U.S. Home Care Workers to Receive Wage and Overtime Protection
Minimum wage and overtime protections will now apply to the two million home healthcare workers in the United States. The Obama administration announced the ruling today, …
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What Employers Should Know About Obamacare Final Rules
Earlier this month, the IRS proposed final regulations for employer and insurer reporting of Affordable Care Act coverage ahead of the implementation of the employer …
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FDA Releases Final Guidlelines for Mobile Health Apps
From weight loss monitoring and lung function measuring, thousands of health care apps have flooded the smartphone and tablet market. Until now, the healthcare app …
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Are Funding Cuts Behind the Healthcare Jobs Shift?
The Affordable Care Act has been receiving the lion’s share of the credit (or blame) for shifting patterns in healthcare employment, but there are several …
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Study Reveals Nurse Practitioners as Most Satisfied Healthcare Workers
When it comes to overall healthcare employee satisfaction, a recent study released by Staff Care (a physician and nurse practitioner division of AMN Healthcare Inc.) …
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Streamlining Healthcare Staffing is a Priority for Reducing Costs
Aside from preparing for new initiatives introduced by the Affordable Care Act, many HR healthcare professionals believe that streamlining healthcare staffing is currently their top …
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Will ACA Limit Choice of Doctors?
To minimize costs, many insurers providing healthcare plans through the online marketplace are limiting the number of doctors and facilities available in a particular network. Proponents of …
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Obamacare’s High-Deductible Plans Concern Hospitals
As many consumers gravitate toward enrollment in high-deductible healthcare plans under Obamacare, hospitals are growing more and more apprehensive. When purchasing coverage through the new …
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Biggest Challenges of The Affordable Care Act
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act has taken on new levels of complexity due to the slipshod rollout of the federal online health marketplaces. …
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