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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Religious Colleges Challenging Contraception Law Argue Standing and Ripeness Issues Before Federal Appeals Court
McClatchy Newspapers: Religious colleges challenge health care law's contraception rule, by Michael Doyle:North Carolina’s Belmont Abbey College is trying to resurrect a religious school charge against the Obama administration’s signature…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Interim Rule Revises EHR Certification Criteria, Incentive Program Specifications
On December 7, 2012, CMS published an interim final rule with comment period that updates the Data Element Catalog (DEC) standard and the Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Call on ACA Medicare DSH Payment Provisions (Jan. 8, 2013)
CMS has scheduled a January 8, 2013 National Provider Call on “Implementation of Section 3133 of the Affordable Care Act: Improvement to Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments.” Registration is required.
Workforce Bulletin
ACA Webinar, Dec. 18: What Retail Employers Need to Know Now!
By Epstein Becker Green, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Please join Epstein Becker Green’s Health Care & Life Sciences, Employee Benefits, and Labor & Employment practitioners as we continue to review the Affordable Care Act and its ongoing impact…
The Right Coast
NJ rejects state-based health exchange – The Hill’s Healthwatch
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) declined to set up a state-based insurance exchange under the healthcare law Thursday the same day he met with President Obama on Hurricane Sandy…
Health Care and Life Sciences
Affordable Care Act Still In Flux As Challenges Arise Over Contraception Mandate: LXBN Roundtable
Ealier this year on June 28th, in one of the most highly anticipated decisions in recent memory, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Opposition to Contraception Mandate By Self-Insured Companies
RH Reality Check: The Sliding Scale of Sin: Tyndale Publishers and Contraception Without a Co-Pay, by Imani Gandy: Recently, the district court for District of Columbia granted a request by…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Proposes ACA Health Insurance Market Reform Rules
On November 26, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule that would implement ACA provisions related to fair health insurance premiums, guaranteed insurance availability…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Requests Comments on ACA Exchange Health Plan Quality Management
On November 27, 2012, CMS published a notice inviting public comments regarding health plan quality management requirements for qualified health plans (QHPs) participating in Affordable Insurance Exchanges. Specifically, CMS is…
Health Industry Washington Watch
ACA Medicare Data Sharing Provision Implementation Proceeds
On November 21, 2012, CMS announced that it is entering into contracts with three organizations to implement the ACA’s Medicare Data Sharing for Performance Measurement provision. The provision requires CMS…