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CMS Releases Proposed Rule on Civil Monetary Penalties for Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Failures
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule and fact sheet on calc...
Family First Coronavirus Response Act
In response to the spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), President Trump signed the Famil...
CMS Releases Updated Premium Assistance under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Model Notice
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated Premium Assistance Under Me...
IRS Releases Final ACA Reporting Instructions and Forms for 2019 and Provides Penalty Relief and Deadline Extension
IRS Releases Final ACA Reporting Instructions and Forms for 2019 and Provides Penalty Relief and Dea...
FDA Releases Proposed Rule on the Importation of Certain Drugs from Canada
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a proposed rule on the importation of certain drugs ...
Status of Court Case Challenging ACA Constitutionality
As background, in 2018, 20 states filed a lawsuit asking the U.S. District for the Northern District...
President Signs Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Act)...
HHS Releases Inflation-Adjusted Federal Civil Penalty Amounts
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its Annual Civil Monetary Penalties Inflati...
CMS Releases SBC Materials for Plan Years Beginning 2021
CMS Releases SBC Materials for Plan Years Beginning 2021...
IRS Releases Draft 2019 Instructions for Forms 1094-B, 1095-B, 1094-C, and 1095-C
The IRS released draft instructions for both the 1094-B and 1095-B forms and the 1094-C and 1095-C f...
DOL Releases Advance Copies of Form 5500 and Related Instructions for 2019
The Department of Labor (DOL) released advance copies of Form 5500 Annual Return / Report (Form 5500...
OCR and ONC Release HHS Security Risk Assessment Tool Version 3.1
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information ...
