Author: Sam Fish | Posted: 26. December 2012 03:43
Various media report that in a blog posted on Monday, December 17, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that 18 states will set up their own health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [More]
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Author: Kay Casey | Posted: 14. December 2012 05:10
Legislation crafted by Senator John Kerry (D-MA), if enacted, will ensure youth in foster care understand their eligibility for college assistance programs. The legislation requires the Department of Education (DOE) to add youth in foster care as a targeted population and ensure that information is available through the DOE Web site. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 14. December 2012 05:08
Members of the House of Representatives (Tim Walz (D-MN) and Betty McCollum (D-MN)) and Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Al Franken (D-MN) sponsored legislation that aims to improve child abuse training programs and enhance child protection nationwide. Bipartisan support from Senator John Boozman (R-AR) and Representative Steve Womack (R-AR) was received for legislation that builds on the efforts of child protection training centers in Arkansas and Minnesota, which have developed classes, certification, and degree programs to help improve child protection training. [More]
Author: Kay Casey | Posted: 14. December 2012 05:06
Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Acting Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, conducted a hearing on December 12, 2012 to discuss a bipartisan proposal to establish a commission tasked with developing recommendations for reducing child deaths due to maltreatment. In recent years, information compiled through state reporting indicates that in FY 2010 more than 1,500 children died in the United States as a result of some form of maltreatment. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 14. December 2012 05:04
In a December 11, 2012 press release, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced 16 winners in the 2012 Race to the Top-District (RTT-D) competition. The winners represent 55 school districts in 11 states and the District of Columbia; they will share in nearly $400 million to develop local plans to personalize and improve student learning. The four-year grant awards range from $10 million to $40 million depending on the number of students proposed to be served through the plan. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 14. December 2012 04:52
The results of the 2011 international assessments of students, published on October 11, 2012, reflect some encouraging gains and some disappointments in the achievement of U.S. students in reading, mathematics, and science. The reading assessment, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), has been conducted every five years since 2001; the 2011 PIRLS included approximately 325,000 fourth grade students in 49 countries. The mathematics and science assessments, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), have been conducted every four years since 1995; the 2011 TIMSS included more than 600,000 fourth and eighth grade students in 63 countries. [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 7. December 2012 03:48
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a draft proposed rule on November 30, 2012 on the Multi-State Plan Program under section 1334 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The purpose of section 1334 is to spur competition on price and quality among health plans participating in Exchanges by enabling individuals and families using the Exchanges to freely choose private health plans already available through the OPM to eight million federal employees, annuitants, and their dependents. [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 7. December 2012 03:45
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued draft proposed rules on November 30, 2012 on health insurance “benefit and payment parameters for 2014” under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Expanding on earlier CMS guidance and rule-making, the proposed rules provide greater specificity about reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustments necessary to mitigate potential “adverse selection” enrollment risks for health insurance plans. [More]
Author: Kay Casey | Posted: 30. November 2012 06:28
The agenda for the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2012 was committed to completing the review of American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funding distributed across multiple programs and received by numerous state agencies as well as community action agencies (CAA). In FFY 2012, 23 reports were completed and posted for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). [More]
Author: Tom Entrikin | Posted: 30. November 2012 06:26
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released draft proposed rules on November 20, 2012 outlining the “essential health benefits” that qualified health plans must cover to win certification from health insurance Exchanges for 2014. The rules are based on section 1302 of the Affordable Care Act, which requires that plans offered through Exchanges cover services within 10 EHB categories (emergency, hospitalization, maternity and new-born care, ambulatory, rehabilitative/habilitative, prescription drugs, pediatric services, preventive/wellness and chronic disease management, mental health/substance abuse, and laboratory services). [More]
