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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Last year as the COVID-19 pandemic forced many providers to close their doors for in-person care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Congress acted quickly to provide waivers, administrative relief, and reimbursement for telehealth services so patients could receive care safely at home. Many of these flexibilities are tied to the public health emergency (PHE) declaration that the Department of Health and Human Se...

KALIBO, Aklan, April 30 (PIA) --  The local government unit of Malay, Aklan has declared

April 30, 2021 Advertisement In its early weeks, the Biden administration has wisely signaled that it plans to shift U.S. focus away from the Middle East and toward global competition with China. In addition to the political and military realms, Washington will need to compete with China in the realm of technology. And it is here that fresh thinking is most needed. Such an approach will require new frameworks for action, and there are a number of proposals for how tech leading democracies can c...

WHYY By Telehealth has expanded access to health care. (Chinnapong/BigStock) Delaware’s House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously voted in favor of legislation that would allow patients to continue receiving telehealth services after the pandemic. Virtual appointments offered an alternative when in-person appointments were either not permitted or not so safe. Telehealth also expanded access to specialty appointments, such as mental health therapy — especially in rural areas and for p...

Taking Steps to Expand Retirement Plan Access Between state-run plans, PEPs and moves to enhance SIMPLE plans, different entities are tackling the same problem in different ways. Reported by In Voya’s latest thought leadership insight, “Hope for the Future: The Opportunity for Transformative Enhancement of Retirement Plans,” the firm says leaders in the retirement plan industry are optimistic that legislation and serious commitment on the part of employers will expand the availability of ...

Clean water bill passes House The Clean Water for Delaware Act unanimously passed the House April 1 and now moves to the Senate. HB 200 establishes a framework for planning and projects to improve the quality of the states water supply and waterways. A Delaware Clean Water Trust account will be created as a funding source for executing projects; it will be overseen by a Clean Water Trust Oversight Committee. The bill awaits action in the Senate Environment & Energy Committee. Automatic voter re...

Buchanan announces bipartisan legislation to end FDA animal testing Congressman Vern Buchanan (Source: Congressman Vern Buchanan) By ABC7 Staff | April 22, 2021 at 1:52 PM EDT - Updated April 22 at 1:52 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Suncoast Congressman Vern Buchanan announced that he has introduced bipartisan legislation to end a government requirement that animal testing be used to determine a drug’s effectiveness on humans. The  FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Modernization Act...

Senators reintroduce bill to boost SIMPLE plans Bloomberg The U.S. Capitol and Library of Congress stand in this aerial photograph taken above Washington, D.C. Bipartisan legislation that would allow small businesses to more easily access SIMPLE retirement savings accounts for their employees was reintroduced Wednesday by Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Mark Warner, D-Va. SIMPLE (Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees) retirement plans were created in 1996 as a lower-cost alternative to t...

Senators Collins, Warner Propose SIMPLE Plan Modernization Act It is aimed at making it easier for small businesses to offer a retirement savings option. Reported by Senators Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Mark Warner, D-Virginia, have introduced the SIMPLE Plan Modernization Act to provide greater flexibility and access to small businesses and their employees seeking to use the SIMPLE [savings incentive match plan for employees] plans as a retirement savings option. “Increasing access to employ...

It is aimed at making it easier for small businesses to offer SIMPLE plans. Senators Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Mark Warner, D-Virginia, have introduced the SIMPLE Plan Modernization Act to provide greater flexibility and access to small businesses and their employees seeking to use the SIMPLE [savings incentive match plan for employees] plans as a retirement savings option. “Increasing access to employer-sponsored retirement plans is one way to improve Americans’ financial security, yet a...