The Biden administration recently announced new guidance requiring group health insurance plans and insurers to cover the cost of at-home COVID-19 tests beginning on January 15, 2022. This guidance applies…
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SCOTUS Blocks Full Vaccine Mandate
On January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a decision on the Biden administration’s intended vaccine and testing mandate. The Court blocked the mandate for companies with…
Vaccine Mandate Receives a New Deadline
[UPDATE: On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to stay OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard, published on November…
ARPA FAQs and Model Notices Issued by the DOL
The U.S Department of Labor (DOL) recently released Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and model notices to provide guidance in the implementation and COBRA subsidy provisions within the American Rescue Plan…
Preparing for COBRA Subsidies
On March 11, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), the third economic relief package enacted during the pandemic to provide financial support to individuals, businesses,…
Price Transparency in Healthcare
What is Price Transparency and How Does it Relate to Healthcare? Price transparency is exactly what it sounds like: a push for information on the prices of certain healthcare services…