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The medical establishment is praising the appointment of Tom Price, MD, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. That enthusiasm is not shared by women’s health advocates and some Democrats in Congress. President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Rep. Tom Price, (R-GA), an orthopedic surgeon and avowed opponent of Obamacare, was greeted with high…
DetailsWith just over a week before it was scheduled to take effect, a federal judge blocked the implementation of an Obama administration overtime pay rule that would have extended overtime eligibility to some 4 million Americans. The Labor Department’s sweeping overhaul to the overtime rule required employers to pay time-and-a-half to their employees who worked…
DetailsHappy Thanksgiving! We are very happy whenever the season of Thanksgiving is fast approaching because we consider this as a wonderful holiday that permit us the best opportunity to thank all our valued friends, supporters and clients. These previous years have really been good to our company, and so we thank all of you for continuing…
DetailsThe new Overtime Rule law implemented by the Department of Labor REQUIRES you to modify how you pay some of your full-time salaried employees, or fall victim to expensive lawsuit nightmares. Effective Dec. 1st, the new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rule changes the threshold for salaried employees. In a nutshell, this means you could…
DetailsSneaky Sneak! I am seeing some pretty sneaky fee schedules lately! If you cannot explain a fee schedule on the way up the elevator between two floors of your building, it is either too complicated to know if your being paid properly or so vague that you won’t be. Some new carriers are popping up…
DetailsThe Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing made the decision to postpone the Go Live date of: The new claims payment system (the Colorado interChange), The new provider web portal, and The new Pharmacy Benefits Management System. The new Go Live date is March 1, 2017. Providers should continue to use their current…
DetailsThe 2017 Medicare Part B Physician’s Fee Schedules have been posted to the Novitas Solutions website. Downloads are available in Adobe PDF, Microsoft Excel, and Plain Text formats.
DetailsIt doesn’t matter who does the math, Thomas: Amendment 69 would be a disaster for Colorado taxpayers. This week the Tax Foundation, an independent research organization, released a report on the impacts of passing ColoradoCare into law — and it’s as bad as we thought. Here are some of the Tax Foundation’s findings: “Amendment 69 would…
DetailsBill Summary Colorado Stat. 10-16-123 (new rev. eff. 1/1/17) HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Buck and Ginal, SENATE SPONSORSHIP Kefalas and Martinez Humenik, Under current law, health benefit plans issued, amended, or renewed in this state cannot require in-person health care delivery for a person covered under the plan who resides in a county with 150,000 or fewer residents if…
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