by Mark Holloway | March 5, 2012 | Health Reform, Preventive Care
On Thursday, March 1st, 2012, the United States Senate narrowly defeated a proposal by Republican Roy Blunt of Missouri, that would have permitted not only church-affiliated organizations such as Catholic hospitals, universities, schools and charities to opt out of...
by Mark Holloway | February 20, 2012 | Dollar Limits, Essential Health Benefits
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has issued a set of twenty-two frequently asked questions on essential health benefits (EHBs) under the Patient Protection and...
by Mark Holloway | February 10, 2012 | Health Reform, Preventive Care
Seeking to curtail the political uproar over birth control and religious liberty, President Obama announced today a compromise on the requirement that non-grandfathered health insurance plans offered by religiously-affiliated institutions offer free birth control to...
by Mark Holloway | February 6, 2012 | Compliance Services
The Treasury Department issued a notice on February 1, 2012 that an individual who is eligible to receive medical services at an Indian Health Service (IHS) facility, but who has not actually received such services during the previous three months, is an eligible...
by Mark Holloway | January 23, 2012 | Health Reform
On January 20, 2012 the Obama administration announced it would give Catholic hospitals and other religiously-affiliated institutions an additional year to comply with a health reform rule requiring non-grandfathered health plans to provide free birth control to...
