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U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear case concerning risk corridors under the Affordable Care Act
On Monday, June 24, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case involving risk corridors for insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A provision of the ACA established these so-called risk corridors, whereby the federal government would control gains and losses of insurance...
/news-perspectives/us-supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-concerning-risk-corridors-under-the-affordable-care-act/Reasonable Efforts – It’s Time to Review and Reconsider
“Reasonable efforts” is a term that has existed for decades in child protective services, though its interpretation has changed drastically over the years resulting in widely different and often contradictory conclusions. Factors such as the economic times, different organizational structures, budge...
/news-perspectives/reasonable-efforts-it-s-time-to-review-and-reconsider/U.S. Supreme Court strikes down 2014 regulation that reduced Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments
On Monday, June 3, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Court of Appeals ruling that stated a 2014 regulation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) – that reduced DSH payments to hospitals servicing indigent patients – should be removed for failure to follow proper notice and comm...
/news-perspectives/us-supreme-court-strikes-down-2014-regulation-that-reduced-medicare-disproportionate-share-hospital-dsh-payments/Rethinking Confidentiality in Child Welfare Courtrooms
Confidentiality in juvenile and family courts is the focus of a two-part series by Public Consulting Group’s Judge James Payne, recently published by the Chronicle of Social Change. In the series, Judge Payne first explores the historical context of confidentiality in juvenile courts—a predilection ...
/news-perspectives/rethinking-confidentiality-in-child-welfare-courtrooms/Enjoying spring with PCG Cares in April
With the first signs of spring in the air, PCG Cares teams in Nashville, Chicago, Indianapolis, and Phoenix were busy getting involved in their communities both indoors and outdoors this April. Read on for a selection of our volunteer experiences for the month. With the first signs of spring in the ...
/news-perspectives/enjoying-spring-with-pcg-cares-in-april/PCG named gold medal winner in the 2019 IMS Global Learning Impact Awards
We are proud to share that PCG’s finalist entry in the Scaling Pedagogical Knowledge and Practice category was selected as a gold medal winner in the 2019 IMS Global Learning Impact Awards for its work with Teach Every Child Connector (SII) in partnership with Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) in...
/news-perspectives/pcg-named-gold-medal-winner-in-the-2019-ims-global-learning-impact-awards/Modernizing the citizen experience in child welfare
With the convergence of the Family First Prevention Services Act (Family First Act) and the Comprehensive Child Welfare Information Systems (CCWIS) regulation changes, child welfare leadership are faced with the unprecedented opportunity to rethink the citizen experience. That’s according to a new b...
/news-perspectives/modernizing-the-citizen-experience-in-child-welfare/Best practices for employment specialists as published in Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation
Employment specialists are professionals who support people with disabilities with finding and succeeding in work. Research shows that integrated employment (i.e. jobs held by people with the most significant disabilities in typical workplace settings where the majority of employees are not persons ...
/news-perspectives/best-practices-for-employment-specialists-as-published-in-journal-of-vocational-rehabilitation/PCG Cares: Making an impact in March
Throughout March, PCG Cares teams across the U.S. supported various nonprofit organizations in the core industries we also serve as a firm: education, health, and human services. Thanks to everyone that came together to make these events a success! See below for this month’s round-up of volunteer ef...
/news-perspectives/pcg-cares-making-an-impact-in-march/PCG Cares Spotlight: Corinne Willis’ Habitat for Humanity volunteer work in Portugal
At PCG, we are guided by an unwavering commitment to our clients in the public sector. PCG Cares is an extension of that commitment, empowering each full-time employee to volunteer up to 32 hours each fiscal year to work with and support the communities we serve. We connected with Corinne Willis on ...
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