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© Getty Images Congress did the right thing in the American Recovery Plan by providing an additional $4.5 billion in assistance for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help struggling families pay their energy bills. But that was almost two months ago, and the funds have not been released. ADVERTISEMENT Struggling families around the country are facing the impossible choice of paying for their utility bill, which could be upwards of $3,000 if they fell behind due to pande...

On April 1, 2021, CMS announced that it began recovering COVID-19 Accelerated and Advance Payments (CAAPs) from Medicare providers and suppliers as early as March 30, 2021. Repayments...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Recoupment has started or will soon begin for Medicare Part A and Part B providers and suppliers who received funds in 2020 under the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment (AAP) Program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided $106 billion in AAP funding to alleviate the financial cash-flow burdens healthcare providers faced in the early stages of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. CMS began the COV...

Just because you have more time to file your taxes doesn’t mean you should necessarily take advantage of the later deadline. There are good reasons not to delay. As they say, the early bird gets the worm…or at least a quicker refund.

Thursday, March 11, 2021 On March 10, 2021, Congress finalized and passed the American Rescue Plan of 2021 (ARP), the latest COVID-19 relief package that largely tracks President Biden’s initial $1.9 trillion proposal. The ARP extends unemployment insurance benefits and provides direct $1,400 stimulus payments to qualifying Americans, but it also makes several important health-policy-related changes. These include providing funding for vaccine distribution and testing to combat the ...

N/A Essentially, one commentator calculates that, with these changes, a family of four making $85,000 with $25,000 in health insurance coverage costs, will go from no federal support to a maximum payment for insurance of $7,000, or subsidies for such coverage will go from zero to $18,000. The American Rescue Plan provides various additional levels of support for all income levels, as shown in the table above. 2. Expands ACA cost-sharing support for the unemployed. The Senate legislation adds co...

Highlights Section 809 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 (section 809) prohibited the obligation or expenditure of funds in fiscal year 2019 "to enact" rules, regulations, or laws legalizing the sale, possession, or use of any schedule I substance. The Mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia obligated and expended funds to take various actions on a bill that would legalize the sale of marijuana in the District of Columbia for nonmedical use. The...

In the early morning of Feb. 27, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, by a 219-212 vote. Two Democrats joined with a...

ASTA: Government Has ‘Responsibility’ To Support Hard Hit Industries February 09, 2021 ASTA is asking its members to help in the latest push for travel agency relief. Photo: Charles Toler/Shutterstock.com.  As Congress considers the next round of COVID-19 relief legislation this week, the American Society for Travel Advisors (ASTA) is asking its members to continue to help push for industry-wide relief, including targeted relief to all retail travel agency locations in the U.S., as i...

February 03, 2021 USDOT Pauses BUILD, INFRA NOFOs Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor The INFRA and BUILD programs fund projects that build and repair critical pieces of freight and passenger transportation networks, such as highway/rail grade crossings and freight rail and intermodal infrastructure. (BNSF) The U.S. Department of Transportation is revising the FY 2021 Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) for its BUILD Transportation ...