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Coalition: PPACA Review Regs Could Allow Forum Shopping
By Allison BellAdvocacy groups say proposed federal external review regulations could let self-insured health plans choose friendly independent review organizations.
September 08, 2011
Dodd-Frank: Employers Pan Swap Counterparty AidEmployee benefit plans want the right to waive a proposed rule that would require swap counterparties to give benefit plans extra scrutiny and advice.
September 08, 2011
4th Circuit Rejects PPACA Constitutionality SuitsA 3-judge panel at the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed two challenges to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance ownership requirements on procedural grounds.
September 08, 2011
Sell yourself, not the productMake sure prospects get to know you as well as your products and services.
September 07, 2011
PPACA: Employers Ask Feds to Rethink Comparative Effectiveness Research FeeThe ERISA Industry Committee - an employer group - is asking the Internal Revenue Service to make administration of the new comparative effectiveness research fee as simple as possible.
September 07, 2011
New York Files Executive Life N.Y. Liquidation PlanThe New York Liquidation Bureau has completed a plan that could lead to payment reductions for about 16% of the consumers who are getting payments linked to Executive Life Insurance Company of New York.
September 07, 2011
Oliver Wyman Analyzes the UninsuredAbout 75% of uninsured U.S. residents could end up buying health coverage in 2014, consultants say.
September 07, 2011
MIB: Life Activity Continues to RiseU.S. life insurers researched more requests for individual coverage in August than they did in August 2010.