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What Employers Need to Know about Health Care Reform

Health Care Reform Update -- April 2, 2013

by Joseph P. Hammang, Alexander Hecht, Kevin M. Kappel, Tom Koutsoumpas, Jeremy Rabinovitz, Robert C. Skinner | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/3/2013

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA); Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups...more

Understanding The Impacts Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act

by Brion Doyle | Varnum LLP on 3/5/2013

While many of the key provisions and requirements of "Obamacare" (otherwise known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("ACA")) do not go into effect until 2014, there is much that can be done in 2013 to...more

Health Care Reform Update -- March 4, 2013

by Gary Bacher, Joseph P. Hammang, Alexander Hecht, Kevin M. Kappel, Tom Koutsoumpas, Jeremy Rabinovitz, Robert C. Skinner | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 3/5/2013

In This Issue: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups...more

President Obama Issues Sequestration Order, CMS Has Yet to Publish Implementation Instructions

by King & Spalding on 3/5/2013

On March 1, 2013, President Obama issued a sequestration order directing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to administer across-the-board cuts to federal spending. Concurrently, OMB issued a report to Congress...more

Health Care Reform Update - What employers should be doing now.

by Craig Day | Lane Powell PC - Labor & Employment Law on 2/28/2013

Although many of the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) were already in effect, the pace of change has quickened since the Supreme Court upheld the law in June of 2012. The law is composed of...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - February 27, 2013

by Mark Alderman | Cozen O'Connor on 2/27/2013

As Washington and the rest of the country brace for cuts from the sequester to kick in on March 1, Florida Gov. Rick Scott surprised many and confirmed others' predictions by announcing his state will expand its Medical...more

Health Care Issues Poised to Take Front and Center in the 113th Congress

by Stephen Cooper, Ryan J. Severson | K&L Gates LLP on 2/25/2013

Health care issues dominated much of President Obama’s first term. Even after Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA” or “health reform law”) (Pub. L. 111-148, 111-152), the Supreme Court...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - February 13, 2013

by Mark Alderman | Cozen O'Connor on 2/13/2013

In the past week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an updated federal budget to account for new regulations from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS),...more

What To Expect From The Affordable Care Act In 2013

by Thomas Ferrante Jr., Linda Fleming | Carlton Fields on 1/16/2013

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the health care reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This legislation, along with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, makes...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - January 14, 2013

by Mark Alderman | Cozen O'Connor on 1/14/2013

The Obama administration gave eight more states conditional approval to operate health insurance exchanges, bringing the total number of fully or partially approved exchanges to 20; HHS approved 106 new accountable care...more

Birmingham Medical News: 2012 Health Care Year In Preview

by Howard E. Bogard | Burr & Forman on 12/6/2012

The health care events of 2012 can be properly divided into "Before" and "After": Before the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act and President Obama's re-election and After. Before these two events, the viability...more

Health Reform + Related Health Policy News - November 28, 2012

by Colleen M. Faddick, Bruce A. Johnson, Matthew Murer, Alan K. Parver | Polsinelli on 12/3/2012

In This Issue: - CMS Releases FY 2012 Financial Report; Misses Target forReductions in Improper Payments - CMS Releases Guidance on Medicaid/CHIP Issues - HHS Secretary Extends Deadline for Decision on...more

Healthcare Reform: What Connecticut Employers Need to Know After Supreme Court’s Health Law Ruling

by Pullman & Comley, LLC on 7/16/2012

On June 28, 2012, the Supreme court ruled that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”) is constitutional. What does the decision mean for employers? The Supreme Court’s decision rests on some...more

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