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Passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is bipartisan evidence

Passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is bipartisan evidence

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When Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, it was intended to protect pregnant workers from unfair treatment at work. However, in the years since its adoption, it has been difficult to enforce due to the law’s ambiguous language. In fact, according to A Better Balance, an organization that advocates for pregnant workers, caregivers …

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Risk Strategies “disrupts” consulting industry with new powerhouse

Risk Strategies ‘disrupts’ consulting industry with new powerhouse

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“It’s really a series of strategic asset acquisitions with substantial expertise in a few plan areas, and they work for large plan sponsors, for payers and for providers,” John Greenbaum said. (pictured), Executive Vice President at Risk Strategies. “Over a period of five years, we looked at the assets very carefully and acquired a group …

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College student health insurance costs can blind families

College student health insurance costs can blind families

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Hawley Montgomery-Downs was thrilled when her daughter got a scholarship to cover half of USC’s tuition. But just as Bryn Tronco was starting school in August, the West Virginia mom was shocked to receive a nearly $3,000 bill from USC to cover a student health insurance premium and fees for students to access on-campus clinics …

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December 4, 2022: Epidemic control workers in Beijing walk past a closed store near a community with residents under health surveillance for COVID-19a.

Likely COVID Outbreak in Post-China Politics: US Impact, Explained

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China is likely to see an explosion of COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks, experts say, as the country lifts its longstanding and highly unpopular zero COVID policy. China is extremely vulnerable right now because its population – especially the elderly, who are most likely to suffer from serious disease – is under-immunized, has no …

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Chinese Communist Party adopts global 'COVID forever' policy

Chinese Communist Party adopts global ‘COVID forever’ policy

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A catastrophe of incalculable proportions is being consciously unleashed on the Chinese people by the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CCP), which has completely lifted its Zero-COVID policy. Every day, news reports from China reveal how far the government’s policy shifts have gone and how deep the resulting crisis has become. For the …

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Hundreds of complaints filed against Houston company over misleading health insurance pitch

Hundreds of complaints filed against Houston company over misleading health insurance talk

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KHOU 11 Investigates reviewed nearly 200 complaints from consumers who claimed that Jericho Share took their money but left them with little or no coverage. HOUSTON — They thought they were buying health insurance, but what they got was no insurance at all. Nearly 200 consumers have filed complaints with the Better Business Bureau and …

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Hundreds of complaints filed against Houston company over misleading health insurance pitch

Hundreds of complaints filed against Houston company over misleading health insurance talk

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KHOU 11 Investigates reviewed nearly 200 complaints from consumers who claimed that Jericho Share took their money but left them with little or no coverage. HOUSTON — They thought they were buying health insurance, but what they got was no insurance at all. Nearly 200 consumers have filed complaints with the Better Business Bureau and …

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NYC wins key decision in plan to make Medicare Advantage plan mandatory for retired city workers

NYC wins key decision in plan to make Medicare Advantage plan mandatory for retired city workers

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Mayor Adams’ administration won a key decision Thursday in its effort to move thousands of retired New York city workers into a highly controversial privatized Medicare Advantage plan. The decision, by an independent arbitrator overseeing the health care dispute, appears to pave the way for the administration to implement the Medicare Advantage plan as the …

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HIPAA right-of-access failure costs Florida provider $20,000 in federal government settlement

HIPAA right-of-access failure costs Florida provider $20,000 in federal government settlement

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Central Florida health specialists have agreed to pay HHS $20,000 after a possible HIPAA right-of-access rule violation. (“Cash Money (Part Two)” by jtyerse is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.) For the second time this week, the Civil Rights Office announced that it had reached an agreement with a health care entity to resolve a potential …

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Suppliers praise bill introduced to extend APM incentive payments for two more years

Suppliers praise bill introduced to extend APM incentive payments for two more years

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On Wednesday, Dec. 14, two senators, a Republican and a Democrat, introduced a bill in the Senate that would extend incentive payments for providers participating in alternative payment models (APMs) for two more years, responding to calls from the patient care organization. leaders participating in CPAs, including in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) for an extension …

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