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2022 Health Insurance Outlook, Changes

InterWest Insurance Services

In addition, new rulemaking is likely to be introduced in 2022 that will affect health plans, including non-discrimination rules for wellness plans and new rules governing what must be included on insurance plan ID cards. Here’s a list of what to expect in 2022. That comes to an end Dec.

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Your Staff Are Susceptible to Medical Identity Theft

InterWest Insurance Services

Medical-related identity theft accounted for 43% of all identity theft in the United States in 2020, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. And the majority of documents criminals steal are the same ones your employees receive from their group health insurers. Your employees should know the warning signs.

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2nd COVID-19 Relief Bill Includes Many Other Changes 2021 & 2022!

Fringe Benefit Analysts

Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) passed early in 2020 enacted a temporary Paid Leave Act (EPSL) as an extension of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The required leave ended on December 31, 2020. If the employee took paid leave in 2020, the amount would be reduced going forward. (No

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

The Court indicated that because the Board had not cited any legal authority for its conclusion, much less identify a federal statute that exposed the insurance carrier to criminal prosecution, it would vacate the Board’s determination that the reimbursement would violate federal law. 2020), discussed below. 484 (2020)].

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Are Workers’ Comp Insurers ready for what comes next in the COVID-19 crisis?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Governor Inslee of Washington State announced on March 5, 2020 the extension of workers’ compensation coverage to health care workers and first responders quarantined by a physician or public health officer. Some states have moved to make coverage for quarantine an explicit provision in policy or law. The order directs as follows: l.

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How to get a contractor’s license

Higginbotham

As of July 2020, military members, their spouses or those recently discharged from the military and all other applicants who have an equivalent license in another state can apply for a temporary license. Show proof of workers compensation insurance to the Workers Compensation Board. Home Improvement Commission (MHIC) *.