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(Photo courtesy HealthCare.gov) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has adopted new provisions to lower maximum out-of-pocket costs by $400 in the federal health insurance marketplaces in 2022. The payment notice finalizes a maximum annual limitation on cost-sharing in the ACA market that is $400 below what CMS proposed in November 2020. CMS filed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2022 and Pharmacy Benefit Manager Standards t...

How to Decode Confusing Beauty Product Labels (and Other Common Misconceptions) PopSugar 2 hrs ago © Getty / Catherine Falls Commercial How to Decode Confusing Beauty Product Labels (and Other Common Misconceptions) Public knowledge surrounding ingredients and skin care overall has vastly improved in recent years, and yet many of us still find ourselves standing in the aisles of beauty stores squinting at the label on our products trying to decode all of the information in front of us. Fra...

Deakin A new guide that helps Australian agrifood businesses comprehensively track and trace food products from the farm gate to the dinner plate was launched today by Deakin University’s Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics. The Australian Guide to Implementing Food Traceability (AGIFT) is an Australian-first and was developed in partnership with GS1 Australia, Woolworths Group, and Meat and Livestock Australia’s Integrity Systems Company. The 11 learning modules in the guide cover everyt...

How to Decode Confusing Beauty Product Labels (and Other Common Misconceptions) 3 Shares Public knowledge surrounding ingredients and skin care overall has vastly improved in recent years, and yet many of us still find ourselves standing in the aisles of beauty stores squinting at the label on our products trying to decode all of the information in front of us. Fragrance-free, hypoallergenic, clean, no parabens, vegan vs. cruelty-free — the list of terminology goes on. Eve...

Friday, April 16, 2021 This Week’s Dose Congress returned from recess and took up sequester relief and confirmations for key healthcare positions. The White House released the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2022 discretionary budget request late last week.  Congress President Signed Sequester Relief The House of Representatives passed a bill by a vote of 384 to 38 to suspend the Medicare sequester through the end of 2021. President Biden swiftly signed the legislation, whi...

By Pat Sweeney Minnesota has a new Commerce Commissioner.   Gov. Tim Walz has appointed Grace Arnold to the post. She previously served as  Deputy Commissioner of Insurance for the Commerce Department…and as temporary Commerce Commissioner.   The Commerce Department is the state’s consumer protection agency. It  oversees more than 20 regulated industries, including insurance, financial institutions, energy, real estate, and telecommunications.   = = (Gov. Walz release) Governor...

Covid-19 Scams Are On The Rise In Western Mass Be very careful of phone calls you are answering, my take on answering my phone is if I dont recognize the phone number or name I wont answer it. COVID-19 scams continue to impact western Massachusetts. People with 413 area codes are receiving calls about available vaccine appointments. Scammers will try anything to get their hands on your confidential data, and the pandemic has created many new opportunities for scams. IRS warns about COVID-19 sca...

(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced additional Biden Administration appointments, including the naming of Elizabeth Fowler to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation as director and deputy administrator. As head of CMMI, Fowler will be tasked with directing and running payment models that are centered on value. Fowler, who has held leadership positions at HHS, helped to draft the Affordable CareAct, which President Joe B...

◆ A Michigan woman is the first in the nation to be charged criminally with misappropriating money from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF), the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Feb. 11. [1] Amina Abbas of Taylor previously owned 1 on 1 Home Health, which she shuttered in early 2020 after Medicare hit her with a $1.620 million overpayment demand because the home health agency had billed Medicare for patients who didn’t qualify for home health care, DOJ alleged. “According to the indictment, 1...

Health insurance agents and brokers played an important role in getting Americans enrolled in coverage, and they will continue to play a role in the federal health insurance marketplace. That was the word from Jeff Grant, acting director of The Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, the agency charged with helping implement many aspects of the Affordable Care Act. Grant spoke during Wednesday’s NAHU virtual Capitol Conference. During the past year, 51,000 agents and brokers ...