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U.S. Supreme Court refuses to take up ACA case on an expedited basis
On January 21, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to fast-track a review of requests appealing the Fifth Circuit decision holding the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) “mandate” to be unconstitutional. On January 21, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to fast-track a review of requests appealing the...
/news-perspectives/us-supreme-court-refuses-to-take-up-aca-case-on-an-expedited-basis/One size does NOT fit all when it comes to foster home recruitment and retention strategies
In a new paper by PCG’s Stacey Priest and Jennifer MacBlane, the authors explore how states are implementing targeted recruitment and retention strategies to cultivate and maintain a pool of qualified foster parents needed to support the growing number of children entering foster care across the cou...
/news-perspectives/one-size-does-not-fit-all-when-it-comes-to-foster-home-recruitment-and-retention-strategies/U.S. Supreme Court orders Trump administration and states challenging the ACA to file responses by January 17, 2020
Following last month’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals holding the “mandate” of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to be unconstitutional, the states defending the ACA requested the U.S. Supreme Court hear the case during its current term. Following last month’s decision by the Fifth Circu...
/news-perspectives/us-supreme-court-orders-trump-administration-and-states-challenging-the-aca-to-file-responses-by-january-17-2020/Federal Appeals Court rules that mandate provision of ACA is unconstitutional
On Wednesday, December 18, 2019, a 3-judge panel of the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the “mandate” provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional. The panel sent the case back to Judge Reed O’Connor of the Federal District Court in Fort Worth Texas to “conduct a m...
/news-perspectives/federal-appeals-court-rules-that-mandate-provision-of-aca-is-unconstitutional/Special education subject matter expert explores the power of presuming competence in students with significant intellectual disabilities
In an article published in the December 2019 issue of Principal Leadership , a publication of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), PCG’s special education subject matter expert Ashley Quick explores the power of presuming competence in students with significant intellectu...
/news-perspectives/special-education-subject-matter-expert-explores-the-power-of-presuming-competence-in-students-with-significant-intellectual-disabilities/Hospitals file lawsuit to challenge federal rule requiring disclosure of prices negotiated with insurers
On Wednesday, December 4, 2019, several hospitals and the American Hospital Association filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to overturn a rule issued in November by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that would require hospitals to disclose t...
/news-perspectives/hospitals-file-lawsuit-to-challenge-federal-rule-requiring-disclosure-of-prices-negotiated-with-insurers/Experian Credit Check Issue
On 11/30/19, due to a setting error, Experian posted credit inquiries as ‘hard inquiries’ on behalf of PCG. A ‘hard inquiry’ is a credit inquiry which is visible to creditors and impacts a credit score. All inquiries have been corrected and changed to a ‘soft inquiry’. A ‘soft inquiry’ is only visib...
/news-perspectives/experian-credit-check-issue/Vocational rehabilitation subject matter expert shares insight for HR professionals on the benefits of using employments specialists
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 30 percent of the 15.3 million Americans of working age (between ages 16 and 64) with disabilities participated in the workforce in 2018, compared with 74 percent of Americans without a disability. An Accenture analysis of the research suggests ...
/news-perspectives/vocational-rehabilitation-subject-matter-expert-shares-insight-for-hr-professionals-on-the-benefits-of-using-employments-specialists/PCG subject matter experts discuss technology implications of 2018 Farm Bill
For public sector health and human services agencies, change is inevitable – whether it is driven by new legislation, administration turnover, or just continuous process improvement of government programs. One such change in legislation on PCG’s mind is the 2018 Farm Bill, passed by Congress and sig...
/news-perspectives/pcg-subject-matter-experts-discuss-technology-implications-of-2018-farm-bill/Family First Prevention Services Act: Paying for What Works
Historically, the federal government’s support for child welfare services through the Title IV-E program has been limited to a single service: placement in foster care. With decades of research and experience, we now know that foster care is not the only – nor the best – solution for many children w...
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