Each year, more than 180,000 Medicare beneficiaries die from hospital-acquired infections, errors, accidents and injuries.[1] In 2012, The Leapfrog Group, a hospital quality advocate, launched the Hospital Safety Score in an effort to inform Americans about which hospitals are safest. Using letter grades of A, B, C, D or F, […] Read more »
Obama Administration announced
The Obama Administration announced today that it is delaying the employer mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act until 2015. This means that employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees will NOT be penalized next year if they do not provide “affordable” coverage. The individual mandate that requires all […] Read more »
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The Affordable Care Act states that the maximum waiting period allowed for new hires is 90 days. A few months ago California said that large groups could have a maximum waiting period of 90 days but that small groups were limited to 60 days. However, with the recent passage of […] Read more »
The Affordability “Glitch”
The Affordability “Glitch” The talk in insurance circles these days is all about the affordability “glitch”. If an employee is offered affordable group coverage by his employer, neither the employee or his dependents will be eligible for a subsidy in Covered California. Coverage is considered affordable if the plan covers […] Read more »