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[Federal Register: October 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 209)][Rules and Regulations]…
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[Federal Register: October 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 208)]…
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On November 3, House Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio) released the text of a proposed substitute amendment to H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, and the next day the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a preliminary cost estimate of the Republican alternative…
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published interim final rules regarding the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act passed as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)…
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On October 30, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released summaries of 2010 Medicare payment and policy changes that include a 21.2% reduction in the conversion factor for physician services provided on or after Jan. 1, 2010, rather than the 21.5% reduction projected in previous proposed regulations. The changes are scheduled to be published as final regulations later in November for services provided in calendar year 2010 by physicians, outpatient hospital departments, and ambulatory surgical centers…
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Two laws introduced in late October would extend the COBRA subsidy program created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, see Report 329.1.-13)…
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The Department of Defense (DOD) has issued final regulations that address double coverage payment procedures under the TRICARE rules to accommodate beneficiaries who are eligible under both Medicare and TRICARE, and who participate in Medicare’s outpatient prescription drug program under Medicare Part D. The final regulations appeared in the October 29 Federal Register (see Text: Final Rule, DOD, TRICARE Implementation Of Changes To The Pharmacy Benefits Program)…
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About 6 million additional individuals would obtain coverage through an employer health care plan under H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, according to a preliminary analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation. H.R. 3962 is expected to be considered by the full House this week (see News, Nov. 2, 2009, Health Reform Bill Heads To The Floor Of The House)…
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The average premiums and cost-sharing payments for enrollees in health exchanges under House bill H.R. 3962 (the Affordable Health Care for America Act) would be slightly higher than those for enrollees in the exchanges under the Finance Committee’s S. 796 (America’s Healthy Future Act), according to a November 2 letter to Rep Charles Rangel (N.Y.) from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) director Douglas W. Elmendorf…
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The Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962, which was sent to the House floor on October 28 (see News, Nov. 2, 2009, Health Reform Bill Heads To The Floor Of The House), includes substantial reforms to the Medicare program, including the following measures:…
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This is another in a series of regular health care reform updates from Spencer’s Benefits Reports (see News, Oct. 5, 2009, Health Care Reform Update)…
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The Internal Revenue Service has published a notice in which the agency requests applications for membership to serve on the Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT). The notice appeared in the November 3 Federal Register…
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The Department of Labor has obtained a court order that permanently bars Raymond Palombo of Riverside, Cal., from serving in a fiduciary or service provider capacity to any employee benefit plan governed by ERISA. The order was entered by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, in Solis v. Palombo (Civil Action No. 1:089-CV-2017)…
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