by Ed Fensholt | June 19, 2015 | Health Reform, Insurance Exchanges
A blistering report this week by the Department of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) Office of the Inspector General found shockingly poor accountability efforts by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) related to its payment of Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
by Ed Fensholt | April 28, 2015 | Health Reform, Misc Health Reform
Congressional Democrats today introduced a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s “Cadillac Tax.” Judging by the number of Congressmen moving to co-sponsor the bill, it appears the Cadillac Tax is as largely disfavored on Capitol Hill—at least in the House of...
by Ed Fensholt | December 24, 2014 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform, Misc Health Reform
Posted on behalf of Ed Fensholt, J.D. – Senior Vice President and Director – Lockton Compliance Services Something worth noticing played out in the Green Mountain State last week. Vermont, no stranger to progressive politics, abandoned its single-payer healthcare...
by Ed Fensholt | September 2, 2014 | Health Reform
California has repealed its recent 60-day maximum health plan waiting period rule, thus restoring some equilibrium to the health plan waiting period universe. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, or ACA for short), the federal healthcare reform law,...
by Ed Fensholt | August 22, 2014 | ADA, Wellness
This week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued a Wisconsin employer under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for levying too significant a penalty on an employee for declining to participate in a health plan-related health risk assessment....