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Employers given more time to comply with health benefits summary rule
February 10th, 2012 by admin
February 9, 2012 – 3:00pm Read more in theBenefits Management Channel What’s This? Benefits Management Legislative and regulatory compliance, plan design, financing and strategy issues related to managing employee benefit plans, primarily health care and retirement benefits. In Benefits Management you’ll also … Continue reading →
What Will Health Care Look Like in 2025?
January 31st, 2012 by admin
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — By 2025, patient-doctor relationships and health care delivery will look radically different than they do today, according to the Institute for Alternative Futures. In the Institute’s new report Primary Care 2025: A Scenario … Continue reading →
GOP Presidential Hopefuls: Where They Stand On Health Care
January 19th, 2012 by admin
At first glance, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Utah Gov. John Huntsman, Rep. Ron Paul and Gov. Rick Perry, both from Texas, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum seem virtually … Continue reading →
A Health Exchange Progress Report, Sort Of …
January 19th, 2012 by admin
By Julie Appleby January 18th, 2012, 12:08 PM They’re making progress! Well, at least 28 of them and the District of Columbia are. That was the main talking point from the White House this morning during a press briefing revolving around a report … Continue reading →
Administration pulls plug on health reform law LTC program
October 17th, 2011 by admin
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration on Friday pulled the plug on a voluntary long-term care program that was part of the health care reform law. “We have not identified a way to make CLASS work at this time,” Health and Human Services … Continue reading →
Health Insurance Costs to Rise Sharply in 2011: How to Cope
September 28th, 2011 by admin
By Carla Fried | Aug 23, 2010 Well, there’s one area where deflation will definitely not be at play in 2011: health insurance. A survey of large businesses reports that employers expect their health care insurance costs to rise by … Continue reading →
10 Top-Selling Drugs Coming Off Patent
September 27th, 2011 by admin
By KATIE MOISSE July 25, 2011 ABCNEWS.com Ten of the world’s top-selling prescription drugs are about to get cheaper. Over the next 17 months, the patents on brand-name medications like the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor and the blood thinner Plavix will … Continue reading →
Kaiser: PPACA is Here
September 27th, 2011 by admin
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) is starting to have noticeable effects on group health coverage, researchers say. The researchers, at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, Calif., and the Health Research & Educational … Continue reading →
Medicare Part D Deadline Is Fast Approaching: October 15
August 30th, 2011 by admin
Medicare Part D Deadline Is Fast Approaching: October 15 by Infinisource Cross out November 15 on your benefits calendar, and circle October 15. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has changed the key Medicare Part D deadline, starting in 2011. Medicare … Continue reading →
PPACA: Feds Add Contraception to Preventive Care Package
August 2nd, 2011 by admin
By ALLISON BELL Published 8/1/2011 Federal agencies say major medical plans should include coverage for well-woman visits, contraception, screening for the viruses that cause AIDS and human papillomavirus, and breastfeeding support in the basic package of preventive health services benefits.The U.S. … Continue reading →
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