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.
The Word & Brown Companies have donated $50,000 to the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) Political Action Committee (HUPAC) to help educate Americans on the important role of health insurance brokers. “It’s vital we increase awareness of the important role of health insurance brokers for consumers and businesses in America,” said Jessica Word, president of ...
The Biden administration on Tuesday ended a Trump-era policy that would have allowed Medicare Part D plans to cover fewer drugs under a new pay model. When CMS’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation requested Part D Payment Modernization applications for 2022 in January, it said that plans participating in the model wouldn’t have to ...
The Biden administration is considering extending the special enrollment window for Americans to purchase Affordable Care Act health plans beyond its current expiration date of May 15, according to an administration official familiar with the situation. President Joe Biden ordered a new enrollment period from Feb. 15 to May 15, giving Americans a chance to ...
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Xavier Becerra, a son of Mexican immigrants who became a member of Congress and California’s attorney general, as President Biden’s secretary of health and human services after a bitter partisan fight that centered on his qualifications and support for abortion rights. The vote was 50 to 49. Senator Susan Collins ...
The price to replace a hip or knee in the U.S. can vary dramatically, even within a single hospital, new data show. At a Sutter hospital in San Francisco, a procedure can range from $22,865 to $101,571.
When the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation began offering telehealth services in Montana in early February, the nation’s largest nonprofit addiction treatment provider promised quality care for far-flung residents without their even having to leave home.
A divided Senate on Thursday advanced Xavier Becerra's nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services after Maine Republican Susan Collins joined all of the chamber's Democrats in backing a confirmation vote.
Amazon employees and their families in five states now have access to virtual and in-person care through a collaboration with Crossover Health.
For all of our grousing about covid fatigue, a few novel trends are clear one year into the pandemic. In the early weeks of 2021, Californians are staying home way more than we did in our pre-pandemic life. Even so, we’re heading out to shop, dine and work far more now than in March 2020, ...
President Joe Biden signed the massive Covid-19 stimulus bill into law Thursday, touting provisions that will put money into the pockets of millions of Americans. But the bill is more than stimulus payments and jobless benefits. It also includes a litany of programs: health insurance subsidies, a cash-for-kids allowance to slash child poverty, state and ...