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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.

Improper Payments Jumped $125 Billion For Federal Government Last Year

The federal government lost ground last year in reducing improper payments from programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and tax credits for the working poor, experiencing a nearly 18 percent increase in the costs.

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Slightly More Latinos and African American Sign Up On California Exchange

The percentage of Latinos and African Americans who signed up for subsidized health coverage through California's insurance exchange increased modestly during the second annual open enrollment period, officials announced Thursday.

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New Federal Rule Will Extend Medical Leave Rights To Same-Sex Couples In All States

Starting March 27, legally married same-sex couples will be able to take unpaid time off to care for a spouse or sick family members even if they live in a state that doesn’t recognize their marriage.

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Digital Dilemma For Medicine: How To Share Records

Technology entrepreneur Jonathan Bush says he was recently watching a patient move from a hospital to a nursing home. The patient’s information was in an electronic medical record, or EMR. And getting that record from the hospital to the nursing home, Bush says, wasn’t exactly drag and drop.

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Covered California Enrollment Numbers Hit 1.4 Million, Lower Than Target

Nearly 500,000 new consumers signed up for insurance and picked a health plan through Covered California through Feb. 22, executive director Peter Lee announced at the exchange board meeting Thursday.

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Governor Names Two New Covered California Board Members

Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed a Latino health activist and long-time labor leader who's worked at top levels of state government to the board at Covered California, the state health benefit exchange.

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As Supreme Court Weighs Health Law, G.O.P. Is Planning to Replace It

The legal campaign to destroy President Obama's health care law may be nearing its conclusion, but as the Supreme Court deliberates over the law's fate, the search for a replacement by Republican lawmakers is finally gaining momentum.

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Gallup: Nevada, U.S. Uninsured Rate Drops After Obamacare Rollout

Nevada saw a reduction in its rate of uninsured residents last year following the implementation of a controversial health law.

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Justices Sharply Divided Over Health Care Law Subsidies

The Supreme Court was sharply divided Wednesday in the latest challenge to President Barack Obama's health overhaul, this time over the tax subsidies that make insurance affordable for millions of Americans.

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HHS Shifts Money From Cancer, Global Health To Pay For Health Insurance Exchange

In their latest attack on the Affordable Care Act, House Republicans question why the Obama administration transferred money last year from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to pay for the operation of the federal health insurance marketplace.

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