In this issue:
- Nursing Facility Survey Trends: Directed Plans of Correction, Privacy Violations and FTag 520 Quality Assurance Committee Citations
- COBRA Meets ACA – Time to Update COBRA Notices
-...more
7/25/2014
/ Administrative Hearings ,
Advance Directives ,
Affordable Care Act ,
COBRA ,
Dual Eligibility ,
Email ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitals ,
Long-Term Care ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Part C ,
NLRB ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Plan of Correction
The Affordable Care Act created a new option to obtain health insurance for employees who are losing job-based coverage—the Health Insurance Marketplace (commonly referred to as the “Exchange”). Because this new coverage...more
Although the employer mandate has been delayed to 2015, employers shouldn’t relax too much because significant planning still needs to be done now. Beginning in 2015 large employers either must offer full-time employees...more
8/14/2013
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Deadlines ,
Delays ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Mandates ,
Healthcare ,
IRS ,
New Legislation ,
Pay or Play ,
Shared Responsibility Rule ,
U.S. Treasury
An important deadline under the Affordable Care Act is rapidly approaching. By no later than October 1, 2013, all employers must distribute a notice to all current employees to inform them of certain health coverage options...more
The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is an organization established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) aimed at giving patients a better understanding of the prevention, treatment,...more