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UnitedHealthcare/Oxford Contract with East End Hospitals in Jeopardy of...
The East End Health Alliance Hospitals (Southampton, Peconic Bay and Eastern Long Island) and UnitedHealthcare/Oxford are currently in good faith efforts to negotiate a new contract. If they are...
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Expanding Access to Preventive Services for Women
Affordable Care Act Rules on Expanding Access to Preventive Services for Women New private health plans must cover the guidelines on women’s preventive services with no cost sharing in plan years...
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GUIDANCE ISSUED ON ACA’S SUMMARY
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires each employer group health plan to provide a 4-page summary of its benefits to all individuals who are eligible for coverage. This requirement takes effect on...
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2012 Annual Benefit Plan and Social Security Limits
2012 Annual Benefit Plan Amounts Contribution & Benefit Limits 2011 Limit 2012 Limit Section 401(k), 403(b), or 457(b) annual deferral $16,500 $17,000 SIMPLE plan annual deferral $11,500 $11,500...
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Medicare Part B premiums for 2012 lower than projected
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Medicare Part B premiums in 2012 will be lower than previously projected and the Part B deductible will decrease by $22. While the...
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Health Care Reform – Delayed Compliance Date for Summary of Benefits and...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) adds to the list of necessary health plan disclosures by requiring plans and issuers to distribute a summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) to...
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U.S. Surgeon General declares Thanksgiving as “Family Health History Day”
United States Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin today declared Thanksgiving 2011 as the nation’s eighth annual “Family Health History Day,” when families can share information by using the My Family...
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Obama Administration Allows States to Define Health Benefits in 2014
The Obama administration said Friday that it would not define a single uniform set of “essential health benefits” that must be provided by insurers for tens of millions of Americans. Instead, it will...
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Changing the Conversation: Health vs. Healthcare
The statistics are foreboding: since 1980, growth in healthcare spending has outpaced all other consumer spending by a factor of nearly three, while increasing from 5% to 18% of GDP. Looking just 3...
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Not-for-Profit Board Governance & Compliance Update
As a key player in the nonprofit community, New York recently took big steps to combat bad habits and under-supported initiatives and regulations. In a recent report drafted by the Leadership Committee...
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