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IRS Gives Nonprofit Plans, Hospitals More Time to Comply with PPACA
By Allison BellThe Internal Revenue Service is pushing back the compliance deadlines for Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act nonprofit health plan and nonprofit hospital social responsibility requirements.
June 13, 2011
Aetna Acquires Genworth Medigap UnitAetna Inc. is paying $290 million to acquire a Medicare supplement insurance business and blocks of in-force Medigap business from Genworth Financial Inc.
June 13, 2011
AHIP: Exchange Makers Should Mind Enrollment PeriodsDrafters of a National Association of Insurance Commissioners health insurance exchange white paper should give an example of what can go wrong when states adopt guaranteed issue laws without establishing open enrollments.
June 13, 2011
Federal Appeals Court Backs Disability ClaimantA federal appeals court in Pennsylvania has ruled against a mutual insurer and in favor of an injured railroad employee in a case involving an interpretation of the term "total disability."
June 13, 2011
Cuomo Unveils New York State Health Exchange ProposalNew York state may establish a single, state-supervised health insurance exchange that will operate as a public benefit corporation, officials say.
June 12, 2011
IRS Gives Nonprofit Plans, Hospitals More Time to Comply with PPACAThe Internal Revenue Service is pushing back the compliance deadlines for Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act nonprofit health plan and nonprofit hospital social responsibility requirements.
June 10, 2011
Benefits Specialists Assess PPACA EffectsMembers of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans see employers paying more attention to the effects of the Affordable Care Act, but, at this point, few see the act causing employers to eliminate health benefits.
June 10, 2011
PPACA: IRS Starts to Design Health Plan Quality Research FeeThe Internal Revenue Service is asking for comments about how it should go about using fees from health insurers and sponsors of self-insured health plans to pay for comparative clinical effectiveness research.