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Understanding the final ruling on Medical Loss Ratio
On December 2, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released its final ruling on the Medical Loss Ratio.
What does the Medical Loss Ratio final ruling say?
Effective January 1, 2012, the Affordable Care Act will require health ins...
Understanding the final ruling on Medical Loss Ratio
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Water damage restoration is not just flushing the water out of the property and drying it up. There is much more in that but sadly enough, there are many homeowners who think that it is all about flushing and drying. In...
Will Tennessee Health Insurance Rate Hikes Be A Thing Of The Past?
State regulators are getting money to fight unreasonable Tennessee health insurance premium hikes. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced an Affordable Care Act grant in the amount of $3,979,002 to help the state in this battle. ...
Can Medigap Take The Worry Out Of Health Care?
When you are about to face retirement, having a basic understanding on how Medicare works can give you better health care and reduce what you spend on medical services. Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is in charge of Medicare, th...
5 Reasons to Consider Long Term Care Life Insurance
One of the main reasons people don’t purchase long term care (LTC) insurance is because the premiums are expensive and they think the gamble of paying all that money against the probability of needing long term care is just not worth it. Many people who h...
Navigating Healthcare Reform: Issuing Rebates
The Minimum Loss Ratio (MLR) mandate contained within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) has created a myriad of compliance requirements for health plans. The most complex and potentially costly of these will be issuing rebates...
Financial Avenues for Single Parents
Besides the Pell Grant, which is available to single moms who need to stay home and look after her kids, and also want to further her studies to obtain a degree, there are a number of programs that may assist low-income, one-parent families in reducing ho...
Housing Results
National Institutes of Health - With its headquarters located with Bethesda, MD, NIH is your nation's medical study agency and an integral part of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH conducts research in specific to it laboratories and ...
Blending Long Term Care Benefits From CLASS Act and Private Insurance
Although it’s not the ideal plan for institutionalized long term care CLASS Act can pick up the tab for your initial home health care.
The Community Living Assistance Services and Support Act (CLASS Act) cannot be considered the perfect substitute f...
HITEC Act leads Chiro8000 and Other EHR Providers into New Territory
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) passed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It was modified the HHS Secretary’s authority to...
How to Read a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) (3)
Section 7: Prevention
This section tells you if you need to wear special clothing, or use ventilation and filter masks to protect yourself when using the product.
Section 8: First Aid
This section tells you what to do in an accident or emergency ...
The Importance of Safe Cosmetics with the Right Packaging
It is important for everyone to use safe cosmetics for their personal care. Just like your fresh fruit and vegetables, cosmetics too don’t last forever. Nobody wants an unsafe product, and therefore a “safe cosmetic” should be at low risk of causing harm,...
Alarming Maryland Long Term Care Costs
Maryland long term care costs are soaring fast and not far behind those in neighboring states District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Delaware. This is causing Marylanders to worry night and day about their future. Unfortunately, this is just ...
Balancing Long Term Care CostsBalancing Long Term Care Costs
With escalating medical costs and uncertainty over health care, one burgeoning sector that is factoring heavily into the equation is long term care. As the median age in the U.S. edges further and further upward in pace with the aging Baby Boomer generat...