Compliance
This section focuses on health care compliance and regulations – both national and state – including the ACA. It includes changes in health care law, regulation, and court decisions and their impact on health insurance professionals, employers, and individuals.
Of all the “bitter disappointments” he had as president, Harry Truman once wrote, the “one that has troubled me most, in a personal way,” was the failure to enact a national program that would assure all Americans “a full measure of opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health.” More than 75 years after Truman first ...
A Louisiana federal court has granted 14 states’ bid for a preliminary injunction that not only halts a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule requiring COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare workers in their own states but across the entire nation. In the memorandum ruling issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty wrote that ...
President Biden on Monday urged calm amid widespread concern about the Omicron coronavirus variant first identified this month in southern Africa, urging Americans to get vaccinated and wear masks.
Economists and public health experts alike say paid sick leave is an essential tool — like testing, masks and vaccines — in the effort to prevent covid-19 infection and keep workplaces safe.
Open enrollment for Medicare goes from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 each year, when Medicare beneficiaries choose their coverage for the next plan year. As Medicare enrollees contemplate their choices for 2022, here are overall Medicare changes to keep in mind.
A judge has blocked enforcement of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in 10 rural states pending a trial over whether the federal government exceeded its authority in issuing the nationwide requirement. Matthew T. Schelp, U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, granted the preliminary injunction Monday in the wake ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday strengthened its recommendations on who should get boosters. In a statement, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that all vaccinated adults should get a booster as long as they received their second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna shot at least six months ago or ...
Hospital groups are asking lawmakers to prevent billions of dollars in Medicare pay reductions next year as part of a government funding bill that’s on Congress’s agenda for this week. The Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care, which represents hospital groups, announced yesterday it will launch a television ad campaign in Washington, D.C., urging Congress ...
The Business Group on Health has identified several trends in health and wellness to keep an eye on next year, which they say highlight the sense of “collective urgency” employers and their workforces feel. For example, the organization echoed an ongoing industry trend: virtual care isn’t going away following a massive increase in use during the pandemic. ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a cybersecurity briefing (PDF) warning health systems about the threat of “zero-day attacks.” Zero-day attacks occur when hackers weaponize an unknown vulnerability in a system to target the flaw before the developers have identified it. These bad actors even often sell these vulnerabilities to other hackers who ...