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SOURCE: www.opm.gov Workshop gave agencies the information and resources they need to develop strong plans for hiring more individuals with disabilities Washington, DC – On Tuesday, October 26, 2010, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hosted a Disability Employment [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov “TALENT HAS NO BOUNDARIES” OCTOBER 28, 2010 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM Hubert H. Humphrey Building Great Hall 200 Independence Ave. SW Washington, DC  20201 In line with President Obama’s Executive Order requiring all federal agencies to increase [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov Physician Questionnaires to Boost Disability Exam Efficiency WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has released three new disability benefits questionnaires for physicians of Veterans applying for VA disability compensation benefits.  This initiative marks the beginning of a [...] Read More

By John W. De Haan, DeHaan Busse LLP If you have a long-term disability plan (LTD) provided by your private employer, it is most likely governed by a federal statute known as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 [...] Read More

SOURCE: /www.ins.state.ny.us New Yorkers are entitled to up to 36 months of seamless COBRA/New York State continuation coverage even though the federal stimulus subsidy that helps them pay for insurance expires sooner. That’s what the New York State Insurance Department [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov Washington, D.C. . . . The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration today announced a proposed rule to update the definition of “fiduciary” to more broadly define the term as a person who provides investment advice [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.va.gov WASHINGTON –  A Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) study published October 20 in the Journal of the American Medical Association concludes that a concept called Medical Team Training (MTT) improves communication, teamwork, and efficiency in VA operating rooms, resulting [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.ins.state.ny.us The Insurance Department’s new authority to review health insurance rate requests before they go into effect is helping to reduce increases in the rates consumers will have to pay, Superintendent James Wrynn said today. Wrynn announced the Department’s [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.hhs.gov HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released the following statement today regarding the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recommendations to HHS on medical loss ratio: “We thank the NAIC for the recommendations, which the Commissioners finalized today on how [...] Read More

SOURCE: www.dol.gov Washington, D.C. . . . The U.S. Department of Labor and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants today launched a new, interactive website to help small businesses select a retirement plan suitable for their employees. The website, [...] Read More