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President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, say they want to avert the fiscal cliff, that toxic mix of expiring tax breaks and automatic spending reductions set to begin in January. If Republicans make concessions on taxes, Democrats and the president say, they'll move on entitlements, such as Medicare and Medicaid, as part of a larger deal to reduce the federal deficit.
Optimizing candidate flow is essential to successfully staffing frontline positions said an executive of a human and workforce services company during a session at the KronosWorks 2012 annual conference in Las Vegas Tuesday.
In this week's HIX Digest, policy makers breath a sigh of relief after HHS extends the blueprint deadline; Republicans are still on the fence; and a new report looks at how the Massachusetts Connector impacted the small group market.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday extended the deadline for states to declare their plans for a state-based health insurance exchange for four weeks in order to accommodate governors who were awaiting results of the 2012 election to decide whether to move ahead.
Talks between West Penn Allegheny Health System and Highmark resumed Monday just a couple of days after a judge ruled last week that Highmark had not breached the $475 million merger deal, effectively barring West Penn from negotiating a new deal with other companies.
Talks between West Penn Allegheny Health System and Highmark resumed Monday after a judge ruled last week that Highmark had not breached the $475 million merger deal, effectively barring West Penn from negotiating a new deal with other companies.
Now that the federal government is set to run Missouri's health insurance exchange, after voters passed a proposition banning state creation of an exchange without legislative or voter approval, lawmakers say they'd actually like to create their own.
During the keynote address at the KronosWorks 2012 conference in Las Vegas on Monday, Billy Beane, general manager of Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics, explained to an audience of workforce management professionals how using analytics for hiring new employees is key for business.
Litigation or threatened litigation in the senior care space is an ever-present facet of running a senior care business. An online panel discussion on Nov. 8 addressed ways in which boards of senior care businesses can avoid, or at least manage, legal trouble.
North of the Mason-Dixon Line, it's hard to find a state that has given more of a cold shoulder to President Barack Obama's health law than Maine.