On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law. Called “the most important bill of the year,” the bipartisan Act…
Study finds Wisconsin has high healthcare prices
A study released this month by the nonprofit Health Care Cost Institute found that Wisconsin has the second highest healthcare prices among the 41 states…
National Uninsured Rate Falls Below 10%
Two national surveys show that the percentage of people without health insurance has dropped steadily since the Affordable Care Act’s public insurance exchanges launched in…
GAO Probe Focuses on Healthcare.gov Fraud
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported to Congress last Thursday that it has concluded an undercover investigation into the fraud detection capabilities of the…
ACA Subsidies Upheld
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case King v. Burwell. The Court ruled 6-3 that individuals who purchase health insurance…
Arise to offer AboutHealth plans
AboutHealth, one of two new health system partnerships in Wisconsin, recently announced plans to sell health plans to individuals and employer groups through a co-branding…
King v. Burwell arguments begin Wednesday
The U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments in the King v. Burwell case on Wednesday, March 4. The case represents the most serious…
Getting to Know Form 1095-A
If you enrolled in a Qualified Health Plan (QHP) through the public Health Insurance Marketplace last year, you may have recently received a new document…
EEOC Wellness Lawsuits Highlight Tension Between ACA, ADA
Between August and October 2014, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed three lawsuits against employers in Minnesota and Wisconsin over their workplace wellness…
Nominate a Human Resources Leader!
Attention company leaders and human resource departments: nominations for the Milwaukee Business Journal’s first ever awards program for Human Resource professionals are now being accepted!…