Federal judge strikes down Montana vaccine-choice law in health settings
By
Joe Bush
Dec 13, 2022
Employers in healthcare settings other than long-term care facilities can require employees to be vaccinated against communicable diseases, a federal judge has ruled.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Nov. 10
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 10, 2021
Legal challenges aside, senior living operators advised to prepare for COVID-19 vaccine mandate … Patient treated with Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab has six brain abnormality episodes … Feds invest...
American Hospital Association ‘strongly’ urges mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare workers
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 23, 2021
Vaccination protects personnel at work and in the community, and reduces the risk of unintentionally bringing the disease to work and transmitting it to patients and peers, AHA said.
Clinical briefs for Monday, June 21
By
Donna Shryer
Jun 21, 2021
New material could remove respiratory droplets from air … New clues point to the origin of Alzheimer’s disease … Advocating reimbursement parity for nurse practitioners … System helped hospital...
Analysis shows Obamacare has had little effect on large employers
By
John Hall
Mar 19, 2015
The Affordable Care Act has prompted few large companies to change or begin offering health insurance plans to their employees — because most already comply with the president’s signature healthcare...
Lawmakers predict work cutbacks if ACA coverage floor raised to 40 hours per week
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 26, 2015
Raising the definition of a full-time workweek from 30 to 40 hours would result in fewer work hours for many employees, Senate Democrats argued at a hearing last week.
ACA hasn’t created more part-time workers, analysis says
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 18, 2014
Despite fears to the contrary, there’s no evidence that the Affordable Care Act increased part-time work before 2014, according to a new analysis.
The countdown is on for the ACA Employer Mandate
By
Carol Ballou
May 19, 2014
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is law. And, for employers with 100 or more full time equivalent employees (FTE), the employer mandate is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2015. With the deadline for...
Employers face monthly fees of $260 per worker if they don’t offer Affordable Care Act-compliant...
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 25, 2014
Some long-term care providers could face monthly penalties between $170 and $260 per employee if they do not meet the Affordable Care Act’s so-called “employer mandate” next year, according...
CBO: Affordable Care Act will reduce full-time workforce by more than 2 million in the next decade
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 05, 2014
The full-time work force will lose roughly 2 million people overall by 2024 as a result of the Affordable Care Act, according to new figures from the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO report, released...