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SOURCE: www.hhs.gov Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the Federally Qualified Health Center Advanced Primary Care Practice (FQHC APCP) demonstration project, a new Affordable Care Act initiative that will pay an estimated $42 million over three [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.apwu.org APWU President Cliff Guffey and Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe have signed the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Their signatures formalize the new contract, which was ratified by APWU members on May 11 by a vote of 69,451 to 22,351. [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced new steps to reduce premiums and make it easier for Americans to enroll in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan. Premiums for the Federally-administered Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a survey of private sector employers as a tool toward better designing future rules, compliance assistance and outreach efforts. As many as 19,000 employers [...] Read More

May, 2011, Oyster Bay, NY . . . On Wednesday, June 8th, 2-8PM, the Matinecock Lodge will host and Interchange Business Organization (IBO) will sponsor a much-needed blood drive on behalf of Long Island Blood Services.  The blood drive will [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $1.5 million National Emergency Grant incremental award to assist workers affected by the closure of Fort Monmouth in New Jersey. Under this grant, about 1,345 workers to be [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.justice.gov WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owners, developers and design professionals involved in the design and construction of nine multi-family housing complexes in Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee.   The nine complexes comprise more than 2,000 [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov New rules bring transparency, lower costs to consumers by requiring review of large insurance rate hikes Today, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final regulation to ensure that large health insurance premium increases will [...] Read More