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Greetings! Fall has officially arrived! Now is the perfect time to make an appointment with your health care professional because flu season is just around the corner. And don't forget how important regular hand-washing is! Please read on for important health updates, and if you have any questions or concerns, please give us a call at 732-238-6734.

NJ Wage Theft Law

Wage theft happens when an employer does not pay workers what they are owed. Theft can take a variety of forms: refusing to pay workers at all or refusing to pay for hours worked; refusing to pay standard hourly or overtime minimum wage rates or refusing to pay for time out of regular shifts or “off the clock.” Read more

House Passes Full Repeal of ACA’s Cadillac Tax

The House of Representatives voted 419-6 to pass  H.R. 748 , NAHU-supported legislation to fully repeal the ACA’s  Cadillac/excise Tax . It will next be considered by the Senate, where a companion bill,  S. 684 , has 42 bipartisan co-sponsors. Read more

IRS Issues Final Regulations on new Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs)

The Trump Administration issued Executive Order 13813, promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition across the United States. The administration was going to focus on improving the usability of Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs), to expand employers' ability to offer HRAs to their employees, and to allow HRAs to be used in conjunction with non-group coverage. Read more

Better Patient Outcomes, Not Cost Reduction, Top Priority for Provider Execs

Almost 60% of health system executives ranked improving patient outcomes as the most critical priority for their respective organization, according to  a Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Medical Devices Companies survey  recently released. Cost reduction, last year's top choice, dropped to a second place tie with enhancing quality of care, garnering 55% of responses, a decrease of 20% year-over-year.  Read more

Few patients price shop before planned hospital visit, survey finds

In a proposed rule released last month, CMS would require hospitals to disclose payer-specific negotiated rates with insurance companies in a consumer-friendly format, allowing comparisons among facilities. Read more 

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