Items Tagged with 'Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act'

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More cost and lots of confusion

May 10, 2013
Cost and confusion are the two main factors confounding employers these days as they prepare to comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act starting Jan. 1. Read More

Medicare investment tax may apply to some landlords

New levy hits real estate investments, and investors have to figure out if it applies to them.

April 5, 2013
The Medicare Investment Tax, found in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, went into effect this year and will have to be accounted for on some investors’ returns next year. Read More

Early elective deliveries declining at GR hospitals

Nationwide drive to have uncomplicated pregnancies reach full term is succeeding.

March 29, 2013
As noted in a recent report from Kaiser Health News, doctors have been warned for decades about the dangers of delivering babies early without a medical reason. Read More

New Blue Cross likely to have higher premiums

Upcoming insurance exchange could put policy providers under a white light.

March 29, 2013
After 75 years of operating as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization, Michigan’s largest health insurer, with 4.4 million members, will become what state lawmakers have called a “customer-owned nonprofit.” Read More

Priority Health links to Michigan Health Connect

March 14, 2013
Priority Health has become the first major health care insurer in Michigan to join the state’s largest health information exchange service, Michigan Health Connect. Read More

Determining ‘large employers,’ ‘full-time employees’ for PPACA

January 11, 2013
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, beginning in 2014, any company designated as a "large employer" will be required to offer minimum . . . Read More

Employers face deadline for health mandates

November 24, 2012
The fiscal cliff isn’t the only issue agitating employers. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, also has them scrambling for answers. Read More

Flexible accounts to have new limit

Employee benefit could increase tax liability for worker and company.

November 10, 2012
It may not be as flexible next year as it was previously. Read More