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DOL issues model notice of coverage options available through exchanges and sets October 1 deadline

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2013

The United States Department of Labor (the "DOL") recently issued temporary guidance on the required notice to employees regarding their coverage

Senate finance committee leaders seek input on Medicare physician payment reform

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2013

In an open letter to the “health care provider community,” Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the leaders of the Senate Finance

New guidance issued on “fixed indemnity” insurance benefits under Affordable Care Act

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 18 2013

When the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) was enacted in 1996, it exempted coverage of “excepted benefits” from its

NAIC Spring National Meetings: Houston, Texas - April 5-9, 2013

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2013

The following is a summary of select developments and discussions addressed at the NAIC Spring National Meetings held in Houston, Texas on April 5-9

CCIIO issues broker guidelines for exchanges

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

On May 1, the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), a part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), issued

EEOC publishes final regulations implementing Title II of GINA

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 18 2010

Thanks to the decoding of the human genome, many genetic tests now exist that can help determine whether individuals may be at risk of developing specific diseases or disorders

Guidance issued on two key Affordable Care Act provisions taking effect in 2014: the 90-day waiting period limit and determining full-time employees for purposes of the employer shared responsibility rules

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 25 2012

New guidance for employers on two key provisions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that take effect in 2014 has been released

HHS releases new exchange application forms

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released revised, more user-friendly application forms for use by consumers who apply for

Age-based testing of physicians: best practices or blatant age discrimination?

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 18 2013

Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Stanford, California recently implemented its "Late Career Practitioner Policy," requiring physicians over the age

The Medicare Secondary Payor Act and insurance bad faith liability

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 7 2010

Over the past few years, liability insurers settling claims on behalf of policyholders have increasingly found themselves grappling with Medicare Secondary Payor obligations