A long-awaited form employers will use to provide the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with information regulators will need to calculate the amount of a “reinsurance” fee mandated by the health care reform law will be available online starting Friday, HHS disclosed. Continue reading
The federal government will spend $840 million over the next four years to help doctors move their practices away from a volume-based business model to one that’s focused on rewarding them for good patient outcomes. Continue reading
The maximum contribution that can be made to 401(k) plans in 2015 will rise to $18,000, up from the current $17,500 limit, while the maximum catch-up contribution employees age 50 and older can make to the plans will increase to $6,000, up from $5,500, the Internal Revenue Service announced Thursday. Continue reading
Currently in the United States one of the biggest concerns is the spread of Ebola. It is a hot topic on the nightly news and it seems everyday there is more breaking information about the virus that is haunting Africa. Continue reading
he Obama administration began notifying consumers on Wednesday that they should return to the federal health insurance marketplace to renew coverage for next year. Continue reading
A team of infection experts will be sent to any U.S. hospital with a confirmed Ebola case, according to the nation’s top disease control official, who said such a group could have prevented the infection of a Dallas nurse who cared for a patient with the deadly virus. Continue reading
On Nov. 15, the second open-enrollment period will begin for individual health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Those who didn’t sign up previously can enroll for coverage starting in 2015, and those who are already covered can renew or change their policies. Continue reading
California’s workers compensation system could see pharmaceutical costs cut by $124 million to $420 million a year if the state adopted a closed prescription drug formulary like ones used in Texas and Washington state, according to the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. Continue reading
