Jamie Scott
One challenge to keeping health information private as required under HIPAA is in knowing all of the places where it is stored in paper form or electronically. HHS just announced a resolution agreement with Affinity Health Plan (a not-for-profit managed care plan serving the New York metropolitan area) after it was discovered that ...
Jamie Scott
Health Care Reform places caps on out-of-pocket maximums on all non-grandfathered plans beginning in 2014. For 2014, the maximums are $6,350 for individual coverage and $12,700 for other coverage classes. Even though for most plans the out-of-pocket maximum has included deductibles and co-insurance payments, the maximum ...
Health Care Reform places caps on out-of-pocket maximums on all non-grandfathered plans beginning in 2014. For 2014, the maximums are $6,350 for individual coverage and $12,700 for other coverage classes. Even though for most plans the out-of-pocket maximum has included deductibles and co-insurance payments, the maximum ...
Bob Saelinger
What a summer so far. The Obama administration has delayed application of the employer mandate under Health Care Reform for another year – to 2015. [Coincidental that this moves implementation of the employer penalty beyond the 2014 mid-term elections? Probably not.] Will a delay in Health Care Reform’s individual mandate ...
What a summer so far. The Obama administration has delayed application of the employer mandate under Health Care Reform for another year – to 2015. [Coincidental that this moves implementation of the employer penalty beyond the 2014 mid-term elections? Probably not.] Will a delay in Health Care Reform’s individual mandate ...
By Sherry P. Porter
Overview of the New Notice Requirement
Most employers will have a new notification requirement beginning October 1, 2013. Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), new health insurance options will be available under the health care exchanges or marketplaces as of January 1, 2014. Employers are required ...