plan May Depend On Upending Buy-And-Bill System

The Trump administration could move forward with a policy that ties Medicare payments for outpatient drugs to foreign prices by upending the buy-and-bill payment system, according to the administration's draft plan.

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Pelosi: ‘Hard To See’ Democrats Supporting Less Than $2.2T In COVID-19 Aid

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said that she's hopeful the parties will reach an agreement on the next round of coronavirus relief but suggested Democrats aren't prepared to accept anything less than her last offer — $2.2 trillion — on a deal.

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Verma: CMS Will Mull Which COVID-19 Flexibilities May Stick Around Post-Pandemic

The Trump administration has rolled out a slew of policies aimed at offering greater flexibility to payers and providers amid COVID-19. But what changes are likely to stick around long-term?

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Federal Funding Bill Relaxes Medicare Loan Repayment Terms, Delays DSH Cuts

House Democrats' bill to extend funding for the federal government through mid-December included a provision that would relax repayment terms for COVID-19 Medicare loans.

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Where Would A Public Option Leave Brokers?

One of the overriding questions in the upcoming election is: What will happen to health care under a Trump or a Biden presidency? And what would a public option do to health insurance brokers?

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Nevada Health Link Open Enrollment Begins November 1

People who do not have health insurance can sign up for a plan on nevadahealthlink.com from November 1 through January 15. Officials say there has never been a more crucial time to have health insurance than right now. Nevada has been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic for six months.

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Wasteful Spending in Health Plan for Nevada State Workers

Nevada’s group health insurance program for state employees consistently failed to seek competitive bids on nearly $96 million worth of contracts over the past four fiscal years, according to a recent state audit that also found examples of “wasteful spending” and state policies not being followed.

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More Americans Lacked Health Insurance Last Year — Even Before Pandemic Hit

The ranks of the nation’s uninsured continued to grow last year, even before the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic that’s devastated the economy, new federal data show.

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